Video Examples Of Afro Blue (Jazz) With Lyrics

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases five examples of the Jazz song "Afro-Blue".

This post also includes the lyrics to the song "Afro Blue".

Enjoy & be inspired!

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FEEATURD VIDEOS

Video #1: Mongo Santamaria "Afro Blue" 1984



fortyjazz, Uploaded on May 26, 2010

Mongo Santamaria -- Congas

Bobby Sanabria -- Drums

Sal Santamaria -- Percussion

E.J. Allen -- Trumpet

Sam Furnace -- Alto Saxophone

Tony Hinson --Tenor Saxophone

Bob Quaranta -- Piano

Eddie Resto - Bass

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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro_Blue
"Afro Blue" is a jazz standard composed by Mongo Santamaría, perhaps best known in its arrangement by John Coltrane.

Mongo Santamaria first recorded his composition "Afro Blue" in 1959.

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Video #2: John Coltrane Quartet- Afro Blue



Luis Alberto Luis, Uploaded on Apr 28, 2008

Composicion de MONGO SANTAMARIA (Congas), percusionista que trabajo con Cal Tjader, Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie, entre otros....

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Video #3: Afro Blue - Abbey Lincoln



Published by Andrea L on Dec 15, 2009

Abbey Lincoln's brilliant rendition of Mongo Santamaría's 'Afro Blue' from her album 'Abbey is Blue' (1959)

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Video #4: Robert Glasper Experiment - Afro Blue feat Erykah Badu



Kanaal van PlayThatFunkyMusiq, Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012

To be released on Robert Glasper Experiment's new album "Black Radio" out on February 28th on Blue Note, a subsidary of EMI Music.

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LYRICS: AFRO BLUE
(Mongo Santamaria)

Dream of a land my soul is from
I hear a hand stroke on a drum

Elegant boy
Beautiful girl
Dancing for joy
Elegant whirl
Shades of delight
Cocoa hue
Rich as the night
Afro blue

Two young lovers dance face to face
With undulating grace
They gently sway
Then slip away
To some secluded place
Shades of delight
Cocoa hue
Rich as the night
Afro blue

Whispering trees
Echo their sighs
Passionate pleas
Tender replies

Lovers in flight
Upward they glide
Burst at the height
Slowly subside
Shades of delight
Cocoa hue
Rich as the night
Afro blue

And my slumbering fantasy assumes reality
Until it seems it's not a dream
The two are you and me
Shades of delight
Cocoa hue
Rich as the night
Afro blue

Oh Shades of delight
Cocoa hue
Rich as the night
Afro blue

From http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/dianne_reeves/afro_blue.html

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