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Just Family

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Just Family

Studio album by

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Released

June 1978

Recorded

1978

Studio

Chateau Recorders, North Hollywood, CA

Genre

Jazz

Length

39:34

Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology

Dee Dee Bridgewater
(1977)

Just Family
(1978)

Bad for Me
(1979)

Just Family is the third studio album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater.^[1] The album reached No. 13 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.^[2]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
Jazzwise	^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[6]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz	^[7]

Andy Kellman of AllMusic noted: "Neither 1977's Just Family nor 1979's Bad for Me can be considered Dee Dee Bridgewater's best work, but fans of mature, mid- to late-'70s R&B should find them moderately appealing. Though Bridgewater would not really hit her stride until her return to jazz in the '90s, she was more than competent when it came to fitting in with the likes of Phyllis Hyman, Patrice Rushen, Minnie Riperton, and Patti Austin."

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Just Family"	Stanley Clarke, Richard Duncan, Gilbert Moses	5:06
2.	"Maybe Today"	Gilbert Moses	6:54
3.	"Children Are the Spirit (Of the World)"	Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Ray Gomez, Gilbert Moses	3:07
4.	"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	4:58
5.	"Sweet Rain"	John Barnes, Sharon Barnes	3:05
6.	"Open Up Your Eyes"	Ronnie Foster	5:33
7.	"Night Moves"	Michael Franks, Michael Small	3:12
8.	"Thank the Day (You Walked into My Life)"	Gilbert Moses	5:17
9.	"Melody Maker"	William Allen	2:22
Total length:			39:34

Personnel[edit]

Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals
Stanley Clarke – arranger, bass, producer
George Duke – keyboards
Ronnie Foster - Keyboards, Moogs
Bobbye Lyle - Piano, Keyboards
Chick Corea - electric piano
Ray Gomez – guitar
David T. Walker – guitar
Alphonso Johnson – bass
Scarlet Rivera – violin
Harvey Mason, Sr. – drums
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - drums
Airto Moreira – percussion

Charts[edit]

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard Top Jazz Albums	13^[2]
1978	Billboard 200	170

References[edit]

^ Dee Dee Bridgewater: Just Family. Elektra Records. 1977.

^ ^a ^b "Billboard's Best Selling Jazz LPs" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Billboard. June 10, 1978. p. 58.

^ Kellman, Andy. "Dee Dee Bridgewater: Just Family". allmusic.com. AllMusic.

^ Larkin, Colin (1998). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 734. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

^ Shipton, Alyn (May 2015). "Review". Jazzwise. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

^ Cook, Richard (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings : Cook, Richard : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming. Penguin. p. 163. ISBN 9780141023274. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

^ Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-85227-183-1. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

External links[edit]

Official website

v t e Dee Dee Bridgewater
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader	Afro Blue (1974) Dee Dee Bridgewater (Atlantic, 1976) Just Family (1977) Bad for Me (released 1979) Dee Dee Bridgewater (Elektra, 1980) Live in Paris (1986) Victim of Love (released 1989) In Montreux (1990) Keeping Tradition (1992) Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (1994) Prelude to a Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album (1996) Dear Ella (1997) Live at Yoshi's (1998) This Is New (2001) J'ai deux amours (2005) Red Earth (2006) Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater (2009) Dee Dee's Feathers (2015) Memphis... Yes, I'm Ready (2016)
Compilations	Midnight Sun (released 2011)
With others	Children of Forever (Stanley Clarke, 1972) The Loud Minority (Frank Foster, 1972) Black Love (1974) Mutima (Cecil McBee, 1974) Conversations with Christian (Christian McBride, released 2011) Genesis (Charles Sullivan, 1974) Lean on Him (Buddy Terry, 1972)
Soundtracks	Coffy (Roy Ayers, 1973)

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