Jazz legend John Coltrane recorded a version made famous in the 1960's and recently Robert Glasper has also recorded it. All totally different versions of what has become a standard.
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| "Aphro Blue" |
Sunday, 17 February 2013
Aphro Blue
In 1959 the musician Mongo Santamaria wrote a latin/ jazz tune called "Afro Blue".
Jazz legend John Coltrane recorded a version made famous in the 1960's and recently Robert Glasper has also recorded it. All totally different versions of what has become a standard.
As part of my "Blue" series of paintings, but with a distinctly Greek island twist,hence the alternative spelling, I've produced this painting inspired by both that music and the landscape and sea of the Ionian islands.
Jazz legend John Coltrane recorded a version made famous in the 1960's and recently Robert Glasper has also recorded it. All totally different versions of what has become a standard.
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