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Bobbi Humphrey — Harlem River Drive

Name: Harlem River Drive
Description: Bobbi Humphrey was the first woman signed to Blue Note Records. Blacks and Blues was produced by the Mizell Brothers — the same team behind Donald Byrd's Black Byrd — who transformed her jazz flute technique into something that felt like summer in New York. Harlem River Drive became a DJ staple across decades for its floating groove.

Blacks and Blues · 1973

Label: Blue Note · Genre: Jazz / Jazz-Funk · Country: USA · From: Marlin, TX, North America

Bobbi Humphrey was the first woman signed to Blue Note Records. Blacks and Blues was produced by the Mizell Brothers — the same team behind Donald Byrd's Black Byrd — who transformed her jazz flute technique into something that felt like summer in New York. Harlem River Drive became a DJ staple across decades for its floating groove.

Did you know: Humphrey's flute was recorded so close to the microphone that you can hear her breath on the reed. This wasn't a mistake — the Mizells insisted on it. The intimacy was the point.

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