Tokyo Blue
Tokyo Blue is Najee's third album, released by Capitol Records in 1990.
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Released | March 20, 1990 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 47:39 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
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Source | Rating |
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Critical reception
Jonathan Widran of AllMusic writes, "Immensely pleasurable, a fun listen from beginning to end."[1]
Smooth Jazz Therapy writes of Tokyo Blue, "The way it blended jazz with R & B, placed him right at the top of his urban jazz game and his judicious use of featured vocalists was starting a trend in smooth jazz which has endured to this day."[2]
Yumi L. Wilson of AP News reports that, "Najee won best jazz album for his Tokyo Blue at the 1991 Soul Train Music Awards.[3]
- See original reviews for full articles. Links can be found in the references section of this article.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Talkin'" | 5:52 | |
2. | "Stay" |
| 5:11 |
3. | "Cruise Control" |
| 5:53 |
4. | "I'll Be Good to You" |
| 4:31 |
5. | "Nation's Call" | Jerome Najee Rasheed | 1:04 |
6. | "Tokyo Blue" |
| 4:37 |
7. | "My Old Friend" |
| 4:55 |
8. | "Buenos Aires" |
| 5:51 |
9. | "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" | Stevie Wonder | 5:04 |
10. | "Only at Night" |
| 4:41 |
Total length: | 47:39 |
All track information and credits taken from the CD liner notes.[6]
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References
- Widran, Jonathan. Tokyo Blue at AllMusic
- "Najee - Tokyo Blue". smoothjazztherapy.typepad.com. Smooth Jazz Therapy. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- Wilson, Yumi L. (12 March 1991). "M.C. Hammer, En Vogue Lead Soul Train Awards Nominees With BC-Soul Train Awards-List". apnews.com. AP News. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- "Contemporary Jazz Albums". billboard.com. Billboard. 21 July 1990. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- "Billboard 200". billboard.com. Billboard. 26 May 1990. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- Najee. Tokyo Blue. Capitol. 1990.
External links
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