Trav'lin' Light (Queen Latifah album)

Trav'lin' Light is the sixth studio album by the American hip-hop artist Queen Latifah. The album was released in the United States on September 25, 2007 by Verve Records.[5] The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[6]

Trav'lin' Light
Studio album by
Queen Latifah
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2007 (2007-09-25)
GenreVocal jazz, R&B
LabelFlavor Unit / Verve
ProducerRon Fair, Tommy LiPuma, Marc Shaiman
Queen Latifah chronology
The Dana Owens Album
(2004)		 Trav'lin' Light
(2007)		 Persona
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[2]
Jazz Times(favourable)[3]
Billboard(favourable)[4]

Overview

Following The Dana Owens Album released in 2004, this is Latifah's second singing album containing cover versions of jazz standards.[5] The album spent three weeks atop the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[6]

The album cut "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), which was presented to its arranger, John Clayton. Trav'lin' Light was also nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.[7][8]

The album's first song and subsequently first single, "Poetry Man" is a cover of Phoebe Snow's song of the same name.

Track listing
  1. "Poetry Man" (Phoebe Snow) – 4:40
  2. "Georgia Rose" featuring Stevie Wonder (Jimmy Flynn, Harry Rosenthal, Alex Sullivan) – 3:43
  3. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 3:54
  4. "Don't Cry Baby" (Saul Bernice, James P. Johnson, Stella Unger) – 2:53
  5. "I Love Being Here with You" (Peggy Lee, William Schluger) – 2:52
  6. "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" (Mann Curtis, Al Hoffman, Walter Kent) – 2:09
  7. "Trav'lin' Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 4:05
  8. "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl" (Nina Simone) – 3:06
  9. "I'm Not in Love" (Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman) – 4:47
  10. "What Love Has Joined Together" (Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers) – 3:40
  11. "How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)" (Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Patricia Pointer, Ruth Pointer, David Rubinson) – 5:41
  12. "Gone Away" (Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson, Curtis Mayfield) – 5:50
  13. "I Know Where I've Been" (from Hairspray) (Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman) – 4:13
  14. "Java Jive" (exclusive track available only on copies purchased on QueenLatifah.com)
Wal-Mart edition
  1. "Every Woman Is a Queen" – 1:53

"Every Woman Is a Queen" can also be heard in her CoverGirl commercials.

Personnel

Musicians

Production
  • Ron Fair - producer (1, 3, 4, 9–12)
  • Tommy LiPuma - producer (2, 5–8)
  • Marc Shaiman - producer (13)
  • Monica Lynch, Queen Latifah, Shakim Compere - executive producers
  • John Clayton (2, 5–8), Tommy Vicari (3, 9, 12), "Angry" Mike Eleopoulos (4, 10), Peter Mokram (1), Jack Joseph Puig (11) - mixing
  • Doug Sax - mastering

Charts
Chart (2007) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200[9] 11
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[10] 6
U.S. Billboard Top Jazz Albums[6] 1

Release history
Country Date Label
United States September 25, 2007 Verve
Canada
Australia September 29, 2007
Germany October 19, 2007 Universal
Japan October 30, 2007
United Kingdom November 5, 2007 Verve

References
  1. Ruhlmann, William. "Queen Latifah: Trav'lin' Light". Allmusic.
  2. Willman, Chris (2007-09-28). "Trav'lin Light Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  3. Conrad, James (December 1, 2007). "Queen Latifah: Trav'lin' Light". jazztimes.com.
  4. Taylor, Chuck (October 8, 2007). "Queen Latifah, "Poetry Man"". billboard.com. Billboard.
  5. Queen Latifah: Trav'lin' Light. Verve Records. September 2007.
  6. "Queen Latifah: Travlin' Light (Jazz Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  7. "John Clayton". grammy.com. The Recording Academy.
  8. "Queen Latifah". grammy.com. The Recording Academy.
  9. "Queen Latifah: Travlin' Light (Billboard 200)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  10. "Queen Latifah: Travlin' Light (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
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