Tokyo Blue | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 20, 1990 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 47:39 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Fareed Abdul Haqq | |||
Najee chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Tokyo Blue is Najee's third album, released by Capitol Records in 1990.
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]
Top Contemporary Jazz Albums No. 1 [4]
Billboard 200 No. 63 [5]
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]