Tokyo Blue
{{Infobox album
| name = Tokyo Blue
| type = Studio
| artist = Najee
| cover = Najee_-_Tokyo_Blue_Cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 20, 1990
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 47:39
| label = Capitol
| producer = Fareed Abdul Haqq
| prev_title = Day by Day
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = Just an Illusion
| next_year = 1992
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000203699|first=Jonathan|last=Widran}}
}}
Tokyo Blue is Najee's third album, released by Capitol Records in 1990.
Critical reception
Jonathan Widran of AllMusic writes, "Immensely pleasurable, a fun listen from beginning to end."
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."{{cite web |url=https://smoothjazztherapy.typepad.com/my_weblog/2014/01/najee-tokyo-blue.html |title=Najee - Tokyo Blue |last= |first= |date=20 January 2014 |website=smoothjazztherapy.typepad.com |publisher=Smooth Jazz Therapy |access-date=9 January 2020 |quote=}}
Yumi L. Wilson of AP News reports that, "Najee won best jazz album for his Tokyo Blue at the 1991 Soul Train Music Awards.{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/68bcd9708c93d879e77b02f606fe137d |title=M.C. Hammer, En Vogue Lead Soul Train Awards Nominees With BC-Soul Train Awards-List |last=Wilson |first=Yumi L. |date=12 March 1991 |website=apnews.com |publisher=AP News |access-date=9 January 2020 |quote=}}
- See original reviews for full articles. Links can be found in the references section of this article.
Charts
Track listing
{{tracklisting
| total_length = 47:39
| title1 = Talkin'
| writer1 = {{hlist|Jerome Najee Rasheed|Morris Pleasure}}
| length1 = 5:52
| title2 = Stay
| writer2 = {{hlist|Jerome Najee Rasheed|Morris Pleasure}}
| length2 = 5:11
| title3 = Cruise Control
| writer3 = {{hlist|Jerome Najee Rasheed|Artie Reynolds|Alex Bugnon|Charles Bell}}
| length3 = 5:53
| title4 = I'll Be Good to You
| writer4 = {{hlist|Robin Smith|Stephanie Spruill}}
| length4 = 4:31
| title5 = Nation's Call
| writer5 = Jerome Najee Rasheed
| length5 = 1:04
| title6 = Tokyo Blue
| writer6 = {{hlist|Jerome Najee Rasheed|Morris Pleasure|Rachel Nicolazzo}}
| length6 = 4:37
| title7 = My Old Friend
| writer7 = {{hlist|Steve George|John Lang|Richard Page}}
| length7 = 4:55
| title8 = Buenos Aires
| writer8 = {{hlist|Jerome Najee Rasheed|Morris Pleasure}}
| length8 = 5:51
| title9 = Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)
| writer9 = Stevie Wonder
| length9 = 5:04
| title10 = Only at Night
| writer10 = {{hlist|Jerome Najee Rasheed|Morris Pleasure}}
| length10 = 4:41
}}
All track information and credits taken from the CD liner notes.Najee. Tokyo Blue. Capitol. 1990.
References
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External links
- [https://www.najeeofficial.com Najee Official Site]
- [https://www.capitolrecords.com/ Capitol Records Official Site]
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