Tokyo Blue Explained

Tokyo Blue
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Najee
Cover:	Najee_-_Tokyo_Blue_Cover.jpg
Released:	March 20, 1990
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

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."^[1]

Yumi L. Wilson of AP News reports that, "Najee won best jazz album for his Tokyo Blue at the 1991 Soul Train Music Awards.^[2]

• See original reviews for full articles. Links can be found in the references section of this article.

Charts

Top Contemporary Jazz Albums No. 1^[3]

Billboard 200 No. 63^[4]

Track listing

All track information and credits taken from the CD liner notes.^[5]

External links

• Najee Official Site
• Capitol Records Official Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Najee - Tokyo Blue . 20 January 2014 . smoothjazztherapy.typepad.com . Smooth Jazz Therapy . 9 January 2020 .
2. Web site: M.C. Hammer, En Vogue Lead Soul Train Awards Nominees With BC-Soul Train Awards-List . Wilson . Yumi L. . 12 March 1991 . apnews.com . AP News . 9 January 2020 .
3. Web site: Contemporary Jazz Albums . 21 July 1990 . billboard.com . Billboard . 9 January 2020 .
4. Web site: Billboard 200 . 26 May 1990 . billboard.com . Billboard . 9 January 2020 .
5. Najee. Tokyo Blue. Capitol. 1990.