Najee
Jerome Najee Rasheed (born in New York City, New York on November 4, 1957), known professionally as Najee, is an American jazz and smooth jazz saxophonist and flautist.
Early life
Najee was born in the Greenwich Village section of New York City and lived throughout his teenage years in Jamaica Queens, New York. His father died when he was four years old, and Najee was raised by his mother Mary Richards, who was an important figure and supporter throughout his life and musical career.
Najee's musical pursuits began in grade school at age eight, where he learned how to play the clarinet. He was influenced at this age by listening to his mother's recordings of Miles Davis and other legendary American jazz artists. This was a pivotal moment in his life where he made the decision to become a professional jazz musician. In high school, Najee began to study jazz as a student at the Jazzmobile program (co-founded by Dr. Billy Taylor) where he honed his skills on tenor saxophone and flute under the direction of Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster and Ernie Wilkins. At age 16, Najee studied flute at the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division, where he took lessons with Harold Jones, flautist from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
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ALBUMS
- The Morning After released: 2013
- Smooth Side of Soul released: 2012
- Rising Sun released: 2007
- My Point of View released: 2005
- If Only for One Night released: 2002
- Love Songs released: 2000
- Morning Tenderness released: 1998
- Najee Plays Songs From The Key of Life released: 1995
- Live at the Greek released: 1994
- Share My World released: 1994
- Just an Illusion released: 1992
- Tokyo Blue released: 1990
- Day By Day released: 1988
- Najee's Theme released: 1986
- Share Najee's World released:
- The Best of Najee released:
Najee Plays Songs From The Key of Life
Released 1995- Love's in Need of Love Today
- Have a Talk With God
- Village Ghetto Land
- Confusion
- Sir Duke
- I Wish
- Knocks Me Off My Feet
- Pastime Paradise
- Summer Soft
- Ordinary Pain
- Saturn / Ebony Eyes
- Isn't She Lovely / Joy Inside My Tears
- Black Man
- Nigiculela-Es Uno Historia / I Am Singing
- If It's Magic
- As
- Another Star
- All Day Sucker / Easy Goin' Evening
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