11/03/2020

Najee "Just An Illusion" (1992) -Smooth Jazz-



Label : EMI Records USA


États-Unis  01 - Touch Of Heaven (Najee)
02 - I Adore Mi Amor (Hamza Lee & Color Me Badd)
03 - Just An Illusion (Wayne Brathwaite & Charlie Ernst)
04 - Breezy (Doug Knotneeded)
05 - All I Ever Ask (Joshua Kadison)
06 - Noah's Ark (Najee)
07 - Loving Every Moment (Tyler Collins, Tom Keane & Eric Pressly)
08 - Burn It Up (Marcus Miller)
09 - Skyline (Najee)
10 - Deep Inside Your Love (Najee & Armsted Christian)
11 - Here We Go (Najee)
12 - Until We Meet Again
13 - Whenever We're Together


Executive Producers : Beau Huggins, Ron Fair


01 - Touch Of Heaven

Produced by Fareed & Najee for FAN ENTERPRISES
Tenor Saxophone : Najee
Drums & Percussion : Fareed
Keyboards & Bass : Najee
Background vocals : Veronica Menyweather
Recorded at FAH Studios, Springfield Gardens, N.Y.
Engineered by Fareed
Mixed at Larabee North, No. Hollywood, CA
Mixed by Alan Meyerson, Fareed & Najee

02 - I Adore Mi Amor

Produced by Jeff Pescetto & Steven Dubin
Soprano Saxophone : Najee
Drums & Percussion : Steven Dubin
Keyboards : Mitch Forman
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Background vocals : Brenda Lee Eager, Jeff Pescetto & Angel Rogers
Recorded at Oceanway & Record One, Los Angeles, CA
Recorded by David Bianco, Barry Rudolph, Mike Ross, Ernie Sheesley
Mixed at Larabee North, No. Hollywood, CA
Mixed by Alan Meyerson

03 - Just An Illusion

Produced by Fareed & Najee for FAN ENTERPRISES
Soprano Saxophone : Najee
Drums : Fareed
Bass Synth : Artie Reynolds
Keyboards : Najee
Lead vocal : Veronica Menyweather
Background vocals : Veronica Menyweather, Dahlia Sizer, Jerry Elcock
Recorded at FAH Studios, Springfield Gardens, N.Y.
Engineered by Fareed
Mixed at Larabee North, No. Hollywood, CA
Mixed by Alan Meyerson, Fareed & Najee

04 - Breezy

Produced by Bryan Loren for Left-Handred Productions
Flutes : Najee
Al Programming, Synths, Keyboards : Bryan Loren
Recorded & Mixed at The Closet, Los Angeles, CA
Recorded & Mixed by Bryan Loren

05 - All I Ever Ask

Produced by Arif Mardin
Arranged by Arif Mardin & Steve Skinner
Soprano Sax : Najee
All Keyboards & Programming : Steve Skinner
Hi-Hat : Omar Hakim
Guitar : Paul Pesco
Lead vocals : Freddie Jackson
Background vocals : Jerry Barnes, Katresse Barnes, Rachelle Cappelli, Reggie Griffin
Production Coordinator : Lisa Maldonado
Recorded & Mixed at Soundtrack, NY
Recorded & Mixed by Michael O'Reilly
Assistant Engineer : Rich July

06 - Noah's Ark

Produced by Fareed & Najee for FAN ENTERPRISES
Soprano Saxophone : Najee
Drum Programming : Najee
Recorded at FAH Studios, Springfield Gardens, N.Y.
Engineered by Fareed
Mixed at Larabee North, No. Hollywood, CA
Mixed by Alan Meyerson, Fareed & Najee

07 - Loving Every Moment

Produced & Arranged by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises
Alto Saxophone & Flute : Najee
Keyboards, Synclavier Drums : George Duke
Bass : Freddie Washington
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Lead vocal : Jeffrey Osborne
Background vocals : Jeffrey Osborne, Phil Perry, Lori Perry, Josie James
Production Coordinator : Faith R. Fox
Recorded at Le Gonks West, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed at The Lighthouse, No. Hollywood, CA
Recorded & Mixed at Erik Zobler
Assistant Engineers : Wayne Holmes & Kevin Becca

08 - Burn It Up

Produced by Marcus Miller
Tenor Saxophone & Flute : Najee
Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Drum Programming : Marcus Miller
Drums : Poogie Bell
Guitar : Roy Dean Miller
Synthesizer Sound Programming : Jason Miles
Background vocals : Marcus Miller
Recorded by Marcus Miller, Matthew La Monica, Leslie Ann Jones & Peter Doell
Production Coordinator : Bibi Green
Recorded at Camel Island Studio, New Jersey ; Power Station, New York ; Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed at Encore Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed by Barney Perkins
Assistant Engineers : Bed Fowler & Milton Chan

09 - Skyline

Produced & Arranged by Fareed & Najee for FAN ENTERPRISES
All Flutes : Najee
Keyboards : Najee
Bass Guitar : Kim Davis
Drums : Fareed
Recorded at FAH Studios, Springfield Gardens, N.Y.
Engineered by Fareed
Mixed at Larabee North, No. Hollywood, CA
Mixed by Alan Meyerson, Fareed & Najee

10 - Deep Inside Your Love

Produced & Arranged by Fareed & Najee for FAN ENTERPRISES
Soprano Sax : Najee
Keyboards & Keyboard Programming : Najee
Bass Synth : Najee
Drum Programming & Percussion : Fareed
Lead vocals : Will Downing
Background vocals : Veronica Menyweather, Dahlia Sizer, Jerry Elcock
Recorded at FAH Studios, Springfield Gardens, N.Y.
Engineered by Fareed
Mixed at Larabee North, No. Hollywood, CA
Mixed by Alan Meyerson, Fareed & Najee

11 - Here We Go

Produced & Arranged by Fareed & Najee for FAN ENTERPRISES
Tenor Saxophone : Najee
Drum Programming : Najee
Keyboards : Najee
Bass Synth : Najee
Background vocals : Ma 'Ree, Veronica Menyweather, Jerry Elcock
Chants (The Najee Crowd) : The Haqq Family (Tracey, Samiyah, Khalilah, Khaleed), The Ford Family (Zen, Rashene, Little Fareed)
Recorded & Mixed at FAH Studios, Springfield Gardens, N.Y.
Engineered & Mixed by Fareed

12 - Until We Meet Again

Produced by Fareed & Najee for FAN ENTERPRISES
Alto Saxophone : Najee
Keyboards & Bass : Najee
Drums : Najee
Recorded at FAH Studios, Springfield Gardens, N.Y.
Engineered by Fareed
Mixed at Larabee North, No. Hollywood, CA
Mixed by Alan Meyerson, Fareed & Najee

13 - Whenever We're Together

Produced by Jeff Pescetto & Steven Dubin
Alto Saxophone & Flute : Najee
Drums & Percussion : Steven Dubin
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Keyboards & Piano : Mitch Forman
Lead vocals : Caron Wheeler
Background vocals : Jean McClain, Caron Wheeler
Recorded at Oceanway & Record One, Los Angeles, CA
Recorded by David Bianco, Barry Rudolph, Mike Ross, Ernie Sheesley
Mixed at Larabee North, No. Hollywood, CA
Mixed by Alan Meyerson