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Label
  
Flavor Unit / Verve

Artist
  
Queen Latifah

Trav'lin' Light (2007)
  
Persona (2009)

Release date
  
25 September 2007

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Released
  
September 25, 2007 (2007-09-25)

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Genres
  
Jazz, Soul music, Contemporary R&B, Blues, Vocal jazz

Producers
  
Ron Fair, Tommy LiPuma, Marc Shaiman

Similar
  
Queen Latifah albums, Jazz albums

Trav'lin' Light is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Queen Latifah, released in the United States on September 25, 2007 by Verve Records. Following 2004's The Dana Owens Album, this is Latifah's second all-singing album containing cover versions of jazz standards.

Contents

The song "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), presented to its arranger, John Clayton, while Trav'lin' Light was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

Track listing

  1. "Poetry Man" (Phoebe Snow) – 4:40
  2. "Georgia Rose" featuring Stevie Wonder (Jimmy Flynn, Harry Rosenthal, Alex Sullivan) – 3:43
  3. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 3:54
  4. "Don't Cry Baby" (Saul Bernice, James P. Johnson, Stella Unger) – 2:53
  5. "I Love Being Here with You" (Peggy Lee, William Schluger) – 2:52
  6. "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" (Mann Curtis, Al Hoffman, Walter Kent) – 2:09
  7. "Trav'lin' Light" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 4:05
  8. "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl" (Nina Simone) – 3:06
  9. "I'm Not in Love" (Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman) – 4:47
  10. "What Love Has Joined Together" (Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers) – 3:40
  11. "How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)" (Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Patricia Pointer, Ruth Pointer, David Rubinson) – 5:41
  12. "Gone Away" (Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson, Curtis Mayfield) – 5:50
  13. "I Know Where I've Been" (from Hairspray) (Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman) – 4:13
  14. "Java Jive" (exclusive track available only on copies purchased on QueenLatifah.com)
Wal-Mart edition
  1. "Every Woman Is a Queen" – 1:53

"Every Woman Is a Queen" can also be heard in her CoverGirl commercials.

Musicians

  • George Duke - keyboards (on tracks 1, 5, 6, 9, 12)
  • Joe Sample - piano (2, 7, 8)
  • Paul Jackson, Jr. - guitar (1, 4, 9–12)
  • Mike Valerio - bass (1, 3, 10)
  • Christian McBride - bass (2, 5–8)
  • Stevie Wonder - harmonica (2)

    • Production

  • Ron Fair - producer (1, 3, 4, 9–12)
  • Tommy LiPuma - producer (2, 5–8)
  • Marc Shaiman - producer (13)
  • Monica Lynch, Queen Latifah, Shakim Compere - executive producers
  • John Clayton (2, 5–8), Tommy Vicari (3, 9, 12), "Angry" Mike Eleopoulos (4, 10), Peter Mokram (1), Jack Joseph Puig (11) - mixing
  • Doug Sax - mastering

    • Songs

    1Poetry Man4:40
    2Georgia Rose (feat Stevie Wonder)3:44
    3Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars3:54

    References

    Trav'lin' Light (Queen Latifah album) Wikipedia
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