Live at the Jazz Cafe is a live album

Live album

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 by American R&B

Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

 and neo soul

Neo soul

The term neo soul was originally coined by Kedar Massenburg of Motown Records in the late 1990s as a marketing category following the commercial breakthroughs of artists such as D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, and Maxwell...

 musician D'Angelo

D'Angelo

Michael Eugene Archer , better known by his stage name D'Angelo, is an American R&B and neo soul singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is known for his production and songwriting talents as much as for his vocal abilities, and often draws comparisons to his influences,...

, released June 30, 1998 on EMI Records

EMI

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. It also featured release in Japan on December 7, 1999 with a bonus track. Recording sessions for the album took place live at the Jazz Café

Jazz Café

The Jazz Café is a music venue in Parkway in Camden Town, London, England. It opened in 1990, in the former premises of Barclays Bank, and has been run by Mean Fiddler Music Group since 1992, now a subsidiary of the MAMA Group.-History:...

 in London, England on September 14, 1995. Due to the folding of D'Angelo record label in 1998, Live at the Jazz Cafe had limited distribution and eventually remained out of print

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.

Track listing

1. Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine (D'Angelo) – 4:52
2. Can't Hide Love (Skip Scarborough) – 4:09
3. Cruisin' (W Robinson, M Taplin) – 6:34
4. Shit, Damn, Motherfucker (D'Angelo) – 5:37
5. Lady (D'Angelo, R Saadiq) – 7:03
6. Brown Sugar (D'Angelo, Ali Shaheed Muhammad
   Ali Shaheed Muhammad
   Ali Shaheed Muhammad is an American hip hop DJ, rapper, producer who enjoyed a great deal of fame as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg, the group released five studio albums from 1990 to 1998....
   
   ) – 10:41
7. Heaven Must Be Like This (D'Angelo) [Japan Bonus Track] - 4:12

Personnel

• Kedar Massenburg - Executive Producer
• Angie Stone
  Angie Stone
  Angie Stone is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She has been nominated for three Grammy Award. She is more successful on the charts R&B charts, with four Top 10 albums, forms including a number one album and 10 singles on the R&B chart,...
  
    - Vocals
• Jerry Brooks - Bass
• Norman "Keys" Hurt - Auxiliary keyboards / organ
• Abe Fogle - Drums
• Yoshitaka Aikawa - Director
• Mike Campbell - Guitar
• Karen Bernod
  Karen Bernod
  Karen Bernod is an American born R&B vocalist, songwriter, and producer.Karen is best known for her unique vocal harmonies as a background singer for Chaka Khan, Erykah Badu, C&C Music Factory and D'Angelo.-Biography:...
  
    - Vocals
• Debbie Cole - Vocals
• D'Angelo
  D'Angelo
  Michael Eugene Archer , better known by his stage name D'Angelo, is an American R&B and neo soul singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is known for his production and songwriting talents as much as for his vocal abilities, and often draws comparisons to his influences,...
  
    - Main Performer / Rhodes

External links

• Live at the Jazz Cafe at Discogs
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