Live at the Jazz Cafe is a live album by American R&B and neo soul musician D'Angelo, released on June 30, 1998, on EMI Records. It was later released in Japan on December 7, 1999, with a bonus track. The live recordings are taken from D'Angelo's appearance at the Jazz Café in London, England, on September 14, 1995. The album was subsequently re-issued in 2014 with a recording of the complete show, including previously unreleased tracks.

Live at the Jazz Cafe
Live album by
ReleasedJune 30, 1998
RecordedSeptember 14, 1995
VenueJazz Café (London, England)
Genre
Length43:10
LabelEMI
ProducerVarious
D'Angelo chronology
Brown Sugar
(1995)
Live at the Jazz Cafe
(1998)
Voodoo
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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  1. Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine (D'Angelo) – 4:52
  2. Can't Hide Love (Skip Scarborough) – 4:09
  3. Cruisin' (Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin) – 6:34
  4. S***, Damn, Mother****** (D'Angelo) – 5:37
  5. Lady (D'Angelo, R Saadiq) – 7:03
  6. Brown Sugar (D'Angelo, Ali Shaheed Muhammad) – 10:41
  7. Heaven Must Be Like This (Clarence "Satch" Satchell; James "Diamond" Williams; Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner; Marshall "Rock" Jones; Marvin Pierce; Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks) (Ohio Players cover) [Japan Bonus Track] – 4:12

2014 Reissues: The Complete Show[2]

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  1. Introduction – 0:47
  2. Fencewalk – 1:48
  3. Sweet Sticky Thing – 1:34
  4. Jonz In My Bones – 3:55
  5. Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine (D'Angelo) – 4:48
  6. S***, Damn, Mother****** (D'Angelo) – 5:40
  7. Cruisin' (Robinson, Taplin) – 6:38
  8. I'm Glad You're Mine – 6:14
  9. Lady (D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq) – 8:59
  10. Announcement – 0:39
  11. Can't Hide Love (Skip Scarborough) – 4:06
  12. Brown Sugar (D'Angelo, Ali Shaheed Muhammad) – 10:45

Personnel

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  • D'Angelo – Main Performer / Rhodes
  • Kedar Massenburg – Executive Producer
  • Angie Stone – Vocals
  • Jerry Brooks – Bass
  • Norman "Keys" Hurt – Auxiliary keyboards / organ
  • Abe Fogle – Drums
  • Yoshitaka Aikawa – Director
  • Mike "Dino" Campbell – Guitar
  • Karen Bernod – Vocals
  • Debbie Cole – Vocals

Charts

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Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3] 49

References

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  1. ^ Staff. Overview: Live at the Jazz Cafe. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-10-01.
  2. ^ "Live at the Jazz Cafe, London". Amazon. 2014.
  3. ^ "D'Angelo Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
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