Trav'lin' Light (Queen Latifah album)


Trav'lin' Light is the sixth studio album by the American hip-hop artist Queen Latifah. The album was released in the United States on September 25, 2007 by Verve Records. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.

Overview

Following The Dana Owens Album released in 2004, this is Latifah's second singing album containing cover versions of jazz standards. The album spent three weeks atop the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
The album cut "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist, which was presented to its arranger, John Clayton. Trav'lin' Light was also nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
The album's first song and subsequently first single, "Poetry Man" is a cover of Phoebe Snow's song of the same name.

Track listing

  1. "Poetry Man" – 4:40
  2. "Georgia Rose" featuring Stevie Wonder – 3:43
  3. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" – 3:54
  4. "Don't Cry Baby" – 2:53
  5. "I Love Being Here with You" – 2:52
  6. "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" – 2:09
  7. "Trav'lin' Light" – 4:05
  8. "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl" – 3:06
  9. "I'm Not in Love" – 4:47
  10. "What Love Has Joined Together" – 3:40
  11. "How Long " – 5:41
  12. "Gone Away" – 5:50
  13. "I Know Where I've Been" – 4:13
  14. "Java Jive"
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  2. "Every Woman Is a Queen" – 1:53
"Every Woman Is a Queen" can also be heard in her CoverGirl commercials.

Personnel

Musicians

Release history