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Najee
Jerome Najee Rasheed (born in New York City, New York on November 4, 1957), known professionally as Najee, is an American jazz and smooth jazz saxophonist and flautist.
==Early life==
Najee was born in the Greenwich Village section of New York City and lived throughout his teenage years in Jamaica Queens, New York. His father died when he was four years old, and Najee was raised by his mother Mary Richards, who was an important figure and supporter throughout his life and musical career.
Najee's musical pursuits began in grade school at age eight, where he learned how to play the clarinet. He was influenced at this age by listening to his mother's recordings of Miles Davis and other legendary American jazz artists. This was a pivotal moment in his life where he made the decision to become a professional jazz musician. In high school, Najee began to study jazz as a student at the Jazzmobile program (co-founded by Dr. Billy Taylor) where he honed his skills on tenor saxophone and flute under the direction of Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster and Ernie Wilkins. At age 16, Najee studied flute at the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division, where he took lessons with Harold Jones, flautist from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
He was inspired by saxophonists John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Yusef Lateef, Grover Washington Jr. and Hubert Laws on flute. His brother Fareed suggested that he consider the soprano saxophone as his main instrument. This later helped catapult Najee's career. After high school, Najee's first world tour was with Area Code performing with the USO for military bases in Europe and Latin America. Upon his return from the USO, Najee went on the road with Ben E. King. After touring with Ben, Najee (and his brother Fareed) was accepted at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he studied saxophone performance with Joe Allard and performed with George Russell and Jaki Byard big bands.
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