Najee ~ BETCHA DON'T KNOW HAPPY 68TH BIRTHDAY ⋆⭒˚｡⋆ 🎷🪈🎶 🎊 Jerome Najee Rasheed (born November 4, 1957, New York City), known professionally as Najee, is an American jazz-Smooth jazz saxophonist and flautist. ​Born in the lower west side of Manhattan and lived his teenage years in Queens, New York. ​His father died at a young age, and he and his siblings were raised by his mother, Mary Richards, who was a supporter of his music. ​He began playing the clarinet at age eight and was influenced b