West Coast Coolin'

West Coast Coolin'
Studio album by Norman Brown
Released	September 21, 2004
Genre	Jazz smooth jazz
Length	44:11
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	James Poyser, Paul Brown, Norman Brown, Jay Dee, Malik Pendleton, Vikter Duplaix, Brian Culbertson, Herman Jackson
Norman Brown chronology
Just Chillin' (2002) West Coast Coolin' (2004) Stay with Me (2007)

West Coast Coolin' is a studio album by American jazz guitarist Norman Brown, released in 2004 by Warner Bros. Records.^[1] The album reached No. 3 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums, No. 5 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums and No. 24 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums charts.^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Woodrow Wilkins of All About Jazz wrote,

The guitarist/vocalist is a master of the laid-back groove, successfully bringing together elements of smooth jazz and contemporary R&B. On West Coast Coolin' , Brown consolidates his reputation as a premier recording and performing artist with a collection of ten tracks—written and co-written by the leader—that push the idea of "chillin'" to new heights.^[4]

Thom Jurek of AllMusic commented,

Brown works with a host of producers, and his familiar smooth jazz underpinnings — derived more from George Benson and Hiram Bullock than Wes Montgomery these days — are present but not prevalent on most of the set. Instead, his slick nu-soul/nu-jazz singing style — identified by a thin whispery tenor — gets front and center on more than half the album's ten cuts.^[3]