Love and Understanding (George Howard album)

Love and Understanding
Studio album by
George Howard
ReleasedFebruary 19, 1991[1]
StudioBuxer Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
Length48:52
LabelGRP Records
Producer
George Howard chronology
Personal
(1990) 		Love and Understanding
(1991) 		Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?
(1992)

Love and Understanding is the eighth studio album by jazz saxophonist George Howard, released in 1991 on GRP Records.[2] The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 32 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.[3]

Personal was executively produced by Carl Griffin along with Dave Grusin. Artists such as Lenny Castro and George Duke appear on the album.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

Johnathan Widran of AllMusic, in a 3 out of 5 star review, said "After eight albums, the late soprano saxophonist George Howard found a comfortable and solid if slightly predictable niche in the intensifying realm of instrumental R&B. On Love & Understanding, his first original GRP outing (after a re-release of 1985's Dancing in the Sun), he sticks to the basic funk and romance formulas which made him one of the most consistent suppliers of sweet and nasty improvisational soul over the previous half decade."[4]

Track listing

Track no. Song title Songwriter(s) Length
1 Hopscotch Victor Bailey, Charles Bell, George Howard 05:22
2 Only Here for a Minute Dean Gant, George Howard 05:21
3 Baby, Come to Me Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen 06:34
4 Interlude George Howard 00:50
5 Love and Understanding George Duke, George Howard 05:20
6 Everything I Miss at Home Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis 05:11
7 Lovestruck Jimmy Grimsby, George Howard 05:17
8 Talk to the Drum George Howard 04:36
9 Red, Black 'N' Blue Victor Bailey, George Howard 05:11
10 Broad Street Victor Bailey, George Howard 05:10

References

  1. ^ "Love & Understanding - George Howard: Release Dates". AllMusic. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  2. ^ a b George Howard: Love and Understanding. GRP Records. 1991.
  3. ^ "George Howard Chart History". Billboard.
  4. ^ a b Widran, Johnathan. "George Howard: Love and Understanding". AllMusic. Retrieved October 29, 2023.