Live to Love is the sixth studio album by Gerald Albright. It was produced by Albright and released in 1997 by Atlantic Records. Live to Love reached No. 4 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
Guest artists such as Lalah Hathaway, Will Downing and Jonathan Butler appear on the album.
Critical reception
Leo Stanley of AllMusic noted "Live to Love finds Gerald Albright returning to urban R&B, turning in an album of laid-back, polished soul and smooth jazz."
Track listing Track no. Song title Songwriter(s) Length1"You're My Everything"Gerald Albright, Marc Scarborough04:582"All I Wanna Do"Gerald Albright, David Delhomme05:433"About Last Night"DaMone Arnold Antoine, Michael Terrel White04:344"Sooki Sooki"Gerald Albright05:075"Live to Love"Gerald Albright05:376"Beautiful Like You"Gerald Albright, Marc Scarborough05:317"Lonely Winds"Gerald Albright, Gorden Campbell, Shyronda Felder, Sy Smith04:358"Creepin'"Gerald Albright, Jacques Richmond04:439"Killin' Don't Make No Sense"Gerald Albright04:5110"The Good Ole Days"Gerald Albright05:4711"You're My Everything" (Reprise)Gerald Albright, Marc Scarborough02:18
Personnel
Musicians Gerald Albright – alto saxophone (1–4, 7–11), tenor saxophone (1, 5, 9–11), bass guitar (1, 4–6, 8, 9, 11), drum programming (1, 2, 4, 5, 9–11), keyboard bass (2, 4, 10), EWI (2), keyboards (5), soprano saxophone (6), alto flute (6), flute (6), additional programming (10) David Delhomme – keyboards (1–4, 6, 8–11), keyboard programming (4), analog synthesizer solo (10) Marc Scarborough – additional programming (1, 6, 11) Morris Pleasure – keyboards (4) David Goldblatt – keyboards (5) Gordon Campbell – keyboards (7), drum programming (7) Jonathan Butler – acoustic guitar (1, 11) Paul Jackson Jr. – rhythm guitar (1, 9, 11), guitars (4, 5), acoustic guitar (6), guitar ad libs (9) Tim Carmon – keyboard bass (3) Jacques Richmond – drum programming (3, 8), keyboards (8), guitars (8) Michael White – drums (4–6) Ray Brown – flugelhorn (4)
Vocalists Jonathan Butler – featured vocals (1, 11), ad libs (1, 11) Wallace Scott – featured backing vocals (2), vocal ad libs (2) Walter Scott – featured backing vocals (2) Michael White – featured lead and backing vocals (3), vocal arrangements (3) Jacques Richmond – additional vocal arrangements (3) Selina Albright – backing vocals (4, 5, 8) Will Downing – featured backing vocals (6), vocal ad libs (6) Lalah Hathaway – featured lead vocals (7), backing vocals (7), vocal arrangements (7) Shyronda Felder – backing vocals (7) Sy Smith – backing vocals (7) Gerald Albright – backing vocals (9, 10) Tim Owens – featured backing vocals (9), ad libs (9)
Production Raymond A. Shields II – executive producer, management, direction Gerald Albright – producer, recording Marc Scarborough – producer (1, 6, 11) David Delhomme – producer (2) Michael White – producer (3) Gordon Campbell – producer (7) Jacques Richmond – producer (8) Anthony Jeffries – recording, mixing Future Disc (Hollywood, California) – mastering location Elizabeth Barrett – art direction, design Albert Sanchez – photography Derek Lee – clothing Ron Graves – hair stylist Lalette Littlejohn – make-up Black Dot Management – management company
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