Love and Understanding is the eighth studio album by jazz saxophonist George Howard, released in 1991 on GRP Records. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 32 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.
Personal was executively produced by Carl Griffin along with Dave Grusin. Artists such as Lenny Castro and George Duke appear on the album.
Critical reception
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."
Track listing Track no. Song title Songwriter(s) Length1HopscotchVictor Bailey, Charles Bell, George Howard05:222Only Here for a MinuteDean Gant, George Howard05:213Baby, Come to MeNarada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen06:344InterludeGeorge Howard00:505Love and UnderstandingGeorge Duke, George Howard05:206Everything I Miss at HomeJimmy Jam and Terry Lewis05:117LovestruckJimmy Grimsby, George Howard05:178Talk to the DrumGeorge Howard04:369Red, Black 'N' BlueVictor Bailey, George Howard05:1110Broad StreetVictor Bailey, George Howard05:10
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