| Love and Understanding | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | George Howard |
| Cover: | George Howard-LoveandUnderstanding.jpg |
| Released: | February 19, 1991[1] |
| Studio: | Buxer Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 48:52 |
| Label: | GRP Records |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | Personal |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | Do I Ever Cross Your Mind? |
| Next Year: | 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.
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 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 |