Gerald Albright - Live to Love

Live to Love finds Gerald Albright returning to urban r&b, turning in an album of laid-back, polished soul and smooth jazz. Several vocalists, including Albright's daughter Selina, his longtime partner Will Downing, and the Whispers' Walter and Wallace Scott, contribute their skills to these well-crafted tracks. The vocal cuts form the core of Live to Love, making it more of interest to an urban audience than to fusion jazz fans, although there are a few instrumental interludes as well. However, the key thing distinguishing Live to Love is focus -- Albright hasn't had such a consistently engaging set of songs in years, and that's what makes the album such a pleasure for fans of his work. ~ Leo Stanley, All Music Guide

Name Credits Albert Sanchez Photography Anthony Jeffries Mixing, Engineer David Delhomme Keyboard Programming, Synthesizer, Keyboards, Producer David Goldblatt Keyboards Derek Lee Clothing/Wardrobe Elizabeth Barrett Art Direction, Design Gerald Albright Sax (Tenor), Keyboards, EWI, Guitar (Bass), Vocals (Background), Keyboard Bass, Engineer, Sax (Alto), Flute (Alto), Saxophone, Drum Programming, Flute, Sax (Soprano), Producer Jacques Richmond Drum Programming, Producer, Keyboards, Guitar, Vocal Arrangement Jonathan Butler Vocals, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocal Ad-Libs Lalah Hathaway Vocal Arrangement, Vocals, Vocals (Background) Lalette LittleJohn Make-Up Michael White Vocals, Producer, Drums, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals (Background) Morris Pleasure Keyboards Paul Jackson, Jr. ?, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar Ray Brown Flugelhorn Raymond A. Shields II Executive Producer Selina Albright Vocals Steve Harvey Producer Sy Smith Vocals (Background) Tim Carmon Keyboard Bass Tim Owens Vocals (Background) Wallace "Scotty" Scott ?, Vocals (Background), Vocal Ad-Libs Walter "Mucho" Scott ? Will Downing Vocals