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