Love Approach

Love Approach
Studio album by Tom Browne
Released	1980
Recorded	1979–1980
Studio	A & R Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre	Jazz, jazz funk
Length	36:32
Label	GRP
Producer	Dave Grusin Larry Rosen
Tom Browne chronology
Browne Sugar (1979) Love Approach (1980) Magic (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Love Approach is an album by American trumpeter Tom Browne that was released by GRP Records in 1980. The song "Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)" topped the U.S. R&B chart for three weeks in October 1980.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Tom Browne, except where indicated

1. "Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)" (Browne, Toni Smith) – 4:43
2. "Her Silent Smile" – 5:12
3. "Forever More" (Don Blackman) – 3:22
4. "Dreams of Lovin' You" (Omar Hakim) – 4:20
5. "Nocturne" – 5:08
6. "Martha" (Browne, Smith) – 3:41
7. "Moon Rise" (Lesette Wilson) – 5:15
8. "Weak in the Knees" (featuring Viki Sylva) (Sylva) – 4:41

Personnel

• Tom Browne – trumpet (1-6, 8), arrangements (1, 2, 4-6), Prophet Polyphonic synthesizer programming, Prophet-5 (2), flugelhorn (4, 7), synthesizers (6)
• Ed Walsh – Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer programming
• Dave Grusin – acoustic piano (1), Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer (3, 4), electric piano (4, 5, 8), arrangements (4, 5, 7, 8), Prophet Polyphonic synthesizer (5), Moog synthesizer (6-8)
• Bernard Wright – electric piano (1, 2), Prophet Polyphonic synthesizer (1), acoustic piano (6)
• Lesette Wilson – acoustic piano (2), Prophet Polyphonic synthesizer (2, 3, 5, 6), electric piano (3, 6, 7)
• Jorge Dalto – acoustic piano (5)
• Bobby Broom – guitars (1-7)
• Michael Viñas – acoustic guitar (8)
• Marcus Miller – bass (1, 2, 5, 7, 8)
• Sekou Bunch – bass (3)
• Francisco Centeño – bass (4, 6)
• Buddy Williams – drums (1, 5-8)
• Omar Hakim – drums (2-4)
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion (1, 3)
• Larry Rosen – percussion (2)
• Carol Steele – percussion (2, 4, 6-8)
• Bob Franceschini – tenor saxophone (4, 5)
• Barbara Bellins – flute (5)
• Weldon Irvine – arrangements (3)
• Toni Smith – vocals (1, 6)
• Victoria Sylva – vocals (8)

Handclaps (Tracks 1 & 3)

• Tom Browne, Alvin Flythe, Mike Flythe, Bob Franceschini, Omar Hakim, Kevin Osborne, Martha Rojas, Toni Smith and Victoria Sylva

Rap on "Funkin' for Jamaica"

• Alvin Flythe, Mike Flythe and Kevin Osborne

Production

• Dave Grusin – producer
• Larry Rosen – producer, recording, digital mixing
• Ollie Cotton – additional recording, recording assistant, mix assistant
• Richard Feldman – engineer at Digital Equipment Soundstream (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Peter Lopez – GRP production coordinator
• Donn Davenport – art direction
• Lisa Wolf – design
• John Ford – photography
• Gerald Huerta – logo design
• Jeri Haywood – hair, make-up
• Lisa Daurio – stylist
• Jimmy Boyd – management

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions [2]
		US	US R&B	US Jazz
1980	Love Approach	18	1	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions [3]
		US R&B	US Dance
1980	"Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)"	1	9

Culture

"Forever More" from Tom Browne's 1980 album, Love Approach, was heard as part of the beginning and end of the broadcast day on the NBC affiliate in Columbus, Ohio, WCMH-TV in the mid 1980s. ^[4]

References

1. Lytle, Craig. "Love Approach". AllMusic. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
2. "Tom Browne US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
3. "Tom Browne US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
4. WCMH-TV 4 broadcast day sign-off - mid-1980s , retrieved March 18, 2024

External links

• Tom Browne-Love Approach at Discogs
• Love Approach at Allmusic
• Tom Browne at Soulwalking