Overview
Smooth is the fourth studio album by the American musician Gerald Albright, released in 1994 on Atlantic Records. The album peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart and No. 2 on both the Billboard Jazz Albums and Contemporary Jazz Albums charts.
Production
Albright strove to create an R&B album; in addition to saxophone, he also played flute and keyboards. Vesta Williams, Lalah Hathaway, and Will Downing are among the many vocalists on the album. Howard Hewett sang on the cover of "This Is for the Lover in You". Stanley Clarke played bass on "Sedona". The liner notes were written by Magic Johnson.
Critical reception
The Los Angeles Times wrote that "Albright offers predictably melodic, safe solos that, for the most part, fail to engage the listener." The Daily Breeze determined that Albright "turns in softly percussive, overly slick readings of soul-jazz mood pieces ... He ignores chances to improvise or offer inventive ideas."
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