Love Approach

Love Approach
Studio album by Tom Browne
Released	1980
Recorded	1979–1980
Studio	A&R Studios, New York City
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)

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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, flugelhorn, synthesizer
• Bob Franceschini – tenor saxophone, handclaps
• Barbara Bellins – flute
• Dave Grusin – piano, electric piano, synthesizer
• Jorge Dalto – piano
• Lesette Wilson – piano, electric piano, synthesizer
• Bernard Wright – piano, electric piano, synthesizer
• Bobby Broom – guitar
• Mike Vinas – guitar
• Sekou Bunch – bass
• Francisco Centeño – bass
• Marcus Miller – bass
• Omar Hakim – drums, handclaps
• Buddy Williams – drums
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion
• Carol Steele – percussion
• Alvin Flythe – rap, handclaps
• Mike Flythe – rap, handclaps
• Kevin Osborne – rap, handclaps
• Tonni Smith – vocals, handclaps
• Victoria Sylva – vocals, handclaps
• Martha Rojas – handclaps

Charts

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

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		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.

External links

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