George Howard - Reflections

George Howard (Born September 15, 1956 – Died March 22, 1998) was an American smooth jazz saxophonist whose life was short lived.

George Howard was born in Philadelphia. In the late 1970's, he toured with one of his idols, Grover Washington, Jr., and in the early 1980's, he released his first and second studio albums, "Asphalt Gardens" and "Steppin' Out", which both were well received
and ranked at No. 25 and 9, on the Billboard magazine jazz album charts, respectively.

By 1985, his third album, Dancing in the Sun, had charted No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Album charts. His next three albums after that, which were "Love Will Follow", "A Nice Place to Be", and "Reflections" would also reach No. 1 in the Jazz Album chart.
After the success of Dancing in the Sun, Howard left GRP Records in order to join MCA Records through the 1988 release of "Reflections". In 1989, he would release his next album, "Personal".

However, he returned to GRP in 1990 and released the album "Love and Understanding" a year later. It was followed by four other albums "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?" (1992), "When Summer Comes" (1993), "A Home Far Away" (1994), and "Attitude Adjustment" (1996).

In 1997, Howard released a Greatest hits compilation, "The Very Best of George Howard and Then Some", which contained songs from his first five years with GRP, as well as a selection of his MCA recordings.

Howard returned to recording another studio album, entitled "Midnight Mood", which was released in January 1998, and his final album, "There's a Riot Goin' On", released in April 1998. He stayed with GRP until his death from lymphoma on March 22, 1998 and his final album was released by Blue Note Records one month AFTER he died.

This is the title track to his 1988 album "Reflections".