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Is Love Enough? is a studio album by American jazz musician George Duke, released in 1997 on Warner Bros. Records. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 4 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.

Reception

Duke’s 30th solo album is a definitive collage of powerful and mystic moods. For this project, Duke tapped musicians including Doc Powell, Rachelle Ferrell, Dori Caymmi, Paulinho De Costa, Gerald Albright, Dianne Reeves, George Howard and Everette Harp. The content is musically strong and emotionally stirring, richly textured and reflective in nature, but never ponderous. The 16 tracks deliver a diverse mix of soothing love songs, funky fun, soulful pleadings and thoughtful messages (Patricia Myers/JazzTimes).

Track listing
All tracks are written by George Duke.

1. “Into the Future” (Prelude) 2:05
2. “Is Love Enough?” 5:20
3. “It’s Summertime” 5:24
4. “Love Songs” 5:39
5. “It’s Our World” 4:24
6. “Fill the Need” 5:32
7. “Kinda Low” 6:16
8. “Time and Space” (Interlude) 1:27
9. “Back in the Day” 4:52
10. “This Place I Call Home” 4:20
11. “How About You?” 4:44
12. “Laid Back Sunday” 4:55
13. “Thinkin’ ‘Bout You” 5:02
14. “I’m Falling” 5:32
15. “Whatever Happened To…” 4:44
16. “Back from the Future” 1:25

Personnel
George Duke – synthesizers (1, 8, 16), keyboards (2–7, 9–15), bass solo (5)
Ray Fuller – guitars (3, 4, 7, 12, 14), rhythm guitar (11)
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (5), acoustic guitar (13, 15), guitar solo (15)
Doc Powell – guitars (6)
Jonathan Butler – guitars (10), bass (10)
Norman Brown – guitar solo (11)
Dori Caymmi – acoustic guitar (15)
Byron Miller – bass ad-libs (2), bass (6, 7)
Larry Kimpel – bass (11–13)
Abraham Laboriel – bass (15)
Leon “Ndugu” Chancler – drums (2, 6, 7, 15)
Little John Roberts – drums (3, 10, 14)
Michael White – drums (11, 12)
Dennis Chambers – drums (13)
Lenny Castro – percussion (3, 11, 12)
Airto Moreira – percussion (9, 15)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (13–15)
Everette Harp – alto saxophone (3), tenor saxophone (11)
George Howard – soprano saxophone (4, 12)
Gerald Albright – alto saxophone (5), tenor saxophone (5)
Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone (9), bass clarinet (9)
Bruce Fowler – trombone (9, 11)
Ray Brown – trumpet (5)
Oscar Brashear – trumpet (9)
Gary Grant – trumpet (11)
Jerry Hey – trumpet (11)

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Released: March 25, 1997
Studios:
LeGonks West (West Hollywood, California)
Conway Studios (Hollywood, California)
Length: 1:11:41
Label: Warner Bros.
Producer: George Duke