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Do I Ever Cross Your Mind? is the ninth studio album by jazz saxophonist George Howard, released in 1992 on GRP Records. The album reached No. 3 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 33 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.

Reception

Steve Aldrich of AllMusic, in a 4 out of 5 star review, called the album “A solid, masterful set of funk/fusion.”

Track listing
1. “Just The Way I Feel” Rayford Griffin, George Howard 05:20
2. “Try Again” George Howard, Sam Sims 05:00
3. “Cross Your Mind” David Cochrane, Dianne Quander 04:54
4. “Stay Here With Me” Ronnie Garrett, Rex Rideout 04:59
5. “Shadow” Attala Zane Giles, Tony Haynes 05:41
6. “Partly Cloudy” George Howard, Deron Johnson 05:42
7. “Spirit” Traditional 04:34
8. “Modern Love” Rayford Griffin 05:10
9. “Jo Jo” Marcus Miller 06:21
10. “Mind Bender” Randy Hoexter 05:46

Personnel
1 Just The Way I Feel
Drums, Keyboards – Rayford Griffin
Guitar – L. Carl Burnett
Keyboards – Darrell Smith, Deron Johnson, Mark Ellis Stephens
Percussion – Luis Conte
Soprano Saxophone, Flute [EWI] – George Howard
5:20
2 Try Again
Drums – Rayford Griffin
Guitar – Kevin Chokan
Keyboards – Deron Johnson, Mark Ellis Stephens*
Soprano Saxophone – George Howard
Vocals – Carl Anderson, Carl Carwell, James Ingram, Phil Perry
5:01
3 Cross Your Mind
Backing Vocals – Julie Delgado
Bass [Synthesized], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Deron Johnson
Drums, Backing Vocals – Rayford Griffin
Guitar – A. Ray Fuller*
Keyboards – David Cochrane, Mark Ellis Stephens
Lead Vocals, Soprano Saxophone, Keyboards – George Howard
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
4:52
4 Stay Here With Me
Backing Vocals – Carl Anderson, James Ingram, Phil Perry , Phillip Ingram
Bass – Nathan Watts, Ronnie Garrett, Sekou Bunch
Drums – Rayford Griffin
Guitar – L. Carl Burnett
Keyboards – Darrell Smith, Deron Johnson, Rex Rideout
Percussion – Luis Conte
Soprano Saxophone – George Howard
4:59
5 Shadow
Backing Vocals – Cara Fears, Debra Killings
Grand Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Synthesizer, Bass [Synthesized] – Vance Taylor
Guitar – Charlie Singleton
Programmed By – Al McGee
Remix – Thom Kidd
Soprano Saxophone, Drums, Keyboards, Backing Vocals – George Howard
5:42
6 Partly Cloudy
Bass [Synthesized], Keyboards, Programmed By [Keyboard] – Deron Johnson
Drums – Rayford Griffin
Keyboards – Mark Ellis Stephens, Vance Taylor
Percussion – Luis Conte
Soprano Saxophone – George Howard
5:41
7 Spirit
Bass – Sekou Bunch
Congas, Claves, Shaker – Leonard “Doc” Gibbs*
Flute [EWI] – George Howard
Keyboards – Deron Johnson
Percussion [Brazilian] – Paulinho Da Costa
Timbales, Shaker, Talking Drum, Percussion [Tumba] – Luis Conte
Vocals – Alex Brown, Bobette Jamison-Harrison, Debra Parson, Julie Delgado, Kathy Hazzard
4:34
8 Modern Love
Bass – Sekou Bunch
Congas – Paulinho Da Costa
Drums – Rayford Griffin
Guitar – A. Ray Fuller*
Keyboards – Deron Johnson, Mark Ellis Stephens
Soprano Saxophone, Flute [EWI] – George Howard
5:10
9 Jo Jo
Bass – Sekou Bunch
Drums – Rayford Griffin
Guitar – L. Carl Burnett
Keyboards – Deron Johnson, Mark Ellis Stephens*
Percussion – Leonard “Doc” Gibbs*
Soprano Saxophone – George Howard
6:21
10 Mind Bender
Bass – Ronnie Garrett
Bass [Piccolo] – Stanley Clarke
Drums – Rayford Griffin
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Rex Rideout
Keyboards – Deron Johnson
Soprano Saxophone – George Howard

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Released: 1992
Length: 53:26
Label: GRP Records
Producers: Ray Griffin, Deron Johnson, George Howard