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Straight to the Point is the second album by jazz saxophonist Art Porter Jr., released in June 1993. The album represents a continuation of the smooth jazz and jazz fusion sound that Porter established in 1992 with Pocket City, which he would continue on both of his subsequent albums: Undercover and Lay Your Hands On Me. Zan Stewart reviewed the album for Los Angeles Times, saying it had "solid moments... but just not enough of them." Straight to the Point entered Billboard's Top R&B chart on July 10, 1993, at number 75, at the same time it was listed on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, where it stayed for the next 26 weeks. The album sold almost 100,000 units by October 1993. Porter said, "this music is entertaining and it has energy. It definitely has a groove, and we play it with integrity." He said he was not choosing to play smooth jazz simply because it was profitable. "This kind of music is more popular than mainstream jazz is now, and there may be more of a financial return playing it, but I do this because I enjoy playing this stuff. I’ve always liked Earth, Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder. I’m open about music. I think you can love one kind as much as the other." From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straigh...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)