Earl Klugh
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Earl Klugh (born September 16, 1953, in Detroit, Michigan
) is an American smooth jazz
/crossover jazz
/jazz fusion
guitarist
and composer
.
At the age of 13, Klugh was captivated by the guitar playing of Chet Atkins
when Atkins made an appearance on the Perry Como
Show. Klugh was a performing guest on several of Atkins' albums. Atkins, reciprocating as well, joined Earl on his Magic In Your Eyes album. Klugh also appeared with Chet Atkins
on several television programs, including Hee Haw
and a 1994 TV special entitled "Read my Licks". Klugh was also influenced by Bob James
, Ray Parker Jr, Wes Montgomery
and Laurindo Almeida
. His sound is a blend of these jazz, pop and rhythm and blues
influences, forming a potpourri of sweet contemporary music original to only him.
Klugh's first recording, at age 15, was on Yusef Lateef
's Suite 16. He played on George Benson
's White Rabbit album and two years later, in 1973, joined his touring band.
For their album One on One, Klugh and Bob James
received a Grammy award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
of 1981. He has since received 12 Grammy nods, millions of record and CD sales, and continues touring worldwide to this day.
Klugh has recorded over 30 albums including 23 Top Ten charting records – five of them No. 1 - on Billboard’s Jazz Album chart. With 2008’s The Spice of Life, Klugh earned his 12th career Grammy nomination - his second nomination and release on the independent Koch label.
Each spring, Klugh hosts a special Weekend of Jazz (http://www.weekendofjazz.com/index.html) featuring jazz legends and greats at the Five-Star Broadmoor Hotel
& Resort in Colorado Springs. Jazz greats including Ramsey Lewis
, Patti Austin
, Chuck Mangione
, Bob James
, Joe Sample
, Chris Botti
, Roberta Flack
, and Arturo Sandoval
have all performed at the annual event set in foot of the Colorado Rockies. In November 2010 Klugh brought the 'Weekend of Jazz' to Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina. In November 10–12, 2011 the second Weekend of Jazz at the Kiawah Island Resort is scheduled.
In 2006 Modern Guitar magazine wrote that Klugh "is considered by many to be one of the finest acoustic guitar players today."
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
) is an American smooth jazz
Smooth jazz
Smooth jazz is a genre of music that grew out of jazz fusion and is influenced by R&B, funk, rock, and pop music styles ....
/crossover jazz
Crossover jazz
In the wake of fusion's decline in the mid-1970s, jazz artists who continued to seek wider audiences began incorporating a variety of popular sounds into their music, forming a group of accessible styles that became known as crossover jazz. Influential saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr...
/jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
At the age of 13, Klugh was captivated by the guitar playing of Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...
when Atkins made an appearance on the Perry Como
Perry Como
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...
Show. Klugh was a performing guest on several of Atkins' albums. Atkins, reciprocating as well, joined Earl on his Magic In Your Eyes album. Klugh also appeared with Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...
on several television programs, including Hee Haw
Hee Haw
Hee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. It aired on CBS-TV from 1969–1971 before a 20-year run in local syndication. The show was inspired by Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the major difference being...
and a 1994 TV special entitled "Read my Licks". Klugh was also influenced by Bob James
Bob James (musician)
Robert McElhiney James is a jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer.-Biography:During the 1970s, Bob James played a major role in establishing the smooth jazz genre. "Angela", the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, is probably Bob James' most well-known work to date...
, Ray Parker Jr, Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery
John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery was an American jazz guitarist. He is widely considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian and influencing countless others, including Pat Martino, George Benson, Russell Malone, Emily...
and Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida was a Brazilian virtuoso guitaristand composer who made many recordings of enduring impact in classical, jazz and Latin genres...
. His sound is a blend of these jazz, pop and rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
influences, forming a potpourri of sweet contemporary music original to only him.
Klugh's first recording, at age 15, was on Yusef Lateef
Yusef Lateef
Dr. Yusef Lateef is an American Grammy Award-winning jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and a spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community after his conversion to the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam in 1950.Although Lateef's main instruments are the tenor saxophone and flute, he is known for...
's Suite 16. He played on George Benson
George Benson
George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist....
's White Rabbit album and two years later, in 1973, joined his touring band.
For their album One on One, Klugh and Bob James
Bob James (musician)
Robert McElhiney James is a jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer.-Biography:During the 1970s, Bob James played a major role in establishing the smooth jazz genre. "Angela", the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, is probably Bob James' most well-known work to date...
received a Grammy award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance was awarded between 1969 and 2011.*In 1969 it was awarded as Best Contemporary-Pop Performance, Instrumental*From 1970 to 1971 it was awarded as Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance...
of 1981. He has since received 12 Grammy nods, millions of record and CD sales, and continues touring worldwide to this day.
Klugh has recorded over 30 albums including 23 Top Ten charting records – five of them No. 1 - on Billboard’s Jazz Album chart. With 2008’s The Spice of Life, Klugh earned his 12th career Grammy nomination - his second nomination and release on the independent Koch label.
Each spring, Klugh hosts a special Weekend of Jazz (http://www.weekendofjazz.com/index.html) featuring jazz legends and greats at the Five-Star Broadmoor Hotel
Broadmoor Hotel
The Broadmoor is a 5-star/5-diamond luxury hotel and resort, located in southwestern Colorado Springs, Colorado. Built in the early 20th century as the "Grand Dame of the Rockies", it was one of the finest resort destinations along the Rocky Mountains during the age of railroads. It continues to be...
& Resort in Colorado Springs. Jazz greats including Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis, Jr. is an American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. Ramsey Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received seven gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.-Biography:...
, Patti Austin
Patti Austin
-Life and career:Austin was born in Harlem, New York. She made her debut at the Apollo Theater at age four and had a contract with RCA Records when she was only five. Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have proclaimed themselves as her godparents....
, Chuck Mangione
Chuck Mangione
Charles Frank "Chuck" Mangione is an American flugelhorn player and composer who achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-pop single, "Feels So Good." Mangione has released more than thirty albums since 1960.-Early life and career:...
, Bob James
Bob James (musician)
Robert McElhiney James is a jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer.-Biography:During the 1970s, Bob James played a major role in establishing the smooth jazz genre. "Angela", the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, is probably Bob James' most well-known work to date...
, Joe Sample
Joe Sample
Joseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano...
, Chris Botti
Chris Botti
Christopher Stephen "Chris" Botti , is an American trumpeter and composer. In 2007, Botti was nominated for two Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album. On December 4, 2009, he was nominated for three more Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album and Best Long Form Music Video...
, Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is notable for jazz, soul, R&B, and folk music...
, and Arturo Sandoval
Arturo Sandoval
Arturo Sandoval is a jazz trumpeter and pianist. He was born in Artemisa, in the newest renamed Artemisa Province, Cuba....
have all performed at the annual event set in foot of the Colorado Rockies. In November 2010 Klugh brought the 'Weekend of Jazz' to Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina. In November 10–12, 2011 the second Weekend of Jazz at the Kiawah Island Resort is scheduled.
In 2006 Modern Guitar magazine wrote that Klugh "is considered by many to be one of the finest acoustic guitar players today."
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Label | Notes |
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| 1976 | Earl Klugh Earl Klugh (album) Earl Klugh is the debut album of Earl Klugh released in 1976. It features Louis Johnson on bass and guest appearances of Lee Ritenour on electric guitar.-Track listing:#"Las Manos De Fuego" #"Could It be I'm Falling in Love"#"Angelina"... |
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| Living inside Your Love Living inside Your Love Living inside Your Love is the second studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1976.-Track listing:#"Captain Caribe"#"Living inside Your Love"#"The April Fools"#"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"#"Kiko"#"Felicia"#"Another Time, Another Place"... |
Blue Note Blue note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the... |
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| 1977 | Finger Paintings Finger Paintings Finger Paintings is the third studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1977.-Track listing:#"Dr. Macumba" - 4:27#"Long Ago and Far Away" - 5:37#"Cabo Frio" - 3:32#"Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" - 4:37#"Catherine" - 4:11#"Dance with Me" - 3:26... |
Blue Note Blue note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the... |
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| 1978 | Magic in Your Eyes Magic in Your Eyes (Earl Klugh album) Magic in Your Eyes is the 4th studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1978. Chet Atkins, whom Klugh considers to be one of his main influences, is featured on the song "Good Time Charlie's got the Blues".- Track listing :# "Magic in Your Eyes" - 4:55... |
Blue Note Blue note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the... |
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| 1979 | Heart String Heart String Heart String is the 5th studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1978.- Track listing :#"Heart String" - 6:23#"I'll See You Again" - 5:52#"Acoustic Lady, Pts. 1 & 2" - 7:43#"Spanish Night" - 3:18#"Pretty World" - 4:47#"Waiting for Cathy" - 2:50... |
Blue Note Blue note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the... |
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| 1980 | Dream Come True Dream Come True (Earl Klugh album) Dream Come True is the 6th studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1980. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Fusion Performance at the 23rd Grammy Awards in 1981.- Track listing :#"If It's in Your Heart " - 4:04... |
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received a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Fusion Performance Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for works containing quality jazz fusion performances... |
| Late Night Guitar Late Night Guitar Late Night Guitar is an instrumental-pop studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1980. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 24th Grammy Awards in 1982... |
Blue Note Blue note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the... |
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| 1981 | Crazy for You Crazy for You (Earl Klugh album) Crazy for You is the 8th studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1981. This is the first album which Klugh produced by himself. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 25th Grammy Awards in 1983.... |
Blue Note Blue note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the... |
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| 1983 | Low Ride Low Ride Low Ride is the 9th studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1983. The album features Klugh's signature sound of blending "heavy, rhythm-and-blues-oriented background with the feathery sound of Klugh"... |
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| 1984 | Wishful Thinking Wishful Thinking (Earl Klugh album) Wishful Thinking is the 10th studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1984, and is the final album which Klugh recorded for Capitol Records. The album represents a summation of Klugh as a guitarist and composer, and features a variety of musical styles, including pop, classical, jazz, blues, reggae... |
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| 1985 | Nightsongs Nightsongs (Earl Klugh album) Nightsongs is an instrumental-pop studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1984. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985... |
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received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance |
| Soda Fountain Shuffle Soda Fountain Shuffle Soda Fountain Shuffle is the 12th studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1985. This is the first album which Klugh recorded for Warner Bros. Records. Unlike his other albums where Klugh is accompanied by full orchestras, in this release, Klugh is backed by a 6-man band... |
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| 1986 | Life Stories Life Stories (Earl Klugh album) Life Stories is the 13th studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1986. This release, "sets Klugh`s ballads against a variety of musical backgrounds, including violins, flutes, electric guitars and a variety of synthesizers". As in some of his previous albums, Klugh is joined by David Matthews and... |
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| 1989 | Solo Guitar Solo Guitar (Earl Klugh album) Solo Guitar is the 13th studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1989.- Track listing :#"It's Only a Paper Moon" - 2:15#"So Many Stars" - 3:13#"I'm Confessin' " - 2:23#"If I Only Had a Brain" - 2:13#"Emily" - 2:43... |
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| Whispers and Promises Whispers and Promises Whispers and Promises is an instrumental-pop studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1989. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 32nd Grammy Awards in 1990... |
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received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance | |
| 1991 | Midnight in San Juan Midnight in San Juan (Earl Klugh album) Midnight in San Juan is a smooth jazz studio album by Earl Klugh released on February 19, 1991. The album was a commercial success as it reached No.1 on many jazz radio and retail charts, including hitting No.1 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums charts. In this release, Klugh lays heavy emphasis... |
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| 1994 | Move Move (Earl Klugh album) - Track listing :#"Across the Sand" - 5:08#"Move" - 4:43#"Far from Home" - 5:29#"Tiptoe'in" - 5:11#"Nightwalk" - 6:18#"Face in the Wind" - 4:21#"Big Turtle River" - 4:14#"Highway Song" - 5:19#"Winter Rain" - 3:55#"Doin' It" - 5:05... |
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| 1996 | Sudden Burst of Energy Sudden Burst of Energy Sudden Burst of Energy is a smooth jazz studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1996. In this release, Klugh is "joined by a large rhythm section plus an occasional saxophonist".- Track listing :#"Happy Song" - 4:44#"Maybe Tonight" - 4:02... |
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| 1997 | The Journey The Journey (Earl Klugh album) The Journey is a smooth jazz studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1997. The album stayed on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums charts for several weeks at No 6... |
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| 1999 | Peculiar Situation Peculiar Situation Peculiar Situation is a smooth jazz studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1999. This release features Klugh on both guitar and keyboard, and contains Klugh's first ever vocal track, as he "takes the role of a sideman to a vocalist for the first time in his recording career, breezing in behind... |
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| 2005 | Naked Guitar Naked Guitar Naked Guitar is a solo-guitar studio album by Earl Klugh released in 2005. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 48th Grammy Awards in 2006. After six years of studio absence, Klugh returned to the studio and released a fingerstyle jazz album similar to his... |
Koch Records Koch Records E1 Music , the primary subsidiary of E1 Entertainment LP, is the largest independent record label in the United States. It is also distributed by the Universal Music Group in Europe under the name E1 Universal... |
received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album |
| 2008 | The Spice of Life The Spice of Life (Earl Klugh album) The Spice of Life is a smooth jazz studio album by Earl Klugh released in April 2008. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009.- Track listing :#"Ocean Blue" - 5:10#"Sleepyhead" - 5:09... |
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received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album |
The Earl Klugh Trio Albums
| Year | Title | Label | Notes |
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| 1991 | The Earl Klugh Trio, Vol. 1 | Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies... |
with Gene Dunlap Gene Dunlap Gene Dunlap, born in Detroit, Michigan, is an American soul/disco Drummer.-Studio Albums:*1981: It's Just The Way I Feel *1981: Party In Me *1983: Tired Of Being A Nice Guy... and Ralph Armstrong |
| 1993 | Sounds and Visions, Vol. 2 Sounds and Visions Sounds and Visions is the second studio album by The Earl Klugh Trio released in 1993. In this release, the Trio is joined by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Grammy award winner Don Sebesky... |
with Gene Dunlap Gene Dunlap Gene Dunlap, born in Detroit, Michigan, is an American soul/disco Drummer.-Studio Albums:*1981: It's Just The Way I Feel *1981: Party In Me *1983: Tired Of Being A Nice Guy... , Ralph Armstrong & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
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Duet albums
| Year | Title | Label | Notes |
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| 1979 | One on One | Tappan Zee Records | with Bob James Bob James (musician) Robert McElhiney James is a jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer.-Biography:During the 1970s, Bob James played a major role in establishing the smooth jazz genre. "Angela", the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, is probably Bob James' most well-known work to date... - Grammy award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1981 |
| 1982 | Two of a Kind Two of a Kind (jazz album) Two of a Kind is the second collaboration studio album by Earl Klugh and Bob James released in 1982. The album received a nomination for Best Selling Jazz Album at the NARM Awards in 1983, and peaked at No.1 on the Billboard's Jazz Charts in January 1983.- Track listing :# "The Falcon" - 8:52#... |
Manhattan Records Manhattan Records Manhattan Records is a United States record label, owned by EMI and operates as a subsidiary of The Blue Note Label Group.-Company history:Manhattan Records was formed in 1984 by Bruce Lundvall, and was later renamed EMI Manhattan Records after absorbing EMI America Records imprint... |
with Bob James Bob James (musician) Robert McElhiney James is a jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer.-Biography:During the 1970s, Bob James played a major role in establishing the smooth jazz genre. "Angela", the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, is probably Bob James' most well-known work to date... |
| 1987 | Collaboration | Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies... |
with George Benson George Benson George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist.... |
| 1992 | Cool | Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies... |
with Bob James Bob James (musician) Robert McElhiney James is a jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer.-Biography:During the 1970s, Bob James played a major role in establishing the smooth jazz genre. "Angela", the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, is probably Bob James' most well-known work to date... |
Movie Soundtrack Albums
| Year | Title | Label | Notes |
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| 1980 | How to Beat the High Cost of Living | Columbia Records Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... |
Hubert Laws Hubert Laws Hubert Laws is an American flutist and saxophonist with a 40+ year career in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Alongside Herbie Mann, Laws is probably the most recognized and respected jazz flutist... & Earl Klugh |
| 1983 | Marvin and Tige | Capitol Records Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine... |
Patrick Williams Patrick Williams Patrick Williams is a 20th and 21st century American composer, winning recognition in jazz, popular music, concert music and music for film and television.-Biography:... & Earl Klugh |
| 1992 | Just Between Friends Just Between Friends (soundtrack) Just Between Friends: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the original soundtrack to the film Just Between Friends. Released in 1986, the film score was composed by Patrick Williams and performed by Earl Klugh.- Track listing :#"Heat" - 4:10... |
Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies... |
Patrick Williams Patrick Williams Patrick Williams is a 20th and 21st century American composer, winning recognition in jazz, popular music, concert music and music for film and television.-Biography:... & Earl Klugh |
Best of Albums
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 1991 | The Best of Earl Klugh, Vol. 1 | Blue Note Blue note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the... |
| 1992 | The Best of Earl Klugh, Vol. 1 | Blue Note Blue note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the... |
| 1998 | The Best of Earl Klugh | Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies... |
Compilation Albums
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 1983 | Heart String/Late Night Guitar | Liberty Records |
| 1991 | Key Notes | Capitol Records Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine... |
| 1992 | A Time for Love | Cema |
| 1993 | Ballads Ballads (Earl Klugh album) Ballads is a compilation album by Earl Klugh released in 1993.- Track listing :# "This Time" - 3:40# "Waltz for Debby" - 4:55# "If You're Still in Love With Me" - 2:37# "The April Fools" - 3:43# "Rayna" - 5:12# "Natural Thing" - 2:54... |
Manhattan Records Manhattan Records Manhattan Records is a United States record label, owned by EMI and operates as a subsidiary of The Blue Note Label Group.-Company history:Manhattan Records was formed in 1984 by Bruce Lundvall, and was later renamed EMI Manhattan Records after absorbing EMI America Records imprint... |
| 1996 | Guitar Magic | EMI-Capitol Special Markets |
| 1996 | Love Songs | Blue Note Blue note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the... |
| 1998 | Jazz Masters | EMI Music Distribution EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... |
| 2004 | Guitar Legends | Disky |
| 2006 | Music for Lovers | Blue Note Blue note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the... |
| 2007 | Ultimate Earl Klugh Ultimate Earl Klugh Ultimate Earl Klugh is a compilation album by Earl Klugh released in February 2007. It features songs from Klugh's over 30 years career, including songs from his debut album as well as collaborations with Bob James and George Benson.- Track listing :... |
Mosaic Records Mosaic Records Mosaic Records is an American specialist jazz record label, founded in 1983 by Michael Cuscuna and Charlie Lourie to issue coherent limited edition box sets of jazz recordings by individual musicians, which had fallen out-of-print... |
| 2007 | Rhino Hi-Five: Earl Klugh | Rhino/Warner Bros. |
DVDs & Video
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Jazz Channel Presents Earl Klugh | Image Entertainment |
| 2003 | Earl Klugh In Concert | BMG/Image |