Earl Klugh (album)

Earl Klugh
Studio album by Earl Klugh
Released	1976
Recorded	January 1976 - February 1976; Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California and Record Plant, Los Angeles
Genre	Instrumental Pop, Crossover Jazz, Jazz pop, Smooth Jazz
Length	39:08
Label	EMI America
Producer	Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen
Earl Klugh chronology
Earl Klugh (1976) Living Inside Your Love (1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Baltimore Afro-American	[2]

Earl Klugh is the debut album of Earl Klugh released in 1976.^[3] It features Louis Johnson on bass and guest appearances of Lee Ritenour on electric guitar.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Las Manos De Fuego" ("Hands of Fire")
2. "Could It be I'm Falling in Love"
3. "Angelina"
4. "Slippin' in the Back Door"
5. "Vonetta"
6. "Laughter in the Rain"
7. "Waltz for Debby"
8. "Wind and the Sea"

Personnel

• Earl Klugh - acoustic and electric guitar
• Lee Ritenour - electric guitar
• Charles Meeks, Louis Johnson - bass
• Dave Grusin - piano, synthesizer, percussion
• Harvey Mason - drums. percussion
• Laudir de Oliveira - additional percussion
• Pete Christlieb - tenor saxophone, flute
• Ray Pizzi - soprano saxophone
• Jerome Richardson - baritone saxophone, flute
• Garnett Brown - trombone
• Chuck Findley, Oscar Brashear - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Alexander Murray, Bernard Kundell, Charles Veal, Jr., Daniel Shindaryov, Edgar Lustgarten, Joseph Stepansky, Karen Jones, Kenneth Yerke, Marcia Van Dyke, Marie Fera, Myer Bello, Pamela Goldsmith, Ralph Schaeffer, Thelma Beach - strings

Charts

Album – Billboard^[5]

Year	Chart	Position
1976	The Billboard 200	124
1976	Jazz Albums	16

References

1. Wynn, Ron. Earl Klugh (album) at AllMusic
2. Baltimore Afro-American Review
3. Wynn, Ron. "Review". allmusic.com. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
4. "Earl Klugh Impressive". Baltimore Afro-American (Baltimore, Maryland, USA). 21 June 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
5. "Earl Klugh - Billboard Albums". allmusic. Retrieved 23 September 2010.