''Earl Klugh'' is the debut album by jazz guitarist

Earl Klugh Earl Klugh ( ; born September 16, 1953) is an American acoustic guitarist and composer. He has won one Grammy award and thirteen nominations. Klugh was awarded the “1977” Best Recording Award For Performance and Sound” for his album “Fi ...

, released in 1976. Klugh is accompanied by Louis Johnson on bass and

Lee Ritenour Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s. Biography Ritenour was born on January 11, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, United States. At the age of eight he started play ...

on guitar.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

– acoustic and electric guitars *

Chuck Findley Charles B. Findley (born December 13, 1947 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American trumpet player known for his diverse work as a session musician. He also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone. His technical abilities ...

, Oscar Brashear – trumpet, flugelhorn *

Garnett Brown Garnett Brown (January 31, 1936 – October 9, 2021) was a jazz trombonist who worked with The Crusaders, Herbie Hancock, Lionel Hampton, Earth Wind and Fire and others. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he graduated from the University of Arkans ...

– trombone *

Ray Pizzi Raymond Michael Pizzi (January 19, 1943 – September 2, 2021), nicknamed Pizza Man, was an American jazz saxophonist, bassoonist, and flautist. Early life Pizzi's first instrument was clarinet. He attended the Boston Conservatory and Berklee C ...

– soprano saxophone *

Pete Christlieb Pete Christlieb (born February 16, 1945) is an American jazz bebop, West Coast jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist. Biography Christlieb was born in Los Angeles, California, United States, and is the son of bassoonist Don Christlieb. Christlieb ...

– tenor saxophone, flute *

Jerome Richardson Jerome Richardson (November 15, 1920 – June 23, 2000) was an American jazz musician, tenor saxophonist, and flute player, who also played soprano sax, alto sax, baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto flute and piccolo. He played with Ch ...

– baritone saxophone, flute *

Dave Grusin Robert David "Dave" Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record w ...

– piano, synthesizer, percussion *

– electric guitar * Charles Meeks – bass guitar * Louis Johnson – bass *

Harvey Mason Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. Mason, who attended Berklee in the 1960s, received an Honorary Doctorate at Berklee's 2015 Commencement Ceremony for ...

– drums, percussion *

Laudir de Oliveira Laudir Soares de Oliveira (6 January 1940 – 17 September 2017) was a Brazilian musician and producer mostly renowned for his time as percussionist with the band Chicago. Oliveira grew up in Rio de Janeiro, and started working professionally in ...

– percussion * 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

Technical

* Larry Rosen – producer * Phil Schier –

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* John Golden – mastering

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1976 debut albums Earl Klugh albums EMI America Records albums