(Smooth Jazz, Guitar Jazz) Earl Klugh - The Best Of Earl Klugh - 1998, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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Earl Klugh / The Best Of Earl Klugh
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REM GENRE Jazz
REM DATE 1998
REM DISCID D4114D0F
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v1.0b1"
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TITLE "The Best Of Earl Klugh"
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An acoustic guitarist with a very pretty tone, Earl Klugh does not consider himself a jazz player and thinks of Chet Atkins as being his most important influence. Klugh played on a Yusef Lateef album when he was 15 and gained recognition in 1971 for his contributions to George Benson's White Rabbit record. He played regularly with Benson in 1973, was a member of Return to Forever briefly in 1974, and then in the mid-'70s, began recording as a leader. After a couple well-received solo albums on different Capitol imprints including Blue Note, Klugh hit pay dirt with 1979's One on One, a Grammy-winning collaboration with pianist Bob James. More solo albums followed before the sequel to One on One, Two of a Kind, appeared in 1982. In 1984 he changed labels and released one of his most popular albums, Soda Fountain Shuffle, on Warner Brothers. Klugh made his biggest artistic impression yet in 1989 with the self-explanatory Solo Guitar. Two years later he would return to the "serious jazz" repertoire of Solo Guitar, but this time with bassist Ralphe Armstrong and drummer Gene Dunlap on the acoustic bebop outing The Earl Klugh Trio, Vol. 1. Cool from 1992 found him working with Bob James again and was followed by three more smooth releases for the Warner Brothers family before the jump was made to Windham Hill with 1999's Peculiar Situation. Compilations, live albums, appearances with others, and reissues filled the years leading up to 2005's Naked Guitar, a stripped down, standards-heavy album for the Koch label. The Spice of Life followed in 2008.

The Best of Earl Klugh is a fine, 15-track sampler of the guitarist's work for Warner Brothers. He was at the label during the late '80s and '90s, during which time his pretty acoustic music gained quite a bit of popularity. Even if some dedicated fans may find a favorite or two missing, there isn't a bad song on this collection, and it works as a good overview of or introduction to the most popular period of his career. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Earl Klugh (guitar, keyboards, mandolin); Commissioned (vocals); Lenny Price (saxophone); Bob James, Greg Phillinganes, Richard Tee, Thom Hall, David Spradley, Luis Resto, Ronnie Foster, Barnaby Finch, Mark Nilan (keyboards); George Benson, Michael Powell, Paul Jackson, Perry Hughes, Chuck Silva (guitar); Ralphe Armstrong, Marcus Miller, Al Turner, Abraham Laboriel, Paul Jackson, Louis Johnson, Gary King, Calvin Bryant, Luico Hopper, Freddy Washington (bass); Gene Dunlap, Harvey Mason, Buddy Williams (drums); Paulinho Da Costa, Leonard "Doc" Gibbs, Jimmy Maelen (percussion).