Nightsongs (Earl Klugh album)
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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. This release has Klugh perform "a collection of funk-free, soft melodic standards with heavy string orchestrations", featuring legendary NEA Jazz Master
Jean "Toots" Thielemans
on the harmonica and Grammy Award
winner Don Sebesky
as conductor and arranger.
Earl Klugh
Earl Klugh 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...
released in 1984. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985. This release has Klugh perform "a collection of funk-free, soft melodic standards with heavy string orchestrations", featuring legendary NEA Jazz Master
NEA Jazz Masters
The National Endowment for the Arts , every year honors up to seven jazz musicians with Jazz Master Awards. The National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowships are the highest honors that the United States bestows upon jazz musicians...
Jean "Toots" Thielemans
Toots Thielemans
Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans , known as Toots Thielemans, is a Belgian jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his whistling. Thielemans is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century...
on the harmonica and Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
winner Don Sebesky
Don Sebesky
Don Sebesky is an American jazz trombonist and arranger.-Biography:Sebesky trained in trombone at the Manhattan School of Music; in his early career, he played with Kai Winding, Claude Thornhill, Tommy Dorsey, Warren Covington, Maynard Ferguson and Stan Kenton...
as conductor and arranger.
Track listing
- "Ain't Misbehavin'" - 2:12
- "Theme from The Pawnbroker" - 4:13
- "The Look of Love" - 5:28
- "Nature Boy" - 3:51
- "Stay Gold (Theme from The Outsiders)" - 2:54
- "Night Song" - 6:36
- "See See Rider" - 2:11
- "A Certain Smile" - 3:43
- "The Shadow of Your Smile" - 5:10
- "Theme from Picnic" - 4:06
Charts
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Top Jazz Albums | 5 |
| 1984 | R&B Albums | 42 |
| 1984 | The Billboard 200 | 107 |