Nightsongs (Earl Klugh album)

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Nightsongs
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Studio album by
Released1984 (1984) [1]
Genre Crossover jazz, instrumental pop
Label Capitol
Producer Earl Klugh
Earl Klugh chronology
Wishful Thinking
(1984)
Nightsongs
(1984)
Soda Fountain Shuffle
(1985)
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Nightsongs is an instrumental-pop studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1984. [1] [2] 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. [1] [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) - 2:12
  2. "Theme from The Pawnbroker" (Quincy Jones) - 4:13
  3. "The Look of Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) - 5:28
  4. "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) - 3:51
  5. "Stay Gold (Theme from The Outsiders)" (Carmine Coppola) - 2:54
  6. "Night Song" (Earl Klugh) - 6:36
  7. "See See Rider" (Ma Rainey) - 2:11
  8. "A Certain Smile" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:43
  9. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:10
  10. "Theme from Picnic" (George Duning, Steve Allen) - 4:06

Charts

Album – Billboard [4]
YearChartPosition
1984Top Jazz Albums5
1984R&B Albums42
1984 The Billboard 200 107

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Album Review". Billboard Magazine . e5 Global Media. October 6, 1984. p. 65. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  2. "Billboard Top Black Albums". Billboard Magazine . e5 Global Media. December 15, 1984. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  3. Daly, Mike (March 14, 1985). "Earl Heads A Feast Of Guitar Releases". The Age . Melbourne, Australia. p. 35. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  4. "Earl Klugh - Billboard Albums". allmusic . Retrieved October 2, 2010.