Earl Klugh (album)

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Baltimore Afro-American

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

Track listing

1. "Las Manos De Fuego" ("Hands of Fire") (Dave Grusin) – 5:33
2. "Could It be I'm Falling in Love" (Melvin Steals) – 4:01
3. "Angelina" (Earl Klugh) – 4:50
4. "Slippin' in the Back Door" (Louis Johnson) – 4:16
5. "Vonetta" (Klugh) – 6:04
6. "Laughter in the Rain" (Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody) – 4:32
7. "Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans) – 4:58
8. "Wind and the Sea" (Klugh) – 4:48

Personnel

Musicians

• Earl Klugh – acoustic and electric guitar
• Lee Ritenour – electric guitar
• Charles Meeks, – bass
• Louis Johnson – bass (tracks 1,4)
• 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

Technical

• Larry Rosen – producer
• Phil Schier – engineer
• John Golden – mastering

Charts

Album – Billboard

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