Late Night Guitar

Late Night Guitar
Studio album by Earl Klugh
Released 1980
Recorded 1979 - 1980
Genre Crossover jazz, Instrumental Pop
Length 36:09
Label Blue Note
Producer Earl Klugh, Roland Wilson
Earl Klugh chronology

Dream Come True
(1980)
Late Night Guitar
(1980)
Crazy for You
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic.com [1]
Billboard Magazine [2]

Late Night Guitar is an instrumental-pop studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1980. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 24th Grammy Awards in 1982.[3][4][5] In this release, Klugh is joined by strings and horns in an orchestra arranged and conducted by David Matthews.[6]

Track listing

  1. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" - 1:58
  2. "Nice to Be Around (Nice to Have Around)" - 2:59
  3. "Like a Lover" - 2:41
  4. "Laura" - 2:44
  5. "Jamaica Farewell" - 3:24
  6. "Tenderly" - 1:52
  7. "Mona Lisa" - 2:34
  8. "Triste" - 2:05
  9. "Two for the Road" - 4:21
  10. "Mirabella" - 2:47
  11. "Lisbon Antigua" - 2:03
  12. "A Time for Love" - 2:49
  13. "I'll Never Say Goodbye (The Promise)" - 3:52

Charts

Album – Billboard[7]
Year Chart Position
1981 Top Contemporary Jazz 4
1981 Jazz Albums 40
1981 The Billboard 200 98

References

  1. Late Night Guitar at AllMusic
  2. Billboard Magazine review
  3. "Lennon gets 5 Grammy nominations". The Daily Reporter, Iowa (Spencer, Iowa, USA). 13 January 1982. p. 12. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  4. "Quincy Jones and Lionel Ritchie Top Contenders for Grammies". Times Daily (Florence, Alabama, USA). 24 February 1982. p. 10. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  5. "Grammy Awards - John Lennon, Quincy Jones, Lionel Ritchie lead nominees". Ellensburg Daily Record (Ellensburg, Washington, USA). 24 February 1982. p. 8. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  6. Yanow, Scott. "Late Night Guitar - Review". allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  7. "Earl Klugh - Billboard Albums". allmusic. Retrieved 2 October 2010.