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Klugh has made himself a personal birthday present with 12 covers of popular
pieces and four originals. The album starts with Alfie written by Burt
Bacharach in 1966. Burt wrote the song for the movie after he had
seen some of the scenes. The melody is appealing and found Klugh's
interest and wish to include the song in premier place.
The more known Lullaby Of Birdland was often played by Klugh,
when he toured with British-born pianist George Shearing. Therefore,
he has adapted George's faster pace in comparison to the
original. Blue Moon is a duet, Klugh performs with Bill
Frisell. Bill plays the electric guitar. The eclectic guitar player
Frisell was Klugh's first choice.
The first own creation is In Six. The title is explained by
the time signature 6/8, which give the song a swinging character.
Compare Cast Your Fate To The Wind with Vince Guaraldi's
original and you will notice Klugh's supreme
guitar mastery. Every note and its placement is art and together a
treat.
Hotel California features Jake Shimabukuro,
the grandmaster of the Ukulele. Since a jazz cruise in 2008 both are
good friends. Now they spread magic on the old Eagles hit.
More And More Amor
became popular on Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass'
Going Places.
Now the tune gets a new face. Round
Midnight by Thelonious Monk and
Cootie Williams is a jazz standard, which attracted Klugh to a
personal interpretation.
Jimmy Van Heusen’s standard from 1947,
But Beautiful
has the same charisma. Country music star Vince Gill joins Klugh on
All I Have To Do Is Dream
leaving a personal note with the vocal part. Klugh comments:
“It was an honor to have Vince perform this duet with me. When he
added his vocals on the bridge, it was a great surprise and a
perfect compliment to the recording!”
Little Anthony and the Imperials’ 1964 hit
Goin’ Out of My Head
has the same hooking power and requires his performing. The next
take If I Fell
is a ballad by the Beatles from their album
A Hard Day's Night.
With Where The Wind Takes Me
and Morning Rain
Klugh continues to show his own compositional talent.
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
by Sammy Fain is just a short episode before Klugh finishes the
album with This Time,
a remake of the original version from the album
Finger Paintings.
Al Jarreau propelled the song to exceedingly great awareness through
his album This Time.
Earl
Klugh's
HandPicked is a curated collection of guitar gems, a delight
for every guitar enthusiast.
Biography
Album Information
01 Alfie [2:34]
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Guitar
virtuoso Earl Klugh performs as professional musician since more than
four decades. Starting as a 17 years old guitarist
on George Benson's album White Rabbit he wrote music
history with numerous contributions.
