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Earl
Klugh's Busy April 2008
January 24, 2008 - Grammy
Award-winning guitarist Earl
Klugh,
whose next still unnamed album is set to be released in
April 2008, will be hosting his 5th annual "Weekend
of Jazz." It will take place from April 3 to April
5, 2008 at the luxurious Broadmoor Hotel, located in Colorado
Springs.
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There will be a great casting of stellar smooth jazz performers
for this event: soulful and sensual sax diva Mindi Abair (Thursday,
April 3); critically acclaimed international jazz vocalist
Sophie Milman, followed by Grammy Award-winning composer,
pianist and jazz legend Ramsey Lewis (Friday, April 4); twice
Grammy nominee and urban jazz icon, sax player Boney James
performing with his old friend and host Earl Klugh (Saturday,
April 5). Late night performers will be announced soon. For
more information: www.weekendofjazz.com;
www.earlklugh.com
- By Akbar Nour
Earl
Klugh Listens To The Jazz Greats For Sonic Ideas
 October
12, 2005 - "Artist of the Month" Earl
Klugh is back with his first album in six years. "Naked
Guitar" is a collection of solo acoustic interpretations
of classic tracks like The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your
Hand" and Henry Mancini's "Moon River." Klugh
told Smooth Jazz Now that he doesn't really listen to a lot
of Smooth Jazz but these days there is one exception - Brian
Culbertson's new CD "It's On Tonight," Klugh
says, "I really like the way the album sounds. Sonically
he has a concise hold over the whole thing." Klugh admitted
that he's not a big radio listener and for inspiration he
always turns to the experts, "When I feel like I need
some help I go back and listen to some guys who could really
play in their era's and how they approached their instruments."
Klugh latest passion is for Count
Basie, "I never really listened to a lot of his music,
that was kind of a void in my music knowledge, I listened
to a lot of Duke Ellington but not Count
Basie. That was a void I wanted to explore." The
guitarist's favorite method of soaking it all in is a formula
we're all familiar with, "For me, it's just a question
of putting them in my changer and driving around town and
absorbing." Read part
two of our four-part interview with Earl Klugh. - By John
Beaudin
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Earl
Klugh, Called to Judge Thelonious Monk Guitar Competition.
 September
13, 2005 - The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz will
present its 18th annual Thelonious Monk International
Jazz Competition and Gala Concert, sponsoredby General
Motors, in Washington, DC on September 18- 19, 2005. The
Competition will feature 10 of the world's most outstanding
young jazz guitarists who will be competing for over $60,000.00
in scholarships and prizes.
The
Competition, compared in stature to that of the classical
Tchaikovsky and Van Cliburn Competitions, is the most
prestigious jazz competition in the world, and has launched
the careers of the likes of Joshua Redman and Marcus Roberts.
Each
year the competition shines the spotlight on a different
instrument. Past competitions have featured piano, bass,
drums, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, guitar and vocals.
This year's aspiring jazz guitarists will be reviewed
by renowned artists like Bill
Frisell, Earl Klugh,
Russell Malone, Pat Martino and John Pizzarelli. Accompanying
the guitarists will be a jazz combo featuring Chris Potter
on tenor sax, James Genus on bass, Terri Lyne Carrington
on drums and Bob James
(also serving as Music Director) on piano.
The
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz was established in 1986
in memory of the renowned jazz pianist and composer. Its
mission is to preserve America's legacy of jazz through
performance and education. For more
information on the Institute visit www.monkinstitute.org.
Tickets
for the Sept. 18 semifinals are free of charge and will
be
distributed at Baird Auditorium by the Smithsonian Associates
(202-357- 3030)on a first come, first served basis. Tickets
for the September 19th finals, where three finalists will
perform, and a group of Jazz All-Stars will pay tribute
to legendary guitarist George
Benson, may be purchased at the Kennedy Center Box Office,
by calling Instant Charge (202-467-4600) or on the website
at www.kennedy-center.org.
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Earl
Klugh - Artist of the Month for September & October
 September
1, 2005 - It's not everyday that one gets to talk to an
innovator in any field. In Smooth Jazz, Earl
Klugh is one of the handful of leaders in the genre
along with Bob James,
Larry Carlton, Lee
Ritenour, Jeff Lorber,
David Sanborn and
George Benson. These
are a few of the players who were there in the seventies
doing their thing that would ultimately lead us to where
we are. Klugh like Benson has often been imitated, his warm
guitar feel is a trademark but so is his sense for experimentation.
Case in point his adventurous Earl
Klugh Trio and his new CD "Naked Guitar."
The album, his first since 1999's "Peculiar Situation"
is a solo guitar record. Klugh told Smooth
Jazz Now, "I didn't want to make a record just
for the sake of making one. I just wanted to do something
that was a little bit different." Klugh even recorded
his own version of "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead."
Read our interview with
Earl Klugh. - by John
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