Earl Klugh - The Spice Of Life (2008)

Tracklist

1. Ocean Blue 5:10
2. Sleepy Head 5:09
3. Canadian Sunset 5:34
4. Venezuelan Nights 2:35
5. Driftin' 3:48
6. Snap! 4:41
7. Bye Ya 3:59
8. Heart Of My Life 4:14
9. Morning In Rio 5:27
10. C'est Si Bon 4:53
11. Lucy's World 3:50
12. My Foolish Heart 6:18
13. The Toy Guitar 2:36

Grammy Award-winning acoustic guitarist Earl Klugh is releasing a new ensemble recording, The Spice of Life, April 29th, on Koch Records. The album is being described as Klugh's “first full-production release in nine years,” and is the follow-up to 2005’s Naked Guitar, which brought Klugh his eleventh career Grammy nomination. On the album, Klugh reinterprets four of his favorite standards and longtime collaborator Don Sebesky contributes five orchestral arrangements, including Klugh’s boyhood favorite “Canadian Sunset”; his reinterpretation of the Thelonious Monk classic, “Bye Ya”; and a revival of “C’est Si Bon.” Flutist Hubert Laws guests, and composer Eddie Horst arranges the chamber-group string accompaniment on the Klugh original “Heart of My Life.” The Spice of Life also features several Klugh originals. The project is said to incorporate all of the veteran instrumentalist's musical influences, from pop and soul to jazz and gospel, as well as different musical settings. "I wanted to create something that would encompass a wide spectrum of directions: solo, standards, originals, electronic, acoustic and orchestral," said Klugh. "I wanted to make a recording that would reflect where I am at this moment in my life, and something I am proud to present to my fans.