An Evening with Earl Klugh
Presented By: Pride Magazine & The Sol Kitchen
Friday September 16, 2011
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Earl Klugh is an American smooth jazz/crossover
jazz/jazz fusion /guitarist and composer.
Being influenced by Bob James, Ray Parker Jr,
Wes Montgomery, Chet Atkins and Laurindo
Almeida, his sound is a blend of these jazz, pop
and rhythm and blues influences, forming a
potpourri of sweet contemporary music original
to only him.
For their album One on One, Klugh and Bob
James received a Grammy award for Best Pop
Instrumental Performance of 1981 and has
received 12 Grammy nods, millions of record and CD sales, and continues to tour worldwide.
Klugh has recorded over 30 albums including 23 Top Ten charting records – five of them No. 1 - on Billboard’s Jazz Album chart. With 2008’s The Spice of Life, Klugh earned his 12th career Grammy nomination - his second nomination and release on the independent Koch label.
Klugh is also considered one of the best acoustic guitar players today.
Be among the first in Charlotte to experience a performance in the sparkling new KNIGHT THEATER. The theater joins the Mint Museum, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, and the Afro-American Cultural Center in a new cultural district on South Tryon Street that will add a whole new dimension to the Uptown art scene.
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