The exceptionally talented Contemporary Jazz artist Earl Klugh has released his CD entitled Naked Guitar. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Earl Klugh fans, and Contemporary Jazz fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of Naked Guitar Earl Klugh's artistic excellence is on full display as he has once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be his best work to date.



Refreshingly, this was one of those CDs I was able to just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

More and more often these days it's a very rare CD on which every single song is good or better than the one before it. This CD is certainly one of those rare CDs.

Naked Guitar grabs your attention right from the start with a great track in The Night Has A Thousand Eyes, and does not let you go until the very last note of the very last song. Which by the way is a really good track.

I'm of the opinion that Naked Guitar is certainly Earl Klugh's best work in a few years. A totally enjoyable CD and an outstanding release. What I call must have music. I give it two thumbs up because it's a collection that even the casual Contemporary Jazz fan can appreciate and enjoy.

While this entire album is really very good some of my favorites are track 1 - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes, track 2 - Baubles, Bangles, And Beads and track 12 - All The Things You Are.

My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 8, Who Can I Turn To. This is a great track!

Naked Guitar Release Notes:

Earl Klugh originally released Naked Guitar on Aug 09, 2005 on the Koch Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes 2. Baubles, Bangles, And Beads 3. Serenata 4. Alice In Wonderland 5. In The Moonlight 6. Summer Knows, The 7. Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead 8. Who Can I Turn To 9. On A Clear Day 10. Be My Love 11. I Want To Hold Your Hand 12. All The Things You Are 13. Moon River 14. Angelina

Personnel: Earl Klugh (guitar). Recording information: Studio 861, Atlanta, GA.