Peculiar Situation Explained

Peculiar Situation
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Earl Klugh
Cover:	Peculiarsituation.jpg
Genre:	Smooth jazz, crossover jazz, jazz pop, instrumental pop
Label:	Windham Hill Records
Producer:	Earl Klugh
Prev Title:	The Journey
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Naked Guitar
Next Year:	2005

Peculiar Situation is a smooth jazz studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1999. This release features Klugh on both guitar and keyboard, and contains Klugh's first ever vocal track, as he "takes the role of a sideman to a vocalist for the first time in his recording career, breezing in behind Roberta Flack on 'Now and Again'".^[1]

Background

Klugh's first and only album for Windham Hill Jazz (01934 11383 2), his 20th studio album overall, finds him for the most part mining familiar and friendly territory. The exceptions being the aforementioned vocal track with Roberta Flack and the Caribbean flavored "Desert Paradise", with The Ambassadors providing backing vocals. The usual reliable crew of backing musicians is present, Al Turner, Lenny Price and Greg Phillinganes. The track "Before You Go" was used in the television series "Melrose Place".^[2] After this release, Klugh took six years off from studio recording to concentrate on world tours, including an American Goodwill tour sponsored by U.S. State Department.^[3]

Track listing

All songs composed by Earl Klugh except where noted.

1. "Peculiar Situation" – 4:22
2. "Now and Again" (Klugh, Gary Brown) – 4:35
3. "Private Affair" – 4:30
4. "Thin Ice" – 4:37
5. "I'm Falling" – 4:33
6. "Romantic Intent" – 5:20
7. "Desert Paradise" – 4:45
8. "Forever Girl" – 5:23
9. "Before You Go" – 4:51
10. "Southern Dog" – 4:34
11. "When I Look at You" – 4:43

Personnel

Musicians

• Earl Klugh – acoustic guitar, keyboards
• Al Turner – bass, drums, percussion
• Lenny Price – saxophone
• Roberta Flack – vocals (track 2)
• Greg Phillinganes – electric piano (track 2)
• Rick Williams – rhythm guitar (track 2)
• Donnie Lyle – rhythm guitar (track 10)
• Tommie Walker – synthesizer bass (track 11)
• Adegboyega Adeniji, Gary Brown, James Agwu, Ayite Milomfa, Cindy Mizell, The Ambassadors (track 7) – backing vocals

Technical

• Earl Klugh – producer
• Howie Lindeman – engineer
• Eric Morgeson – engineer
• Andrew Felluss – assistant engineer
• Todd Fairall – assistant engineer
• Jason Stasium – assistant engineer
• Gerard Smerek – mixing engineer

Notes and References

1. News: Light and breezy. Martinez. Gerald. 17 October 1999. New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press. 13. 11 October 2010. Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia..
2. Web site: Jazztimes Overview.
3. Web site: Encyclopedia.com Earl Klugh.
4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r424495|pure_url=yes}} Earl Klugh – Billboard Albums]. allmusic. 2 October 2010.