Nightsongs (Earl Klugh album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Nightsongs

| type = Studio

| artist = Earl Klugh

| cover = Nightsongs klugh.jpg

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| released = {{Start date|1984||}}

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| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Crossover jazz, instrumental pop

| length =

| label = Capitol

| producer = Earl Klugh

| prev_title = Wishful Thinking

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Soda Fountain Shuffle

| next_year = 1985

}}{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r159595|pure_url=yes}} Review]

|rev2=The Age|rev2Score=not rated [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RKIQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2799,8416083&dq=late+night+guitar+earl-klugh&hl=en Review]}}

Nightsongs is an instrumental-pop studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1984.{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nSQEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22earl+klugh%22+intitle%3Abillboard&pg=PA60|title=Billboard Top Black Albums|date=15 December 1984|work=Billboard Magazine|publisher=e5 Global Media|accessdate=10 October 2010}} The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985. This release has Klugh perform "a collection of funk-free, soft melodic standards with heavy string orchestrations", featuring legendary NEA Jazz Master Jean "Toots" Thielemans on the harmonica and Grammy Award winner Don Sebesky as conductor and arranger.{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MyQEAAAAMBAJ&q=late+night+guitar+%22earl+klugh%22&pg=PT82|title=Album Review|date=6 October 1984|work=Billboard Magazine|publisher=e5 Global Media|page=65|accessdate=8 October 2010}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RKIQAAAAIBAJ&pg=2799,8416083&dq=late+night+guitar+earl-klugh&hl=en|title=Earl Heads A Feast Of Guitar Releases|last=Daly|first=Mike|date=14 March 1985|work=The Age|page=35|accessdate=8 October 2010|location=Melbourne, Australia}}