Larry Carlton
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Larry Carlton is an American
jazz
, smooth jazz
, jazz fusion
, pop
, and rock
guitar
ist and singer. He has divided his recording time between solo recordings and session appearances with various well-known bands. Over his career, Carlton has won four Grammy Award
s for his performances and compositions, including performing on the theme song
for the hit television series, Hill Street Blues
(1981).
, Wes Montgomery
, Barney Kessel
, and B.B. King. Saxophonist John Coltrane
has also made a notable impression on Carlton, and Carlton's live albums have featured cuts from Miles Davis
' Kind of Blue
.
in Los Angeles
, making up to five hundred recordings a year, including albums by Steely Dan
, Joni Mitchell
, Billy Joel
, Michael Jackson
, Quincy Jones
, The Four Tops, Christopher Cross
, Barbra Streisand
, the Partridge Family
, and Charly García
's Clics Modernos. His guitar work on Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne
" from their 1976 LP The Royal Scam
has been listed as the third best guitar solo on record by Rolling Stone Magazine. From 1971 to 1976 he played with the jazz-rock group The Crusaders
. In 1977 he signed with Warner Bros. Records
for a solo career. In 1979 he played guitar on Michael Jackson
's Off the Wall
. Although still relatively unknown outside his fan-base, Carlton produced six albums from 1978 to 1984, during which his adaptation of Santo Farina's "Sleepwalk" climbed the pop and adult contemporary charts and his 1983 LP Friends garnered a Grammy nomination. In 1979, Carlton appeared on the grammy award winning, self titled debut album by Christopher Cross. Guitar great Eric Johnson
also played on that same album.
His solo career took a twist in 1985 when he signed with MCA Master Series for an acoustic
jazz album. The result was Alone / But Never Alone
, which included a rendition of "The Lord's Prayer". During this time Carlton worked with musicians from around the world, including Japan
ese guitarist Hideshi Takatani. From 1985 to 1990 Carlton did various solo projects including the 1986 live Last Nite
. He won another Grammy for his cover
of the McDonald
/Abrams
song "Minute by Minute
," from the successful LP Discovery
.
In 1988, while working on his electric guitar
LP On Solid Ground
, which was released in 1989, Carlton was the victim of a random act of violence, shot in the throat outside Room 335, his private studio in Southern California. The bullet shattered his vocal cord and caused significant nerve trauma. Carlton managed to recover quickly and completed On Solid Ground by the end of the year. He continued his work with the electric guitar in 1991 when he started to record a blues
album, but decided to delay the project to meet demand for a more commercially-oriented jazz offering, which resulted in Kid Gloves. Renegade Gentleman
was finally released in 1993, featuring Nashville, Tennessee
harmonica
player Terry McMillan on several tracks.
From 1994 to 1997 Carlton participated in various tours (notably with Toto
guitarist Steve Lukather
) and released an album (Larry & Lee). In 1997, Carlton took Lee Ritenour
's place in Fourplay
.
In 2000, Carlton furthered his solo career with Fingerprints. His career received another boost the following year when his live performance with Lukather, No Substitutions: Live in Osaka
, garnered his third Grammy. Carlton's more recent work included Deep Into It, Sapphire Blue, and Firewire.
At the beginning of 2007 Carlton released two CDs. A live recording together with blues guitarist Robben Ford
, Live in Tokyo, and The Jazz King album. The Jazz King record is the result of a composition Carlton wrote for H. M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. The Jazz King project was initiated to celebrate the 60th anniversary of King Bhumibol's accession to the throne as well as his 80th birthday in 2007. Carlton was commissioned to write this composition by the Royal Project Foundation and Rotary Club of Bangkok. These compositions were released on CD only in Thailand, the net proceeds of the CD will be used to support the indigenous hill-tribe children of Thailand. Carlton's compositions for this Jazz King project resulted in a concert held on January 28, 2007 at BEC-Tero Hall, Suan Lum Night Bazaar, Bangkok.
In July, August and September 2009, Carlton joined Steely Dan
as guest guitarist for six dates in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Carlton reprised this role with another special guest guitarist appearance in Steely Dan's September 23, 2011 concert at New York's Beacon Theatre.
In June 2010 Carlton released Take Your Pick
, an album made with Tak Matsumoto
. This album won the 2011 Grammy for "Best Pop Instrumental Album". Carlton's 4th Grammy win.
In February 2011 Carlton released "Plays The Sound Of Philadelphia".
artist Michele Pillar
since 1987. He is also the father of bass player Travis Carlton and uncle of the singer-songwriter
Vanessa Carlton
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, smooth jazz
Smooth jazz
Smooth jazz is a genre of music that grew out of jazz fusion and is influenced by R&B, funk, rock, and pop music styles ....
, jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
, pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, and rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist and singer. He has divided his recording time between solo recordings and session appearances with various well-known bands. Over his career, Carlton has won four Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
s for his performances and compositions, including performing on the theme song
Theme music
Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits...
for the hit television series, Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received critical acclaim and its production innovations ...
(1981).
Biography
Carlton started learning to play guitar when he was six years old, studying under Slim Edwards near his Torrance home. Taking an interest in jazz while at high school, his playing style was influenced by Joe PassJoe Pass
Joe Pass was an Italian-American jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century...
, Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery
John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery was an American jazz guitarist. He is widely considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian and influencing countless others, including Pat Martino, George Benson, Russell Malone, Emily...
, Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA. Generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century, he was noted in particular for his vast knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies...
, and B.B. King. Saxophonist John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
has also made a notable impression on Carlton, and Carlton's live albums have featured cuts from Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
' Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released August 17, 1959, on Columbia Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the album took place at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City on March 2 and April 22, 1959...
.
Music career
During the 1970s and early 1980s, Carlton was a session musicianSession musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, making up to five hundred recordings a year, including albums by Steely Dan
Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band; its core members are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop...
, Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
, Billy Joel
Billy Joel
William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...
, Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
, Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
, The Four Tops, Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross is an American singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Texas. His debut album earned him five Grammys. He is perhaps best known for his Top Ten hit songs, "Sailing", "Ride Like the Wind", and "Arthur's Theme ", the last of which he performed for the film Arthur starring Dudley Moore...
, Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
, the Partridge Family
The Partridge Family
The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career. The series originally ran from September 25, 1970 until August 31, 1974, the last new episode airing on March 23, 1974, on the ABC network, as part of a Friday-night lineup...
, and Charly García
Charly García
Charly García is a singer-songwriter, pianist and keyboardist from Argentina with a long career in rock music, forming successful groups such as Sui Generis and Serú Girán, cult status groups like La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros, and as a solo musician.-Early years:Charly García was the eldest son in...
's Clics Modernos. His guitar work on Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne
Kid Charlemagne
"Kid Charlemagne" is a song by the rock group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their 1976 album The Royal Scam. It is notable as a fusion of a funk rhythm and jazz harmonies with rock and roll instrumentals and lyrical style, as well as a very famous guitar solo by jazz-fusion...
" from their 1976 LP The Royal Scam
The Royal Scam
The Royal Scam is the fifth album by Steely Dan, originally released by ABC Records in 1976. The album went gold and peaked at #15 on the charts. The Royal Scam features more prominent guitar work than other Steely Dan albums...
has been listed as the third best guitar solo on record by Rolling Stone Magazine. From 1971 to 1976 he played with the jazz-rock group The Crusaders
The Crusaders
The Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated jazz, pop and soul sound. Since 1961, more than forty albums have been credited to the group , 19 of which were recorded under the name "The Jazz Crusaders" .-History:In 1960, following the demise of a...
. In 1977 he signed with Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
for a solo career. In 1979 he played guitar on Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
's Off the Wall
Off the Wall (album)
Off the Wall is the fifth studio album by the American recording artist Michael Jackson, released August 10, 1979 on Epic Records, after Jackson's critically well received film performance in The Wiz. While working on that project, Jackson and Quincy Jones had become friends, and Jones agreed to...
. Although still relatively unknown outside his fan-base, Carlton produced six albums from 1978 to 1984, during which his adaptation of Santo Farina's "Sleepwalk" climbed the pop and adult contemporary charts and his 1983 LP Friends garnered a Grammy nomination. In 1979, Carlton appeared on the grammy award winning, self titled debut album by Christopher Cross. Guitar great Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson is an American guitarist. Though he is best known for his success in the instrumental rock format, Johnson regularly incorporates jazz, fusion, gospel and country and western music into his recordings...
also played on that same album.
His solo career took a twist in 1985 when he signed with MCA Master Series for an acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
jazz album. The result was Alone / But Never Alone
Alone / But Never Alone
Alone / But Never Alone is an album by Larry Carlton, released in 1986.- Track listing :All tracks by Larry Carlton except were noted# "Smiles and Smiles to Go" – 5:47# "Perfect Peace" – 4:28# "Carrying You" – 4:00...
, which included a rendition of "The Lord's Prayer". During this time Carlton worked with musicians from around the world, including Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese guitarist Hideshi Takatani. From 1985 to 1990 Carlton did various solo projects including the 1986 live Last Nite
Last Nite (Larry Carlton album)
Last Nite is a live album by Larry Carlton, released in 1986.Recorded at the Baked Potato in North Hollywood, California, Carlton is supported by keyboardist Terry Trotter, bassist Abraham Laboriel, drummer John Robinson and percussionist Alex Acuña....
. He won another Grammy for his cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of the McDonald
Michael McDonald (singer)
Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...
/Abrams
Lester Abrams
Lester Abrams is a singer, songwriter, musician and producer who has played with such artists as B.B. King, Stevie Wonder, Peabo Bryson, Quincy Jones, Manfred Mann, Brian Auger, The Average White Band, The Doobie Brothers, Rufus and many others. Two of his co-compositions appeared on the Grammy...
song "Minute by Minute
Minute by Minute
Minute by Minute is the eighth studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1978. The album contains their biggest hit, the Grammy-winning "What a Fool Believes". "Depending on You" and the title track were also released as singles...
," from the successful LP Discovery
Discovery (Larry Carlton album)
Discovery is an album by Larry Carlton, released in 1986.It also features Kirk Whalum and his tenor solos on several tracks, with Terry Trotter on keyboards, John Pena on bass, and Rick Marotta on drums.-Track listing:#"Hello Tomorrow" 5:22...
.
In 1988, while working on his electric guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
LP On Solid Ground
On Solid Ground
On Solid Ground is an album by Larry Carlton, released in 1989. The album also features keyboardists Terry Trotter and Alan Pasqua, and occasionally saxophonist Kirk Whalum...
, which was released in 1989, Carlton was the victim of a random act of violence, shot in the throat outside Room 335, his private studio in Southern California. The bullet shattered his vocal cord and caused significant nerve trauma. Carlton managed to recover quickly and completed On Solid Ground by the end of the year. He continued his work with the electric guitar in 1991 when he started to record a blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
album, but decided to delay the project to meet demand for a more commercially-oriented jazz offering, which resulted in Kid Gloves. Renegade Gentleman
Renegade Gentleman
Renegade Gentleman is an album by Larry Carlton, released in 1993.-Track listing:#"Crazy Mama" 4:32#"R.C.M." 5:05#"Sleep Medicine" 4:20#"Cold Day in Hell" 6:03#"Anthem" 4:32#"Amen A.C." 4:48#"Never Say Naw" 6:54...
was finally released in 1993, featuring Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
harmonica
Harmonica
The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
player Terry McMillan on several tracks.
From 1994 to 1997 Carlton participated in various tours (notably with Toto
Toto (band)
Toto is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The group currently consists of Joseph Williams , David Paich , Steve Porcaro , Steve Lukather , Mike Porcaro , and Simon Phillips . Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard...
guitarist Steve Lukather
Steve Lukather
Steve "Luke" Lukather is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer best known for his work with the rock band Toto. Lukather has played with many artists, released several solo albums, and worked as a composer, arranger, and session guitarist on more than 1,500 albums...
) and released an album (Larry & Lee). In 1997, Carlton took Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour
Lee Mack Ritenour is an American jazz guitarist who has recorded over 42 albums, appeared on over 3000 sessions, and has charted over 30 instrumental and vocal contemporary jazz hits since 1976. One of his most popular songs was the smash hit, “Is It You” in 1981. Ritenour is considered to be a...
's place in Fourplay
Fourplay
Fourplay is a contemporary jazz quartet in the United States. The original members of the group were Bob James , Lee Ritenour , Nathan East , and Harvey Mason . In 1997, Lee Ritenour left the group and Fourplay chose Larry Carlton as his replacement...
.
In 2000, Carlton furthered his solo career with Fingerprints. His career received another boost the following year when his live performance with Lukather, No Substitutions: Live in Osaka
No Substitutions: Live in Osaka
No Substitutions: Live in Osaka is a live album by Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather, released in 2001 through Favored Nations. In 2002, the album won Carlton and Lukather the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.-Reception:-Track listing:...
, garnered his third Grammy. Carlton's more recent work included Deep Into It, Sapphire Blue, and Firewire.
At the beginning of 2007 Carlton released two CDs. A live recording together with blues guitarist Robben Ford
Robben Ford
Robben Ford is an American blues, jazz and rock guitarist.-Biography:Ford was born in Woodlake, California, United States, but raised in Ukiah, California, and began playing the saxophone at age 10, picking up the guitar at age 13...
, Live in Tokyo, and The Jazz King album. The Jazz King record is the result of a composition Carlton wrote for H. M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. The Jazz King project was initiated to celebrate the 60th anniversary of King Bhumibol's accession to the throne as well as his 80th birthday in 2007. Carlton was commissioned to write this composition by the Royal Project Foundation and Rotary Club of Bangkok. These compositions were released on CD only in Thailand, the net proceeds of the CD will be used to support the indigenous hill-tribe children of Thailand. Carlton's compositions for this Jazz King project resulted in a concert held on January 28, 2007 at BEC-Tero Hall, Suan Lum Night Bazaar, Bangkok.
In July, August and September 2009, Carlton joined Steely Dan
Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band; its core members are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop...
as guest guitarist for six dates in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Carlton reprised this role with another special guest guitarist appearance in Steely Dan's September 23, 2011 concert at New York's Beacon Theatre.
In June 2010 Carlton released Take Your Pick
Take Your Pick (album)
Take Your Pick is an instrumental studio album by Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto, released by Vermillion Records on June 2, 2010 in Japan. The album debuted at number 2 on the Japanese Oricon weekly album charts...
, an album made with Tak Matsumoto
Tak Matsumoto
is a Grammy Award-winning Japanese guitarist, producer, arranger, composer, singer and songwriter. In addition to guitarist and lead composer for the hard rock band B'z, he has also had a successful solo career.-Background:...
. This album won the 2011 Grammy for "Best Pop Instrumental Album". Carlton's 4th Grammy win.
In February 2011 Carlton released "Plays The Sound Of Philadelphia".
Gear and Equipment
Larry, also known as "Mr. 335," is best known for his 1968 Gibson ES-335. He has worked along side Gibson to produce a replica under the name the "Gibson Custom Larry Carlton ES-335." Larry has also worked with Valley Arts guitars to produce two signature models in the mid-eighties to early-nineties.Personal life
Carlton has been married to contemporary Christian musicChristian music
Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world....
artist Michele Pillar
Michele Pillar
Michele Diane Pillar is a three-time Grammy-nominated Christian singer, songwriter and occasional actress. Despite only a short list of studio albums recorded, she has been a strong influence in contemporary Christian music for three decades.-Early career:In 1987, aged 32, she married the jazz...
since 1987. He is also the father of bass player Travis Carlton and uncle of the singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Lee Carlton is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Upon completion of her education at the School of American Ballet, Carlton chose to pursue singing instead, performing in New York bars and clubs while attending university. Three months after recording a demo with producer Peter...
.
Albums
- With A Little HelpWith a Little HelpWith a Little Help is a collection consisting of mostly previously published science fiction short stories and novellas by Cory Doctorow, with one new short story...
1968 Uni - Singing / Playing 1973 Blue Thumb
- Larry CarltonLarry Carlton (album)Larry Carlton released in 1978, also known as the Room 335 album, was recorded at Larry Carlton’s Room 335 Studio in Hollywood, CA. Produced and arranged by Larry Carlton / Larry Carlton Productions...
1978 Warner Bros. Records - Mr. 335 Live in Japan 1979 Warner Bros. Records (Japan)
- Strikes TwiceStrikes TwiceStrikes Twice is an album by Larry Carlton, released in 1981.-Track listing:All tracks composed and arranged by Larry Carlton; except where indicated#"Strikes Twice" 5:18#"Ain't Nothin' for a Heartache" 3:16...
1980 Warner Bros. Records - Sleepwalk 1981 Warner Bros. Records
- Eight Times Up 1983 Warner Bros. Records
- Friends 1983 MCA
- Last NiteLast Nite (Larry Carlton album)Last Nite is a live album by Larry Carlton, released in 1986.Recorded at the Baked Potato in North Hollywood, California, Carlton is supported by keyboardist Terry Trotter, bassist Abraham Laboriel, drummer John Robinson and percussionist Alex Acuña....
1986 MCA - Alone / But Never AloneAlone / But Never AloneAlone / But Never Alone is an album by Larry Carlton, released in 1986.- Track listing :All tracks by Larry Carlton except were noted# "Smiles and Smiles to Go" – 5:47# "Perfect Peace" – 4:28# "Carrying You" – 4:00...
1986 MCA - DiscoveryDiscovery (Larry Carlton album)Discovery is an album by Larry Carlton, released in 1986.It also features Kirk Whalum and his tenor solos on several tracks, with Terry Trotter on keyboards, John Pena on bass, and Rick Marotta on drums.-Track listing:#"Hello Tomorrow" 5:22...
1986 MCA - On Solid GroundOn Solid GroundOn Solid Ground is an album by Larry Carlton, released in 1989. The album also features keyboardists Terry Trotter and Alan Pasqua, and occasionally saxophonist Kirk Whalum...
1989 MCA - Collection 1990 GRP
- Renegade GentlemanRenegade GentlemanRenegade Gentleman is an album by Larry Carlton, released in 1993.-Track listing:#"Crazy Mama" 4:32#"R.C.M." 5:05#"Sleep Medicine" 4:20#"Cold Day in Hell" 6:03#"Anthem" 4:32#"Amen A.C." 4:48#"Never Say Naw" 6:54...
1991 GRP - Kid Gloves 1992 GRP
- Larry & Lee 1995 GRP
- Christmas at My House 1995 MCA
- The Gift 1996 GRP
- Collection Vol.2 1997 GRP
- Fingerprints 2000 Warner Bros. Records
- No Substitutions: Live in OsakaNo Substitutions: Live in OsakaNo Substitutions: Live in Osaka is a live album by Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather, released in 2001 through Favored Nations. In 2002, the album won Carlton and Lukather the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.-Reception:-Track listing:...
2001 Favored Nations - Deep Into It 2001 Warner Bros. Records
- Sapphire Blue 2003 JVC Music
- The Very Best of Larry Carlton 2005 GRP
- Fire Wire 2006 RCA Victor
- Larry Carlton with Robben Ford Live in Tokyo 2007 335 Records
- Take Your PickTake Your Pick (album)Take Your Pick is an instrumental studio album by Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto, released by Vermillion Records on June 2, 2010 in Japan. The album debuted at number 2 on the Japanese Oricon weekly album charts...
(with Tak MatsumotoTak Matsumotois a Grammy Award-winning Japanese guitarist, producer, arranger, composer, singer and songwriter. In addition to guitarist and lead composer for the hard rock band B'z, he has also had a successful solo career.-Background:...
) 2010 335 (US), Vermillion (JP) - Larry Carlton Plays The Sound Of Philadelphia 2011 335 Records
Film soundtracks
- Against All OddsAgainst All Odds (soundtrack)Against All Odds: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack for the 1984 film Against All Odds. The album includes the original score by Larry Carlton, as well as several tracks by artists popular at the time of the film's release...
1984 Virgin Records (with Michel ColombierMichel ColombierMichel Colombier was a French composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor.- External links :*...
)
Videos
- Larry Carlton Live 1987
- Star Licks Larry Carlton 1989
- Star Licks Larry Carlton Vol.2 1992
- Larry Carlton Live At Montreal International Jazz Festival 1997
DVDs
- Ohne Filter 2002 inakustik
- Live at Montreal JazzFestival 2002 Eagle
- Carlton Lukather Band - The Paris Concert 2005 inakustik
- Carlton, Ford + Autour Du Blues - The Paris Concert 2008 inakustik
- Carlton & The Sapphire Blues Band - The Paris Concert 2008 inakustik
- Carlton Trio - The Paris Concert 2009 inakustik
- Appeared in Eric ClaptonEric ClaptonEric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
's Crossroads Guitar Festival, 2004