Results for "Larry Carlton"

Don Ellis: Haiku

by John Kelman
March 30, 2010

One of the more tragic casualties of the 1970s was Don Ellis. Emerging from the big bands of Maynard Ferguson, Charlie Barnet, and Ray McKinley, the trumpeter began releasing albums under his own name in the early 1960s, distanced from his mentors' more mainstream big band sound. Beginning in small ensembles with free-thinking players such as ...

Rio Samba

Featuring the music of Larry Carlton
Duration: 5:51
March 2, 2010

Louie Shelton: In Session

by Alan Bryson
January 27, 2010

Hundreds of millions of people have heard him play without having heard of him. A veteran session guitarist, Louie Shelton played on a slew of million-selling records during his three decades in Los Angeles. His credits include female vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, and Whitney Houston; ...

L'Image (Mainieri/Bernhardt/Spinozza/Levin/Gadd): 2.0

by John Kelman
January 11, 2010

It may seem odd to take nearly 40 years to release a debut, but in the case of L'Image it's definitely a case of never-too-late. A collective formed by vibraphonist Mike Mainieri in the early 1970s, L'Image generated considerable buzz for its live shows before, on the cusp of recording its first album, circumstances forced the ...

Larry Carlton: Greatest Hits Recorded Volume One

by John Kelman
January 5, 2010

Since emerging as a ubiquitous session ace--his sweet tone and lyrical bent creating some of the 1970s' most definitive guitar solos for artists including The Crusaders, Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell--Larry Carlton has combined unerring melodic instincts and stunning harmonic knowledge into a discography as accessible as it is deep. For some, he's veered too close ...

Greatest Hits Recorded Volume One

By Larry Carlton

Label: 335 Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: All In Good Time; Room 335; Smiles and Smiles To Go; Hello Tomorrow; High Steppin; Kid Gloves; RCM; Red Hot Poker; Terry T.

Live in Tokyo

By Larry Carlton

Label: 335 Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: That Road; Burnable; Cold Gold; Rio Samba; Derrick's Blues; Two Bad; Talk To Your Daughter.

Take Five With Johnny J Rivera

by AAJ Staff
November 28, 2009

Meet Johnny j Rivera:Johnny (j) Rivera is a guitarist/songwriter, multi instrumentalist, and vocalist originally from Southern California, currently living in Las Vegas Nevada. He's been writing songs most his life. Some of his influences range from Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, Heatwave, Steely Dan, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Paul Jackson Jr, Joe Sample, ...

Amalgamation: Therefore

by Woodrow Wilkins
November 23, 2009

Amalgamation is the bringing together of different elements. It is also the name of group that wants, on its debut Therefore, to present a unique sound. Based in Cleveland, Mississippi, this saxophone/guitar/bass/drums quartet is heavily influenced by the blues, but with a sound that's more a mix of rock, pop, jazz and fusion, its ...

Larry Carlton With Special Guest Robben Ford: Live in Tokyo

by John Kelman
October 8, 2009

With blues/jazz guitarist Robben Ford's Soul on Ten (Concord, 2009) receiving widespread attention, it's a good time to look at Live in Tokyo, a somewhat overlooked but unmistakably smokin' 2007 release from another West Coast guitar god, Larry Carlton. Carlton invited Ford to join his band for some dates in Tokyo in the fall of 2006, ...