Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:46
Size: 141.4 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 1990
Art: Front
[5:40] 1. Small Town Girl
[5:47] 2. Smiles And Smiles To Go
[4:57] 3. Minute By Minute
[5:09] 4. For Heaven's Sake
[5:19] 5. Nite Crawler
[5:24] 6. Blues For T.J
[5:05] 7. 10 P.M
[4:34] 8. Sleepwalk
[4:08] 9. Tequila
[4:33] 10. Bubble Shuffle
[5:22] 11. Hello Tomorrow
[5:43] 12. High Steppin'
Larry Carlton is one of the few great guitarists whose style is so distinctive that you recognise it the moment you hear it. His smooth, expressive tone is what many guitarists can only dream of coming close to. He is also probably one of the most requested session musicians ever. His early work with Steely Dan was just brilliant and here on this disc, although you don't get the Steely Dan stuff, you get a very good representation of his first 12 years in the business.
As is expected of a GRP recording, the sound quality is excellent coming from a digital master and there are two never before released recordings as well. The best track is "Sleepwalk" which shows you just what great phrasing the guy has, probably one of the hardest things for any musician to achieve is good phrasing and LC achieves this with ease. A brilliant musician and a great disc! ~Frederick Baptist
As is expected of a GRP recording, the sound quality is excellent coming from a digital master and there are two never before released recordings as well. The best track is "Sleepwalk" which shows you just what great phrasing the guy has, probably one of the hardest things for any musician to achieve is good phrasing and LC achieves this with ease. A brilliant musician and a great disc! ~Frederick Baptist
Collection
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:37
Size: 129.6 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 1997
Art: Front
[5:37] 1. Osaka Cool
[4:22] 2. Heart To Heart
[5:16] 3. March Of The Jazz Angels
[5:05] 4. Honey Samba
[5:30] 5. Pure Delight
[5:28] 6. Ridin' The Treasure
[4:16] 7. Those Eyes
[6:16] 8. Lots About Nothin'
[4:43] 9. Farm Jazz
[5:12] 10. The Gift
[4:47] 11. Remembering J.P
It's cool. It's upbeat. It's danceable. It's the much accomplished Larry Carlton's Collection Volume 2, gathering the cream from his releases The Gift, Kid Gloves, Discovery, On Solid Ground, Alone / But Never Alone, and Larry & Lee (that would be Ritenour).
Carlton is a superb guitarist. His phrasing is impeccable, his ear for melody sound. His competent brand of cool collected-ness is no doubt what attracted the ear of Steely Dan, who had Carlton in now and again to take care of the fretwork. One chief difference is that Steely Dan had a sound, a readily identifiable style. Carlton's playing is faultless, but these tracks seem to melt into one another without much to distinguish them. Moreover, after listening to this disc I'm still not entirely sure what Larry Carlton has to say. I'm not sure who he is — despite his virtuoso chops, much of this music could have been made by any number of smooth jazzmen. Of course, that may be all Mr. Carlton is after. He is notably effective on "Honey Samba," touching on "The Gift," delicately precise on "Pure Delight," and charming on "Farm Jazz," which does sound a little different (in a chugging faux -hillbilly direction) from the rest of the fare.
Guest stars on this compilation include Kirk Whalum, who contributes some standard smooth-fusionary licks and a few memorable phrases, especially on "March of the Jazz Angels," which began by reminding me of the Seventies pop hit "How Long Has This Been Going On?" Larry Carlton is a virtuoso, but is never flashy for its own sake. Amid the synthesizer gauze of these tracks he himself plays brilliantly, and is, of course, the major attraction. ~Robert Spencer
Carlton is a superb guitarist. His phrasing is impeccable, his ear for melody sound. His competent brand of cool collected-ness is no doubt what attracted the ear of Steely Dan, who had Carlton in now and again to take care of the fretwork. One chief difference is that Steely Dan had a sound, a readily identifiable style. Carlton's playing is faultless, but these tracks seem to melt into one another without much to distinguish them. Moreover, after listening to this disc I'm still not entirely sure what Larry Carlton has to say. I'm not sure who he is — despite his virtuoso chops, much of this music could have been made by any number of smooth jazzmen. Of course, that may be all Mr. Carlton is after. He is notably effective on "Honey Samba," touching on "The Gift," delicately precise on "Pure Delight," and charming on "Farm Jazz," which does sound a little different (in a chugging faux -hillbilly direction) from the rest of the fare.
Guest stars on this compilation include Kirk Whalum, who contributes some standard smooth-fusionary licks and a few memorable phrases, especially on "March of the Jazz Angels," which began by reminding me of the Seventies pop hit "How Long Has This Been Going On?" Larry Carlton is a virtuoso, but is never flashy for its own sake. Amid the synthesizer gauze of these tracks he himself plays brilliantly, and is, of course, the major attraction. ~Robert Spencer
Collection Volume 2
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