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Larry Carlton & Robben Ford - Unplugged
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Title: Unplugged
Leader Artist: Larry Carlton & Robben Ford
Label:335 Records – 335-1302
Format:CD, Album, Digipac
Country:US
Released:2013
Genre:Jazz, Blues
Style:Contemporary Jazz, Fusion
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Track List
1 NM Blues 08 7:33
2 That Road 8:55
3 Monty 7:10
4 Cold Gold 7:05
5 Hand In Hand With The Blues 4:59
6 Amen AC 6:33
7 I Put A Spell On You 6:25
8 Rio Samba 9:05
Personnel
Guitar – Larry Carlton
Guitar, Vocals – Robben Ford
Bass – Fifi Chayeb
Drums – Claude Salmieri
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http://www.allmusic.com/album/unplugged-mw0002468793
Bio
larry Carlton
Like so many other Los Angeles studio musicians, guitarist and composer Larry Carlton was faced with a choice a number of years back: whether to go solo and develop a name for himself under his own name or to continue the less risky, more lucrative existence as a session guitarist, making good money and recording with prominent musicians. Fortunately for fans of this eclectic guitarist, he chose the former, and has recorded under his own name for Warner Bros., MCA Records, GRP Records, and various other labels since 1978.
Carlton's studio credits from the 1970s and early '80s include musicians and groups like Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Michael Jackson, Sammy Davis, Jr., Herb Alpert, Quincy Jones, Bobby Bland, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and literally dozens of others. Among his more notable projects as a session guitarist were Joni Mitchell's critically acclaimed Court and Spark album and Donald Fagen's Nightfly album. For much of the 1970s, Carlton was active as a session guitarist, recording on up to 500 albums a year. Although he recorded a number of LPs under his own name as early as 1968's With a Little Help from My Friends (Uni), and 1973's Playing/Singing (Blue Thumb), he didn't land a major-label contract until 1978, when he signed with Warner Bros.
Carlton began taking guitar lessons when he was six. His first professional gig was at a supper club in 1962. After hearing Joe Pass on the radio, he was inspired to play jazz and blues. Wes Montgomery and Barney Kessel became important influences soon after he discovered the jazz guitar stylings of Pass. B.B. King and other blues guitarists had an impact on Carlton's style as well. He honed his guitar-playing skills in the clubs and studios of greater Los Angeles. He attended a local junior college and Long Beach State College for a year until the Vietnam War ended. Carlton toured with the Fifth Dimension in 1968 and began doing studio sessions in 1970. His early session work included studio dates with pop musicians like Vikki Carr, Andy Williams, and the Partridge Family.
In 1971, he was asked to join the Crusaders shortly after they'd decided to drop the word "Jazz'' from their name, and he remained with the group until 1976. In between tours with the Crusaders, he also did studio session work for hundreds of recordings in every genre. But it was while he with the Crusaders that he developed his signature highly rhythmic, often bluesy style. His credits include performing on more than 100 gold albums. His theme music credits for TV and films include Against All Odds, Who's the Boss, and the theme for Hill Street Blues. The latter won a Grammy award in 1981 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
Carlton delivered his self-titled debut for Warner Bros. in 1978, shortly after he was recognized for his groundbreaking guitar playing on Steely Dan's Royal Scam album. (Carlton contributed the memorable guitar solo on "Kid Charlemagne.'') He released four more albums for Warner Bros., Strikes Twice (1980), Sleepwalk (1981), Eight Times Up (1982), and the Grammy-nominated Friends (1983), before being dropped from the label. He continued studio session work and touring in between, emerging again in 1986 on MCA Records with an all-acoustic album, Discovery, which contained an instrumental remake of Michael McDonald's hit "Minute by Minute." The single won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1987. Carlton's live album Last Nite, released in 1987, got him a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance.
While working on his next album for MCA, On Solid Ground, Carlton was the victim of random gun violence, and was shot in the throat by gun-wielding juveniles outside Room 335, his private studio near Burbank, CA. The bullet shattered his vocal cords and caused significant nerve trauma, but through intensive therapy and a positive frame of mind, Carlton completed work on On Solid Ground in 1989. Carlton formed Helping Innocent People (HIP), a nonprofit group to aid victims of random gun violence.
Despite the tragedy that was foisted on him in the late '80s after he was shot, with a long period of hospitalization and rehabilitation, Carlton continued his active recording and performing schedule over the next two decades, beginning with a number of albums during the 1990s on the GRP label: 1992’s Kid Gloves; 1993’s Renegade Gentleman; 1995’s Larry & Lee (with Lee Ritenour); and 1996’s The Gift. Carlton also released the 1995 holiday collection Christmas at My House on MCA. And in 1997 Carlton replaced Lee Ritenour in the popular contemporary jazz outfit Fourplay, first appearing on the group’s 4 album in 1998.
The 2000s found Carlton as active as ever, recording live and in the studio as both leader and collaborator for a variety of labels. Two albums on Warner Bros. began the decade, Fingerprints -- including guest appearances by Michael McDonald, Vince Gill, Kirk Whalum, and Vinnie Colaiuta -- in 2000 and Deep into It in 2001. A popular concert draw in Japan, Carlton could be heard as a collaborator on two live recordings from that island country during the decade, Live in Osaka (with Steve Lukather), issued in 2001 on the Favored Nations label, and Live in Tokyo (with Robben Ford) on 335 Records in 2007.
Meanwhile, his albums as a leader continued, with Sapphire Blue and Fire Wire released by Bluebird/RCA in 2004 and 2005, respectively, and The Jazz King -- with Carlton leading an all-star band performing music he composed on commission to celebrate the 80th birthday and ascension to the throne of Thailand’s King King Bhumibol Adulyadej -- issued by Sony BMG in 2008. In 2009 Carlton appeared as guest guitarist on selected dates during Steely Dan’s U.S. summer tour. Always happy to meet with the press, Larry Carlton has a sweet, peaceful personality, and listeners continue to hear it in his unique rhythmic and warm guitar chords and ringing guitar tones.
review
The New Morning club in Paris presents the incredible and long awaited pairing of two guitar giants for their first Unplugged show. First time ever together, Larry Carlton and Special Guest Robben Ford, two legendary guitarists sharing one stage unplugged, This has to be a guitar lover's dream!! Both the CD and DVD deliver the goods the way they were meant to be.
Imagine being there, absorbing the dueling guitar solos, and the blues, a genre Ford masters in most exquisite grand style.
"With more than 30 albums to his credit and having performed on over 100 albums that have gone Gold or Platinum, Larry Carlton has set a standard for artistry that spans three decades."
"Robben Ford who at 18 he was playing with the likes of Charlie Musselwhite, Jimmy Witherspoon, the L.A. Express with Tom Scott, George Harrison,and Joni Mitchell. He was a founding member of the Yellowjackets, then went on to tour with Miles Davis, Sadao Watanabe, and Little Feat."
As Ford states...
"Back in high school while my buddies were air-guitaring to Led Zeppelin, Boston and Lynard Skynard, ol' Ish here played out fantasies of ripping up the fret board like Larry Carlton.I got hooked on his super tasty, blues-based guitar work from his time with Steely Dan and the Crusaders (it was only later that I discovered that he played on a jillion other records of every musical style around that time."
Carlton has a sweet, peaceful personality, and listeners continue to hear it in his unique rhythmic and warm guitar chords and ringing guitar tones.
I read...
"The fact that Carlton and Ford (who knew each other from Tom Scott's L.A. Express back in the mid-'70s) have a lot of common ground does not mean that their guitar playing is identical; Carlton is essentially a jazzman who has been greatly influenced by rock, soul, funk, and blues, while Ford is essentially a bluesman who has been greatly influenced by jazz, rock, soul, and funk." Both guitarists effortlessly traverse genres without compromising their styles. Ford's exquisite, blues-based playing and singing pairs well with Carlton's jazzy precision.
A great pairing that is sure to draw criticism by perfectionists, live and unplugged is meant to deliver a raw and uncensored performance. That is exactly what you get but with attention to detail. The accompanying musicians: Claude Salmieri...drums, Fifi Chayeb...bass provide superb back-up. Carlton and Ford are clearly the stars of this show, receiving the lion's share of solo space, but they would simply not sound this good without the support of their highly capable rhythm team.
"Carlton's fast-paced "Rio Samba,in addition to demonstrating the jazzier side of both players, also contrasts Carlton's denser, overdriven hollow-body Gibson Mr. 335 tone with Ford's tarter Les Paul." Music at it's best.
Ford's hard-rocking "That Road," is another tasty gem being performed, with grooves that are deep with a jazzy undertone added that fits well this cut sizzles.
There is not one microsecond of playing here that isn't superb. Truly a unique pairing. Great listening pleasure. 10 stars easily. |
