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arry Carlton’s own musical story began in Southern California. He picked up his
first guitar when he was only six years old. He was introduced to jazz in junior
high school after hearing The Gerald Wilson Big Band album, Moment of Truth,
with guitarist Joe Pass. Larry then became interested in Barney Kessel, Wes
Montgornery and the legendary blues guitarist B.B. King. Saxophonist John
Coltrane was also a major influence on Carlton, beginning with Coltrane’s 1962
classic Ballads.

In 1968 he recorded his first LP, With A Little Help From My Friends (Uni). The
enthusiastic industry response garnered him a place among jingle singers The
Going Thing, recording on camera and radio commercials for Ford. Mid-season in
his second year, he segued to Musical Director for Mrs. Alphabet, an
Emmy-nominated children’s show on the same network. It was here that Carlton
showcased his acting skills, performing as the show’s co-star, "Larry Guitar."

Calls began to increase significantly as Carlton gained distinction for the
unmistakable and often imitated "sweet" sound he delivered with his Gibson
ES-335. He also broke new ground with his new trademark volume pedal technique,
eloquently displayed in his featured performance on ­Crusader One with legendary
jazz/rock group The Crusaders in 1971. Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark album,
the first record she made with a rhythm section, displays his distinctive
Technique – a style Mitchell referred to as "fly fishing."

During his tenure with The Crusaders (through 1976), Carlton performed on 13 of
their albums, often contributing material. In 1973, Carlton released his second
solo project, SinginglPlaying, on Blue Thumb Records ­ aptly titled, as he not
only played guitar, but also performed vocals on eight tracks. Carlton’s demand
as a session player was now at its zenith, he was constantly featured with stars
from every imaginable genre, ranging from Sammy Davis, Jr., and Herb Alpert to
Quincy Jones, Paul Anka, Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Jerry Garcia and Dolly
Parton. At the same time, he was still performing more than 50 dates a year with
The Crusaders.

Before he transitioned completely to a solo career, Carlton became one of the
most in-demand studio musicians of the past three decades. Carlton’s catalog of
work includes film soundtracks, television themes and work on more than 100 gold
albums.

Ultimately, Carlton began scaling back his session work substantially, while
continuing to perform and record with the Crusaders. He shifted his emphasis to
the challenges of arranging and producing, and built his own studio-Room 335-in
his home. During this period he arranged and produced projects for Barbra
Streisand, Joan Baez and Larry Gatlin, as well as producing and co-writing the
theme for the hit sitcom Who’s The Boss and co-writing (with Michel Columbier)
and arranging the acclaimed movie soundtrack for Against All Odds.

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As his association with the Crusaders began to draw to a close, Carlton signed
with Warner Bros. Records in 1977. Between ’78 and ’84, Larry recorded six solo
albums for Warner Bros. Records: Mr. 335: Live In Japan, Friends; Eight Times
Up; Sleep Walk; Strikes Twice; Larry Carlton. The latter self-titled album was
released hot on the heels of his debut session with rock supergroup Steely Dan.
Rolling Stone magazine lists Carlton’s tasty ascent on Steely Dan’s Kid
Charlemagne as one of the three best guitar licks in rock music.

With more than 3000 studio sessions under his belt by the early 1980s, Carlton
had picked up four Grammy nominations. In addition to winning a Grammy (`81) for
the theme to "Hill Street Blues" (a collaboration with Mike Post), he also was
voted NARAS’s "Most Valuable Player" for three consecutive years. NARAS then
named him "Player Emeritus" and retired him from eligibility.

In 1985 he was approached by the newly formed MCA Master Series to consider
doing an acoustic jazz album. His first release for the new label was Alone, But
Never Alone, a consensus No. 1 album on the Radio & Records and Billboard Jazz
charts. The twelve months of 1987 brought some of the biggest highlights in
Carlton’s solo career. In addition to winning the Grammy for "Minute by Minute,"
Carlton received a Grammy nomination for "Best Jazz Fusion Performance" for his
live album Last Nite. Coming off of the success of two acoustic albums and one
live album, Carlton was on a hot streak and entered the studio to work on his
next project, On Solid Ground. The all-electric project was nominated for a
Grammy in 1989. The release of On Solid Ground came almost one year after
Carlton was brutally shot in a random act of violence outside his Los Angeles
studio.

In 1990, MCA acquired GRP Records and placed their jazz artists under the GRP
moniker. Immediately, GRP issued a greatest hits package of Carlton’s work on
MCA, called Collection. In 1991, Carlton entered the studio to record a
blues-based album with John Ferraro, keyboard man Matt Rollings, bassist Michael
Rhodes and harmonica player Terry McMillan. Interrupted by label and consumer
demands for another jazz offering, Carlton temporarily shelved what would become
Renegade Gentlemen and recorded and released Kid Gloves in ’92. A pop-oriented
Jazz collection of lilting acoustic ballads and biting electric workouts, the
album marked the first time Carlton had included both acoustic and electric
tracks on a single solo project.

In between touring, Carlton resumed work on the bluesy Renegade Gentlemen.
Taking the original six tracks to Nashville (his first time to record in that
city), and joining up once again with Michael Rhodes and Terry McMillan, plus
drummer Chris Layton (from Stevie Vaughan’s band Double Trouble) and keyboard
wizard Chuck Leavell, he recorded four tracks, plus did additional production
and mixing on the blues rocker in time for a ’93 release.

Carlton toured extensively that year and the next with jazz superband Stanley
Clark And Friends (Stanley Clark, Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Deron Johnson and
Najee). The quintet released Stanley Clark and Friends Live A t The Greek in
’94.

Larry & Lee, Carlton’s 1995 collaboration with guitar great Lee Ritenour,
garnered him his eighth Grammy nomination. This was followed by The Gift in ’96
and Larry Carlton Collection Volume 2 in ’97. That same year, his virtuosity and
reputation secured him a place in the crum­topping award-winning Warner Bros.
Records’ group Fourplay, when member Lee Ritenour left to head his own label.
Carlton doubled the fun by signing to Wamer Jazz as a solo artist at the same
time. Since then he has released two albums with Fourplay: 4 in ’98 and a
refreshingly different Christmas album, Snowbound, in October ’99. 1999 also
brought Larry Carlton his very own spot on Hollywood’s prestigious Rockwalk. On
June 3, he was inducted along with Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Jimmie Vaughn.

The year 2000 starts with Carlton putting his singularly superb fingerprints on
the new millennium with his star-studded solo release on Wamer Bros. Records,
Fingerprints. Utterly unique, Larry Carlton has set a standard for artistry that
spans three decades (and two centuries) and he is undoubtedly destined to leave
his mark on jazz, blues, pop and rock for the foreseeable future…

Another great bio written by Richard Skelly, All-Music Guide:

Larry was born on 2nd of march in 1948 in Torance/California! He moved from LA
to Franklin/Tennessee a few years ago and enjoys living in the countryside.

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 and GRP Records 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 Singing/Playing, 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 Vicki 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 the highly rhythmic, often bluesy style he has now. 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 ground-breaking 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, California. The bullet
shattered his vocal cord 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 Innnocent People (HIP), a
non-profit group to aid victims of random gun violence.

Carlton’s most recent albums include two releases in 1996 for GRP
Recordslarry6.jpg, Gift and With a Little Help from My Friends. His other
recordings include 1990’s Collection and 1992’s Kid Gloves for the same label,
Playing/Singing (1995, Edsel), and Renegade Gentleman, a 1993 release for GRP.

Despite the tragedy that was foisted on him in the late ’80s after he was shot
by gun-wielding infidels, dragging him through a long and dark period of
hospitalization and rehabilitation, Carlton’s output over the years has been
steady through the 1980s and 1990s. Carlton seems to have slowed down his
touring schedule a bit, but certainly not his recording schedule. Always happy
to meet with the press, Carlton has a sweet, peaceful personality, and one can
hear it in his unique, rhythmic, warm guitar chords and ringing guitar tones.

Source: Richard Skelly, All-Music Guide

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