Take Your Pick (album)
Take Your Pick | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 2, 2010 | |||
Studio | Larry's Log Cabin, Franklin, TN Eclectic Studio, Nashville Rodeo Recording, Los Angeles Birdman West, Tokyo Gardenia Studio, Tokyo | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Length | 61:07 | |||
Label | 335 Records | |||
Producer | Larry Carlton Tak Matsumoto | |||
Larry Carlton chronology | ||||
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Take Your Pick is an album by jazz guitarist Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto that was released by Vermillion on June 2, 2010 in Japan. The album debuted at number 2 on the Japanese Oricon weekly album charts. The album won an award for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards.[1][2] It also won the "Jazz Album of the Year" award at 25th Japan Gold Disc Awards.[3]
Track listing[]
All songs arranged by Larry Carlton, Tak Matsumoto & Hideyuki Terachi
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Jazzy Bullets" | Tak Matsumoto | 4:22 |
2. | "Nite Crawler 2010" | Larry Carlton | 6:08 |
3. | "The Way We Were" | Matsumoto | 4:57 |
4. | "Islands of Japan" | Carlton | 4:38 |
5. | "Neon Blue" | Carlton | 6:16 |
6. | "Tokyo Night" | Matsumoto | 4:33 |
7. | "Hotalu" | Matsumoto | 4:52 |
8. | "East West Stroll" | Carlton | 5:30 |
9. | "Easy Mystery" | Carlton | 5:11 |
10. | "Ao" | Matsumoto | 4:08 |
11. | "Take Your Pick" | Carlton | 4:49 |
12. | "A Girl from China" | Matsumoto | 5:36 |
Musicians[]
- Larry Carlton – guitar
- Tak Matsumoto – guitar
- Mike Haynes – trumpet
- Osamu Ueishi – trumpet
- Barry Green – trombone
- Azusa Tojo – trombone
- Mark Douthit – saxophone
- Watanabe Fire – saxophone
- Kazuhiro Takeda – saxophone
- Jeff Babko – keyboards
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
- Billy Kilson – drums
References[]
- ^ ピアニスト内田光子に米グラミー賞、B’z松本孝弘も共作で受賞 (in Japanese). Reuters. February 14, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ Wawzenek, Bryan (February 14, 2011). "Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto Take Home a Grammy". Gibson Guitar Corporation. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ "The Japan Gold Disc Award 2011" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
Categories:
- 2010 albums
- Larry Carlton albums
- Being Inc. albums
- Instrumental albums
- Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
- 2010s jazz album stubs