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Larry Carlton Si È Stabilito Sulle Scene Musicali Sin Dal Suo Primo Lavoro a Little Help from My Friends Biografia Larry Photo by Cristina Arrigoni Carlton Nominato ben 19 volte ai Grammy Award, vincitore di ben tre Grammy e da sempre un grande chitarrista, Larry Carlton si è stabilito sulle scene musicali sin dal suo primo lavoro A Little Help From My Friends. Vantando collaborazioni con numerosi artisti e gruppi tra i quali Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Michael Jackson, Sammy Davis Jr., Herb Alpert, Quincy Jones, Bobby Bland, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt e letteralmente una dozzina di altri inizia esibendosi con i Crusaders e con il gruppo jazz vincitore di molti dischi di platino Fourplay. Con 30 album al suo seguito e collabora- zioni in oltre 100 albums che hanno vinto dischi d’oro e platino, Larry Carlton ha determinato uno standard musicale che attraversa ben tre decenni. Dopo aver ricevuto il premio come “Best Pop Instrumental Album” per il suo Greatest Hits Rerecorded - Volume One realizzato da 335 Records nel 2009; e “Best Pop Instrumental Performance” per “Fortune Teller” tratto da Energy dei Fourplay sempre nello stesso anno; nel 2011 riceve il premio George Benson Lifetime Achievement Award al Canadian Wave Awards, viene introdotto con il premio “Titan of Tone” dalla rivista Premier Guitar al Rock and Roll Hall of Fame e si guadagna alcune nomine come “Best Pop Instrumental Album” ai Grammy Awards 2011 con l’album Take Your Pick e, nel 2013, con il suo più recente lavoro Four Hands and Heart, Volume One. Slang Music Via S.Francesco, 3 - 25075 Nave (BS) Tel. 030 2531536 - Fax 030 2536348 - Cell. 335 6715992 www.slangmusic.com - [email protected] Ancora sulla scia di Take your pick, risultato di una sorprendente collabo- Nel 1973 arriva il suo secondo progetto da solista Play- razione tra il leggendario chitarrista Larry Carlton e l’icona rock giapponese ing/Singing della Blue Thumb Records, titolo perfetto Tak Matsumoto, Larry non esita neanche un attimo nel partecipare ad un per descrivere un lavoro in cui Larry non è solo la chitar- album tributo al Sound di Philadelphia, Larry Carlton Plays the Sound of ra ma anche la voce in ben otto tracce. Philadelphia (335 Records). La sua richiesta ora è allo zenith, lavora costantemen- Una raccolta di materiale tratta dai ”songbooks” di Gamble & Huff e Thom te con star di ogni genere inimmaginabile, da Sammy Bell dove, grazie alla collaborazione di altri grandi artisti, rivisita tutti questi Davis Jr. e Herb Alpert a Quincy Jones, Paul Anka, classici senza tempo tornando indietro nel passato con una nuova svolta che Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Jerry Garcia e Dolly rende questo disco un “must have”. Parton e, allo stesso tempo, continua ad esibirsi in ben 50 date all’anno con i The Crusaders. Ma Larry non si ferma e a settembre 2012 arriva Four Hands and Heart, Prima della completa transizione alla sua carriera da so- Volume One, una raccolta di brani e demo dei suoi primi anni da solista, lista, Carlton diventa uno dei più richiesti musicisti delle brani che provengono principalmente dagli album degli albori, Larry Carlton, ultime tre decadi, raccogliendo un portfolio di lavori in- Strikes Twice e Sleepwalk, ma rivisti e riallineati al suo attuale stato. cluso films, soundtracks, soggetti televisivi e collabora- Larry Dissessionando le parti musicali e investendo sentimento e sfumature in ogni zioni in ben 100 Gold album. nota, i brani, anche se già conosciuti dai fans più fedeli, risuonano stretta- Continuando ad esibirsi con i Crusader, inizia a ridurre mente allineate al suo nuovo stile con una grande abbondanza di assoli. considerevolmente le esibizioni live per concentrarsi sui Descritto dalla critica come una raccolta di demo che avebbe potuto essere di lavori di arrangiamento e produzione nello studio Room 335 (creato in casa sua) per Barbara un grande talentuoso musicista ma sono di un artista all’epoca sconosciuto e Streisand, Joan Baez e Larry Gatlin, così come partecipa alla produzione del soggetto per la ancora alla ricerca del suo vero sound non può che essere un altro successo sitcom Who’s The Boss e, in collaborazione con Michel Columbier, partecipa agli arrangiamen- coronato dalla nomina ai Grammy. ti per il soundtrack dell’acclamato movie Against All Odds. Carlton La sua collaborazione con i Crusaders così come inizia si chiude e, nel 1977, Carlton firma un contratto con la Warner Bros Records per la quale, tra il ’78 e l’84, registra ben 6 album da solista: Mr. 335, Live in Japan, Friends, Eight Times Up, Sleep Walk, Strikes Twice e Larry La carriera musicale di Larry Carlton inizia nel sud della California quando, Carlton, quest’ultimo prodotto all’inizio del suo debutto con la rock band Steely Dan, con i quali all’età di 6 anni, possiede già la sua prima chitarra e si affianca al Jazz e al realizza l’album Royal Scam dove ottiene acclamazioni dalla critica per il solo della sua chitarra blues con l’ascolto di Joe Pass, ma sono Wes Montgomery e Barney Kessel nel singolo “Kid Charlemagne” le sue maggiori e importanti influenze, così come B.B.King e altri chitarristi La rivista Rolling Stones lo classifica come “uno dei tre migliori chitarristi lambiti dalla rock music”, blues avranno un notevole impatto sul suo stile. viene nominato a ben 4 Grammy, vince un premio, nel 1981, per il soggetto del famoso serial poliziesco “Hill Street Blues” (in collaborazione con Mike Post) e viene nominato, per tre anni Il suo primo LP With A Little Help From My Friends (Uni) risale al 1968 e, consecutivi, come “Most Valuable Player” dalla NARAS (The National Academy of Recording Arts grazie all’entusiastica risposta del pubblico, si guadagna una parte nel jingle & Sciences, inc.), diventando poi “Player Emeritus”. commerciale della Ford “The Going Thing”. Ben presto Carlton si distingue per il suo evidente e spesso imitato sound Nel 1985 viene avvicinato dalla nuova etichetta discografica,MCA Master Series, che con l’idea prodotto con la sua Gibson, grazie al quale viene costantemente ricercato; di produrre un album acustic jazz, lo porta a realizzare Alone, But Never Alone, che si guada- rompe le regole con la sua distinguibile tecnica che possiamo notare nelle gna numerosi consensi dalla critica e il primo posto nelle classifiche radiofoniche e nelle Billboard performance con i The Crusaders, il leggendario gruppo jazz/rock molto co- Jazz charts. nosciuto negli anni ’70, con i quali lavora fino al ‘76 collaborando in ben 13 Ma è il 1987 un anno importante per la sua carriera: in aggiunta alla vincita del Grammy come album. “Best Pop Instrumental Performance” per il brano “Minute by Minute” tratto dall’album Discovery, Durante questa collaborazione continua a lavorare a progetti in studio di ogni riceve una nomination per il suo album Last Nite come “Best Jazz Fusion Performance” e, tra- genere musicale ma, è proprio con i The Crusaders, che sviluppa lo stile che volto dalla scia, entra in studio per lavorare al suo nuovo progetto On Solid Ground, che arriva tuttora possiede. quasi un anno dopo causa di un grave incidente che lo coinvolge. Slang Music Slang Music Via S.Francesco, 3 - 25075 Nave (BS) Via S.Francesco, 3 - 25075 Nave (BS) Tel. 0302531536 - Fax 0302536348 - Cell. 3356715992 Tel. 0302531536 - Fax 0302536348 - Cell. 3356715992 www.slangmusic.com - [email protected] www.slangmusic.com - [email protected] Nel 1991, poco dopo aver iniziato a lavorare al progetto blues “Renegade Rockwalk, una “Hall of Fame” che onora i più famosi musicisti, spaziando da Chuck Berry, The Gentlemen”, viene interrotto dalla richiesta, da parte dell’etichetta discogra- Barney Show a Linda Ronstadt a Judas Priest e Barbara Streisand. fica, di un lavoro jazz; il risultato è Kid Gloves che, prodotto nel ’92, segna, per la prima volta, la presenza di tracce acustiche ed elettriche in un suo Il 2000 inizia con il lancio della singolare e superba impronta digitale di Carlton nel nuovo mil- progetto solista. lennio con il prodotto Fingerprints per l’etichetta Warner Bros a cui seguono No Substitution (2001), Deep into it (2001), Shappire Blue (2003) e Fire Wire (2006) Carlton ora può riprendere in mano “Renegade Gentlemen”. Unendosi, ancora una volta, a Michael Rhodes, Terry McMillan, Chris Nel 2007 intraprende un tour con Robben Ford che parte dalla Korea fino ad attraversare L’Au- Layton (dalla Stevie Vaughan band Double Trouble) e il magico tastierista stralia e L’Europa terminando con uno straordinario show al Moore Theatre di Seattle in supporto Chuck Leavell registra, per la prima volta a Nashville, 4 nuove tracce che, al loro album “Larry Carlton with Special Guest Robben Ford, Live in Tokyo”. L’unione tra in aggiunta al materiale già prodotto precedentemente, creano l’omonimo queste due leggende riscuote un grandissimo successo sia dal pubblico che dalla critica, The album Renegade Gentlemen nel 1993. Seattle Times li descrive ”Questi due eleganti chitarristi sono esperti maestri, pieni di talento, Durante lo stesso anno e il seguente si esibisce costantemente in tour con originalità e varietà, traggono ispirazione e si sfidano l’un l’altro, ogni nota risuona perfetta...” i Stanley Clark and Friends (Stanley Clark, Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Conosciuti nei primi anni ’70, iniziano a suonare insieme in piccoli jazz club in California, da allora, Larry Deron Jonson e Najee) producendo con loro il “Stanley Clark and Friends nonostante ognuno intraprenda una propria carriera, rimangono amici mantenendo il desiderio di Live At The Greek” nel 1994. realizzare qualcosa insieme e così, finalmente, arriva il progetto sotto l’etichetta 335 Records. Nel 2008, continuando le sue collaborazioni con grandi artisti tra i quali Laurie Wheeler nell’al- Nel 1995 arriva Larry & Lee che, nato da una collaborazione tra Larry e il bum Twilight, realizza Greatest Hits Recordered Vol.
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