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Collection

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This disc has some great solid Performances on it.Carlton's take on The Doobie Brothers Minute by Minute is a Pure Gem.I really dig his Guitar work.

A great sampling from master guitarist Carlton. "Smiles To Go" and "Minute By Minute" are my two favorite tracks, but it's a close call among these gems. For guitar fans, jazz fans, those who want "easy listening" with a pulse, this one's an essential addition to your collection.

I have listened to this CD over and over and I just cannot get enough. My favorite tune is Night Crawler, but the rest of the songs are superb as well. I just wish I could find guitar tablature for all his tunes. His style of playing is what I aspire to.

I originally bought Larry Carlton's "Collection" CD because it contained the song "Sleepwalk" which my wife and I played at our wedding reception. It wasn't long before I grew to love almost every track on the CD! Over the years I have listened to it hundreds of times, and even used several tracks as test pieces when purchasing new speakers for my audio room. Recently the CD went missing (or perhaps one of my friends permanently borrowed it!). Despite having all the tracks in MP3 format on my PC, I've ordered another copy on CD - It's that good. If you like this CD you might also like one of the CDs by Foreplay. Happy listening.

Sweet Guitar from Larry Carlton. The Collection is his Greatest Hits and there isn't a bad track on the CD. This music is great cruising music. Open the Sun Roof and just Drive to Nowhere. Enjoy the smooth jazz sound of Larry Carlton.

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!

Never did I think I could tolerate a fully instrumental CD more than once or twice, but I was proven wrong. Of course, being a Michael McDonald fan, I'm a little biased in saying that "Minute by Minute" is the most well done track on the CD. Others I'd give honorable mention to are "Nite Crawler" which you can definitely enjoy while cruising, and also the remake of "Tequila" which Larry excellently made his own. This collection showed to me that Larry Carlton is absolutely quality jazz entertainment.

I loved every track on this CD, which is a rarity!

Larry has had a very successful career. This CD captures a number of the better tunes from his earlier years.