Surprising Grammy Frontrunner

10/27/2010
. (Gibson) Take Your Pick, the Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto release from 335 Records, has been selected for Grammy nomination consideration in nine categories: Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Pop Instrumental Album, Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Best Rock Instrumental Performance, Best Instrumental Composition, Best Instrumental Arrangement, Best Engineered Album, Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.

Drawing on different music backgrounds Larry and Tak forged Eastern and Western guitar styles to create the Take Your Pick album. Carlton has previously won three Grammys for his jazz releases and is known for his session work with Steely Dan, Michael Jackson and others. Matsumoto is best-known for his work with Japanese hard rock group B'z.

The Take Your Pick tour sold out 18 shows in 20 minutes all throughout Japan, ending in a spectacular headlining performance at the world famous Tokyo Jazz Festival. - more on this story

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