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 ...

NASHVILLE — Shortly after Larry Carlton moved here five years ago, the veteran guitarist went to lunch with a leading country music record producer, Tony Brown. When the producer asked him what ...

albums with everybody from Barbra Streisand to Larry Gatlin. And now he has a huge ... It is the seventh solo album for Carlton, who recently returned to New York in his first appearance since ...

Fans at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival might not recognize Larry Carlton’s name, but they’ve almost certainly heard his guitar. He’s been a studio sideman for years, playing on songs by Neil ...

In 2023, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Larry Carlton No. 85 on its list of the 250 “greatest guitarists of all time.” “You can’t plan something like that,” the modest four-time Grammy ...

Guitarist Larry Carlton came to Chicago to play at George`s on Sunday and Monday nights. That in itself is something of a modern miracle. For early last year, Carlton, an innocent victim ...

Here’s how it works. Session master and consummate soloist Larry Carlton is on every player’s list as an icon - we examine the origins of a phenomenal musician. Larry Carlton is relaxing backstage. He ...

Larry Carlton still doesn’t know who fired the shot that almost ended his life. The bullet, fired by a young man on a bicycle passing by his North Hollywood studio, tore through Carlton’s ...

With blues/jazz guitarist Robben Ford's Soul on Ten (Concord, 2009) receiving widespread attention, it's a good time to look at Live in Tokyo, a somewhat overlooked but unmistakably smokin' 2007 ...

A legendary guitarist playing and singing the praises of their affordable signature model. Larry Carlton's L7V Sire is the latest in his line with the company – a single-cut LP-style electric guitar ...

Larry Carlton is scheduled to play a Saturday set at this year's Jacksonville Jazz Festival.