Take Your Pick (album) explained

Take Your Pick
Type:	studio
Artist:	Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto
Cover:	Take Your Pick cover.jpg
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:	Vermillion (Japan) 335 Records (US) Forward (Taiwan)
Producer:	Larry Carlton Tak Matsumoto
Prev Title:	Plays the Sound of Philadelphia
Prev Year:	2010
Next Title:	Four Hands and a Heart, Volume One
Next Year:	2012
Chronology:	Larry Carlton

Take Your Pick is an album by guitarists Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto that was released by Vermillion on June 2, 2010, in Japan, and later on 335 Records in the US and on Forward in Taiwan. 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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://jp.reuters.com/article/topNews/idJPJAPAN-19520720110214. ja: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 . Japanese . Reuters . February 14, 2011 . February 14, 2011 .
2. Web site: Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto Take Home a Grammy . Bryan . Wawzenek . Gibson Guitar Corporation . February 14, 2011 . February 15, 2011.
3. Web site: The Japan Gold Disc Award 2011 . RIAJ . 22 November 2018 . Japanese.