The Brilliance of Larry Carlton

Brad

Gotta love Larry and I'm particularly fond of this performance of 'All The Things You Are' whilst he was sitting in with Les Paul and the house band.   

I finally got round to transcribing it... I'll need to tweak a few things here and there, but it's a great example of spontaneity, tone, feel, time, lines and a ridiculous chord solo! So much to get from here and who needs a drummer with a bass player that good eh?   

https://www.soundslice.com/slices/xf84c/

joeW

What a brilliant and casual piece of improv, thanks for posting that. 

Great work on the transcription - that would have taken me decades! 

roberty

Yeah impressive work 

bloodandtears

I watched this cos Lukather references him a lot.....  I lasted 3 minutes.. not for me I'm afraid..  too meandering..

Well done for transcribing that lot mind you...

susbemol

Fantastic work on this, Brad!

Larry is probably my favourite guitarist and his straight-ahead jazz playing really is only the tip of the iceberg. Man is deep!

axisus

I like Larry's playing but more so the fusion stuff rather than this straight ahead jazz mode. That's some transcription! Superbly done to have it highlight along with the paying!

Brad

joeW said:

What a brilliant and casual piece of improv, thanks for posting that. 

Great work on the transcription - that would have taken me decades! 

Isn’t it just? You’re very welcome and I’m sure it wouldn’t!  

roberty said:

Yeah impressive work 

Thanks!

bloodandtears said:

I watched this cos Lukather references him a lot.....  I lasted 3 minutes.. not for me I'm afraid..  too meandering..

Well done for transcribing that lot mind you...

Thank you! We all hear things differently, so lasting 3 minutes is a good effort for something you’re not feeling Might be worth checking out his studio work for things a bit more concise. 

susbemol said:

Fantastic work on this, Brad!

Larry is probably my favourite guitarist and his straight-ahead jazz playing really is only the tip of the iceberg. Man is deep!

Cheers! So true, I’ve seen very few who seem so at ease even when they’re on the edge. It just seems to make sense to him. 

axisus said:

I like Larry's playing but more so the fusion stuff rather than this straight ahead jazz mode. That's some transcription! Superbly done to have it highlight along with the paying!

Yeah it’s a great feature isn’t it? I think that’s the great thing about Larry, there is at least one aspect to his playing that people can dig. 

GuyBoden

Great work, transcribing is the best ear training. Well done.

Brad

GuyBoden said:

Great work, transcribing is the best ear training. Well done.

Thank you and yep, you’re not wrong about transcribing.  

CaseOfAce

that's a fantastic piece of work Brad - and I wish all transcriptions were done this way online. Superb.
well done.

Brad

CaseOfAce said:

that's a fantastic piece of work Brad - and I wish all transcriptions were done this way online. Superb.
well done.

Thank you! Yeah I really like Soundslice, loads of great stuff on there. 

LPManic

Just discovered soundslice from your post @Brad ! Thanks for that. Does any pay the subscription? Is it worth it? 

Brad

LPManic said:

Just discovered soundslice from your post @Brad ! Thanks for that. Does any pay the subscription? Is it worth it? 

Happy days

I use a free account. I think one aspect to subscribing is you can upload your own videos directly, rather than via YouTube. I’ll have to look again and see what the other benefits are though.  

Schnozz

Gorgeous.

grappagreen

Amazing - both LC and your ears!!

Brad

Schnozz said:

Gorgeous.

Isn’t it just?

grappagreen said:

Amazing - both LC and your ears!!

Cheers buddy! Must be all that singing gotta be better still. 

grappagreen

Brad said:

Schnozz said:

Gorgeous.

Isn’t it just?

grappagreen said:

Amazing - both LC and your ears!!

Cheers buddy! Must be all that singing gotta be better still. 

I’m still singing those intervals and lines…

Brad

grappagreen said:

Brad said:

Schnozz said:

Gorgeous.

Isn’t it just?

grappagreen said:

Amazing - both LC and your ears!!

Cheers buddy! Must be all that singing gotta be better still. 

I’m still singing those intervals and lines…

You and me both