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. It also won the "Jazz Album of the Year" award at 25th Japan Gold Disc Awards.
Track listing All songs arranged by Larry Carlton, Tak Matsumoto & Hideyuki Terachi
Musicians Larry Carlton – guitars, arrangements (2, 4, 5, 8–10) Tak Matsumoto – guitars, arrangements (1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12) Jeff Babko – keyboards Michael Rhodes – bass Billy Kilson – drums Watanabe Fire – saxophones (1, 12) Kazuhiro Takeda – saxophones (1, 12) Mark Douthit – saxophones (2, 9, 10) Azusa Tojo – trombone (1, 12) Barry Green – trombone (2, 9, 10) Osamu Ueishi – trumpet (1, 12) Mike Haynes – trumpet (2, 9, 10)
Production Larry Carlton – producer Tak Matsumoto – producer Nick Sparks – recording Hiroyuki Kobayashi – recording, mixing Tetsuo Ueda – art direction, design
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