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With over 3,000 sessions, 100 gold albums, 19 Grammy nominations and 3 Grammy awards to his credit, Larry Carlton has his fingerprints indelibly imprinted on virtually every genre of music. 335 RECORDS leverages Carlton’s vast experience and an innovative tool kit of new technologies and marketing systems to produce, distribute and promote music, from established and new artists, to receptive audiences the world over.

Recently Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto released "TAKE YOUR PICK" - The first single "Tokyo Night" entered the Japan Charts at #2 and was the first instrumental song to enter the top 10 in over 30 years! In the United States "Tokyo Night" has gone #1 on the Smooth Jazz charts and is currently being played on over 650 radio station world wide! It has also been nominated for a Grammy for BEST INSTRUMENTAL POP ALBUM in 2011.

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. Together they went on to perform additional sold out shows in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

In 2011 Larry will be releasing LARRY CARLTON PLAYS THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA (A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF GAMBLE & HUFF AND THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA)

Larry will also be receiving the George Benson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 Canadian Wave Awards 0n April 29th.

Nineteen-time Grammy nominee, three-time Grammy winner and all-time guitar great, Larry Carlton established himself from his first recording, A Little Help From My Friends. His studio credits include musicians and groups like Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Michael Jackson, Sammy Davis Jr., Herb Alpert, Quincy Jones, Bobby Bland, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and literally dozens of others. He went on to perform with the Crusaders and then with the multi platinum jazz super group Fourplay. With 26 albums to his credit and having performed on over 100 albums that have gone Gold or Platinum, Larry Carlton has set a standard for artistry that spans three decades.

Larry Carlton also received a Lifetime Achievement award from Guitar Player magazine at the historical Ryman Auditorium and was presented the "Titan of Tone" award from Premier Guitar Magazine at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2009 Larry picked up 2 more nominations for Larry's Greatest Hits Rerecorded - Volume One released by 335 Records was nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Album and "Fortune Teller" from Fourplay's Energy was nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

335 Records was founded by Larry Carlton and his manager Robert Williams as the result of many conversations concerning the record industry, and the operations of the established labels. Both men came to the conclusion that their vision of creating and delivering music to their fans was in fact completely different than the establishment.

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