Larry Carlton - On Solid Ground

This is a fairly typical Larry Carlton date, with a mixture of music (funky jazz, R&B, some rock influences and a bit of pop) and some distinctive if unadventurous guitar playing. Carlton, who is joined by an electric rhythm section (including keyboardists Terry Trotter and Alan Pasqua) and occasionally saxophonist Kirk Whalum, sounds fine, but the music appears to have been geared toward potential radio airplay. The biggest surprise is a version of Eric Clapton's "Layla." ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits Abraham Laboriel Bass Alan Pasqua Keyboards, Programming Alan Pasquo Keyboards Bernie Grundman Mastering Brad Cole Programming Brian Mann Keyboards David Foster Keyboards Dean Parks Horn (English), Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar Eric Pershing Programming John "J.R." Robinson Drums John Pena Bass Kathleen Covert Art Direction, Design Kirk Whalum Saxophone Larry Carlton Producer, Bass, Arranger, Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards Michael Fisher Percussion Nathan East Bass Paulinho Da Costa Percussion Rhett Lawrence Programming Rick Marotta Drums Rik Pekkinen Engineer, Mixing Terry Trotter Keyboards Tim White Photography Willy LeMaster Synthesizer, Programming