| Larry Carlton, very talented Smooth Jazz artist has | | | | Shuffle. What a nice track! |
| released his latest album titled Sapphire Blue and | | | | Sapphire Blue Release Notes: |
| Wow! It's really a good one. | | | | Larry Carlton originally released Sapphire Blue on Jan |
| Carlton has been a heavy hitter in the Smooth Jazz | | | | 13, 2004 on the Bluebird RCA label. |
| genre for quite some time now and Sapphire Blue is | | | | CD Track List Follows: |
| an excellent illustration as to why. | | | | 1. Friday Night Shuffle |
| This CD kicks off with a great track, Friday Night | | | | 2. A Pair Of Kings |
| Shuffle, that I anticipate will be heard on radio stations | | | | 3. Night Sweats |
| everywhere, and deservedly so. It really is a very nice | | | | 4. Sapphire Blue |
| track. | | | | 5. 7 For You |
| Sapphire Blue is a nicely varied, mix of 8 tracks that | | | | 6. Slightly Dirty |
| are very well written songs by this clearly talented | | | | 7. Just An Excuse |
| artist. | | | | 8. Take Me Down |
| Listen and I think you'll agree that the song choices are | | | | Personnel: Larry Carlton (guitar); Mark Douthit (tenor |
| excellent and the overall production is outstanding as is | | | | saxophone); Jim Horn (baritone saxophone); Steve |
| always the case with Mr. Carlton. | | | | Patrick (trumpet); Chris Dunn (trombone); Terry |
| While this entire album is really very good some of my | | | | McMillan (harmonica); Matt Rollings (Fender Rhodes); |
| favorites are track 2, A Pair Of Kings, track 7, Just An | | | | Reese Wynans (Hammond B-3 organ); Michael |
| Excuse, and track 8, Take Me Down. | | | | Rhodes (bass); Billy Kilson (drums); Eric Darken |
| My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore | | | | (percussion). Principally recorded at The Sound Kitchen |
| [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1, Friday Night | | | | and The Sound Shop, Nashville, Tennessee in 2003. |