Christmas At My House is Larry Carlton’s 10th studio album released in 1989.
Larry Eugene Carlton (born March 2, 1948) is an American guitarist who built his career as a studio musician in the 1970s and ’80s for acts such as Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. He has participated in thousands of recording sessions, recorded on hundreds of albums in many genres, including television and movies, and on over one hundred gold records. He has been a member of the jazz fusion groups The Crusaders and Fourplay and has maintained a long solo career.
Tracks
1 | The Christmas Song (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) | 4:32 |
2 | Winter Wonderland (Felix Bernard, Dick Smith) | 5:10 |
3 | Silent Night/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (Franz Gruber, Richard Willis, Edmunds Sears, Joseph Mohr) | 4:20 |
4 | White Christmas (Irving Berlin) | 3:22 |
5 | The Holly And The Ivy (Traditional) | 3:10 |
6 | Ringing The Bells Of Christmas (Beckie Foster, Bill LaBounty, Larry Carlton, Michele Pillar) | 4:42 |
7 | What Child Is This (Traditional, William Chatterton Dix) | 6:23 |
8 | The Little Drummer Boy (Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone, Katherine Davis) | 5:43 |
9 | Joy To The World (Thomas Haweis, Isaac Watts) | 1:07 |
10 | My Favorite Things/We Three Kings Of Orient Are (John Henry Hopkins, Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) | 10:00 |
11 | The Christmas Song (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) | 4:12 |
Musicians
1 The Christmas Song
Bass |
Abe Laboriel |
Drums |
John Ferraro |
Guitar |
Larry Carlton |
Keyboards |
Clare Fischer |
Keyboards |
Terry Trotter |
2 Winter Wonderland
Bass |
Abe Laboriel |
Drums |
John Ferraro |
Guitar |
Larry Carlton |
Keyboards |
Clare Fischer |
Keyboards |
Terry Trotter |
Percussion |
Mike Fisher |
3 Silent Night/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Bass |
Abe Laboriel |
Drums |
Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar |
Larry Carlton |
Keyboards |
Clare Fischer |
Keyboards |
Terry Trotter |
Percussion |
Mike Fisher |
Vocals |
Michele Pillar |
4 White Christmas
Bass |
Abe Laboriel |
Drums |
John Ferraro |
Guitar |
Larry Carlton |
Keyboards |
Clare Fischer |
Keyboards |
Terry Trotter |
Percussion |
Mike Fisher |
5 The Holly And The Ivy
Guitar |
Larry Carlton |
Keyboards |
Terry Trotter |
6 Ringing The Bells Of Christmas
Bass |
Larry Carlton |
Guitar |
Larry Carlton |
Keyboards |
Robbie Buchanan |
Background Vocals |
Christopher Cross |
Background Vocals |
David Pack |
Background Vocals |
Karen Blake |
Vocals |
Michele Pillar |
7 What Child Is This
Bass |
Abe Laboriel |
Drums |
John Ferraro |
Guitar |
Larry Carlton |
Keyboards |
Terry Trotter |
8 The Little Drummer Boy
Drums |
John Ferraro |
Guitar |
Larry Carlton |
Keyboards |
Terry Trotter |
9 Joy To The World
Bass |
Abe Laboriel |
Guitar |
Larry Carlton |
Keyboards |
Clare Fischer |
10 My Favorite Things/We Three Kings Of Orient Are
Bass |
Abe Laboriel |
Drums |
Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar |
Larry Carlton |
Keyboards |
Terry Trotter |
11 The Christmas Song
Bass |
Abe Laboriel |
Drums |
Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar |
Larry Carlton |
Keyboards |
Terry Trotter |
Percussion |
Mike Fisher |
Sax |
Kirk Whalum |
Vocals |
Michele Pillar |
Liner Notes
Producer – Larry Carlton
Recorded At – Room 335, Hollywood