Tak Matsumoto News

I just now discovered that you can win a poster autographed by Larry and Tak by subscribing to Larry Carlton’s mailing list! If you want to be part of the drawing, don’t hesitate and sign up!!

NEW BONUS! Sign up for Larry’s mailing list between now and January 31st, 2011 and you could win a poster autographed by both Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto (seen on the right)! If you are already on the list you are eligible to win. Winner will be announced February 1st.

Via: Larry Carlton – Official Website of Mr. 335

Source(s): B’zaholic Blog (Japanese)

Tak Matsumoto News

Larry Carlton’s and Tak Matsumoto’s jazz album “TAKE YOUR PICK” has received the Japanese Golden Disc Award for “Jazz Album of the Year” at the 25th Annual Golden Disc Awards in Japan. This again shows the great reception for Larry’s and Tak’s work, which, compared to Koshi Inaba’s solo work, didn’t receive much credit from B’z fans. Despite the fact that the TAKE YOUR PICK tour was completely sold out, the album itself didn’t sell too well in Japan, but received great reviews from jazz critics from all over the world.

Another great achievement for Larry and Tak would be, if they were awarded with a Grammy for their solo work. We shall see how it goes, when the winners are announced on February 13 at the annual Grammy Awards.

Source(s): THE GOLD DISC

Tak Matsumoto News

Yesterday, the nominations for the Grammy Awards 2010 have been announced by the committee. Larry Carlton’s and Tak Matsumoto’s “TAKE YOUR PICK” has been nominated in the category “Best Pop Instrumental Album”. Also nominated in the same category are Gerald Albright, Kenny G, Robby Krieger and Kirk Whalum.

The results will be announced at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011. If Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto received the award, Tak Matsumoto would get his first Grammy Award for one of his solo works.

Source: Nominees | GRAMMY.com

Tak Matsumoto News

With the release of the live-recording “TAKE YOUR PICK” in Blue Note Tokyo on DVD, Tak has put up a message for his fans. As usual, we have translated it for you!

This is the release of the wonderful performance by Larry and me. I encourage all the people who came to the show as well as those who unfortunately couldn’t attend the show to watch it! Enjoy this music!!

TAK

Source: B’z Official Website

Tak Matsumoto News

Larry Carlton’s and Tak Matsumoto’s record “TAKE YOUR PICK” has been taken into consideration for Grammy nomination in nine categories. These categories are: Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Pop Instrumental Album, Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Best Rock Instrumental Performance, Best Instrumental Composition, Best Instrumental Arrangement, Best Engineered Album, Producer of the Year and Non-Classical.

Larry Carlton has been nominated for the Grammys before, but for Tak Matsumoto, this is huge! We shall see how it goes when the Grammy nominations are announced on December 1st, 2010!

Source(s): Multi Grammy Nominations for Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto (Gibson.com)

Tak Matsumoto News

Epiphone Japan is going to release a refurbished model of the ‘Epiphone Tak Matsumoto DC Custom’ (see our report) which was released in December, 2009 and is going to call it the ‘Epiphone Tak Matsumoto DC Standard Goldtop’.

Tak with his DC Goldtop

The model will be available exclusively in Japan early November at a suggested retail price of 122,800 Yen(same as the original model), which is about 1508 US Dollars or 1083 Euros.

Here are the technical details of this beast of a guitar:

【SPECIFICATIONS】
●Body：Carved Mahogany Double Cutaway Body
●Top Binding：Black
●Neck：Mahogany
●Neck Binding：Black
●Neck Joint：Long Neck Tenon (Deep Set)
●Headstock Binding：None
●Scale：24.75″
●Fretboard：Rosewood with “Abalone” inlays
●Headstock Sign：“Tak Matsumoto” MODEL
●Machine Heads：Kluson-type with green “tulip” buttons
●Trussrod Cover：Black / White
●Pickups：Gibson Burstbucker 2&3 (Double Black)
●Bridge：Epiphone LockTone™ Tune-o-matic
●Controls：Neck Volume, Bridge Volume, Master Tone, 3-Way Toggle
●Knobs：Gold “Top Hat” Knobs
●Tailpiece：Epiphone LockTone™ Stopbar
●Hardware：Nickel
●Color (Gloss)：Metallic Gold

Source(s): Rittor Music port (Japanese)