Larry Carlton Quartet

You can tell by his résumé, which includes both high-profile solo slots with Steely Dan and the theme music for Hill Street Blues, that journeyman guitarist Larry Carlton is a quintessential journeyman virtuoso. ("If Royal Scam is the definitive Steely Dan guitar album," says Walter Becker, "then Larry Carlton is the reason why"). Expect jazzy, funky workouts that make a show of the leader's spiffy chops.