Coney Island

by Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

Overview

Encouraged by his comeback album, Herb Alpert assembled a new version of the TJB -- including a hotshot second trumpeter, Bob Findley, and jazz piano whiz Dave Frishberg -- and hit the studio and road in 1975. Yet Coney Island was a brave, nearly complete departure from the old Tijuana Brass, where the jazzers were given carte blanche and the rhythm section encouraged to do more complex things. As a signal of independence, the new Brass tackle Chick Corea's "Senor Mouse" head-on, where Frishberg runs wild and even longtime marimbist Julius Wechter is affected by the adventurous spirit. Alpert's own playing on trumpet (and now flugelhorn and piano) is a bit freer as well, and he goes out on a limb as a composer with the experimental, not-quite-coherent "Carmine." TJB tradition is also served by a loose, swinging version of "I Have Dreamed," and an older legacy pops up in the Alpert/Frishberg duet on Jelly Roll Morton's "The Crave." But this edition of the Brass was short-lived; the public didn't get it and Alpert soon moved on to solo projects, leaving this sole LP as its legacy. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date:	09/09/2016
Label:	Herb Alpert Presents
UPC:	0814647020679
Rank:	39763

Tracks

1. Coney Island
2. I Have Dreamed
3. Se¿¿or Mouse
4. Mickey (C'est Ainsi Que Les Choses Arrivent)
5. Sweet Georgia Brown
6. Ratatouille (Rata Too Ee)
7. Catfish
8. This Masquerade
9. Carmine
10. The Crave
11. Vento Bravo
12. I Belong

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Herb Alpert   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals,Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass   Primary Artist
Bob Edmondson   Bass,Soloist,Trombone
Vince Charles   Percussion,Drums (Steel)
Peter Woodford   Guitar
Jimmy Haskell   Strings
Bob Findley   Trumpet
Julius Wechter   Marimba,Percussion
Dave Fishberg   Piano
Steven Schaeffer   Drums
Papito Hernandez   Bass

Technical Credits

Bernie Grundman   Remastering
Chick Corea   Composer
Maceo Pinkard   Composer
Jelly Roll Morton   Composer
Michel Colombier   Composer
Moacir Santos   Composer
Bob Findley   Composer
Herb Alpert   Arranger,Composer,Orchestration
Hal David   Composer
Kenneth Casey   Composer
Ben Bernie   Composer
Edu Lobo   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Leon Russell   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Julius Wechter   Composer
Peter Matz   Orchestration
Dave Fishberg   Arranger
Clovis Mello   Composer
Goeran Fristorp   Composer
Brian Porizek   Cover Art