Herb Alpert Is...

Herb Alpert Is...

by Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert Is...

Herb Alpert Is...

by Herb Alpert

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Overview

Released in conjunction with director John Scheinfeld's documentary film of the same name, the 2020 box set Herb Alpert Is... takes a career-spanning look at the iconic trumpeter, pop singer/songwriter, and music industry executive's celebrated career. Bringing together jazz, mariachi brass band traditions, and easy listening pop, Herb Alpert helped define the sound of instrumental popular music in the 1960s and remained a staple of the pop landscape for 60 years, recording five number one albums, taking home nine Grammy Awards, and co-founding the legendary A&M Records label. Culled from Alpert's extensive catalog, Herb Alpert Is... covers his entire career, moving from his innovative 1962 breakthrough The Lonely Bull to 1965's classic Whipped Cream & Other Delights to 1968's The Beat of the Brass, 1974's You Smile -- The Song Begins, 1979's disco-influenced Rise, and beyond. Along the way, we get such classic hits as "Spanish Flea," "Taste of Honey," "This Guy's in Love with You," "Diamonds," and many more. Also featured are such beloved recordings as "Brasilia," "Skokiaan" with Hugh Masekela, "Second Wind," "Magic Man," and "Fandango." In addition, the box set makes room for a few tracks from Alpert's more recent activity, including "Puttin' On the Ritz" off 2013's Grammy-winning Steppin' Out with his wife, vocalist Lani Hall, and his cover of Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" off 2016's Grammy-nominated Human Nature. As a collector's piece, the box set is also notable, offered as both a three-disc version and a five-LP vinyl collection. Included with both versions is a book featuring liner notes, photos, and an essay by Bud Scoppa. While there have been essential single- and double-disc Alpert compilations in the past, few have brought together both his early work with the Tijuana Brass and his later solo albums. That alone makes this box set a worthy addition to his catalog. As a fitting Alpert retrospective and as a soundtrack to the documentary, Herb Alpert Is... works quite well, taking the listener though his long career and detailing the myriad ways he both pushed pop music forward and found creative ways to reinvent his sound as tastes changed over the decades. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date: 10/02/2020
Label: Herb Alpert Presents
UPC: 0814647022147
Rank: 43801

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. The Lonely Bull
  2. Winds of Barcelona
  3. Mexican Corn
  4. South of the Border
  5. Mexican Shuffle
  6. All My Loving
  7. A Taste of Honey
  8. Green Peppers
  9. Bittersweet Samba
  10. Whipped Cream
  11. Tijuana Taxi
  12. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
  13. Spanish Flea
  14. 3rd Man Theme
  15. Zorba the Greek
  16. What Now My Love
  17. Memories of Madrid
  18. So What's New?
  19. Magic Trumpet
  20. Brasilia
  21. If I Were a Rich Man
  22. Work Song
  23. Mame
  24. Flamingo
  25. Bo-Bo
  26. Town Without Pity
  27. Treasure of San Miguel
  28. Casino Royale
  29. A Banda

Disc 2

  1. Panama
  2. Slick
  3. This Guy's in Love With You
  4. The Sea Is My Soil
  5. Hurt So Bad
  6. Jerusalem
  7. You Smile: The Song Begins
  8. Up Cherry Street
  9. Skokiaan
  10. Rise
  11. Rotation
  12. Beyond
  13. The Factory
  14. Fandango
  15. Route 101
  16. Keep Your Eye on Me
  17. Diamonds

Disc 3

  1. My Abstract Heart
  2. Just a Dream Away
  3. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
  4. Second Wind
  5. Sneakin' In
  6. Magic Man
  7. Puttin' on the Ritz
  8. La Vie en Rose
  9. Night Ride
  10. Human Nature
  11. I'm Yours
  12. Strike Up the Band
  13. The Lonely Bull
  14. Whipped Cream
  15. A Taste of Honey
  16. Wade in the Water
  17. What a Wonderful World

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Herb Alpert   Primary Artist,Vocals,Trumpet,Flugelhorn,Mouthpiece,Vocals (Background)
Eduardo del Barrio   Keyboards,Synthesizer Bass,Voices,Strings,Conductor
Don Hahn   Guitar (Steel)
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.   Trombone
Janet Jackson   Lead,Vocals (Background)
Andy Armer   Clavinet,Moog Bass,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes,Piano
Abraham Laboriel, Sr.   Bass,Guitar
Timothy May   Guitar
Gerald Albright   Bass
Pedro Eustache   Pan Flute,Shakuhachi
Gary Grant   Trumpet,Horn Section
Paulinho Da Costa   Percussion
Steve Gadd   Drums
Bill Cuomo   Synthesizer
Bill Cantos   Piano,Vocals,Keyboards
Chuck Findley   Trumpet,Horn Section
Lani Hall   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Chris Pinnick   Guitar
Terry Lewis   Vocals,Percussion,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
"Ready" Freddie Washington   Bass
Andrew Martin   Trombone
Dean Parks   Guitar
Marie Cain   Vocals (Background)
Lisa Keith   Lead,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Peter Frampton   Guitar,Soloist
Jerome Benton   Vocals
Greg Mathieson   Synthesizer
Mike Shapiro   Drums,Sabar,Percussion
Michael Boddicker   Vocoder,Synthesizer
Michael Landau   Guitar
Michael Lang   Piano
Michael Shapiro   Drums,Bongos,Vocals,Percussion
Michel Colombier   Keyboards,Synthesizer
Randy Alpert   Drums,Piano,Bongos,Vocals,Voices,Chainsaw,Harmonica,Moog Bass,Percussion,Synthesizer,African Drums,Pipe,Moroccan Drum
Harvey Mason, Sr.   Drums
Manolo Badrena   Cuica
Darlene Koldenhoven   Vocals (Background)
Carlos Vega   Drums,Guitar
Julius Wechter   Marimba
Jellybean Johnson   Vocals,Percussion
Jimmy Jam   Drums,Vocals,Percussion
James Green   Vocals
Mary Hylan   Vocals (Background)
Einstein Brown   Drums (Steel)
David Eiland   Sampling
Jochem van der Saag   Vocals,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Kevin Calhoun   Congas
Naser Mousa   Oud
Steven Schaeffer   Drums
Hussain Jiffry   Bass,Vocals,Keyboards,Fretless Bass
Karen Han   Erhu
Chris Gamez   Sampling,Turntables
Claira Titman   Vocals
Nathan Harkless   Vocals
Ruben Harutyunyan   Duduk
Cruz Martin   Vocals
Josh McCrary   Vocals
Mila Tambaoan   Vocals
Dalia Puchalt   Vocals
Jo McCrary   Vocals
Noah Semsen   Vocals
Rajib Karmakar   Sitar
Zola Vilshenker   Vocals

Technical Credits

Frederick Loewe   Composer
Teddy Randazzo   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Anton Karas   Composer
Ted Grouya   Composer
Eduardo del Barrio   Associate Producer,Percussion Programming,Arranger,Composer
Don Hahn   Engineer
John Pisano   Composer
Jeff Lorber   Arranger,Composer,Producer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Charles Underwood   Engineer
Doug Wimbish   Arranger,Producer
Andy Armer   Composer,Producer,Associate Producer,Arranger
Tom Glazer   Composer
Burt Bacharach   Composer
George David Weiss   Composer
George Jerman   Photography
Paul McCartney   Composer
Sol Lake   Composer
Jimmy Kennedy   Composer
Andy W. Armer   Composer
Steve Hodge   Engineer
Steve Smith   Engineer
Bernie Grundman   Mastering
Bobby Hart   Composer
Jerry Herman   Composer
Chico Buarque   Composer
Bud Scoppa   Liner Notes
Lani Hall   Producer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Alan Jay Lerner   Composer
Terry Lewis   Composer,Producer,Horn Arrangements,Vocal Arrangement,Rhythm Arrangements
Larry Levine   Engineer
Edith Piaf   Composer
Ben Jordan   Engineer
George Bassman   Composer
Eddie Del Barrio   Composer
Don Bowman   Composer
Jimmy Jam   Keyboard Programming,Composer,Producer,Horn Arrangements,Vocal Arrangement,Rhythm Arrangements
Oscar Brown, Jr.   Composer
Mikis Theodorakis   Composer
Chris Walden   Orchestral Arrangements
Alan Meyerson   Engineer,Associate Producer
Allen Toussaint   Composer
Stewart Levine   Arranger,Producer
Caiphus Semenya   Composer,Producer,Horn Arrangements
Vlado Meller   Mastering
Louis Guglielmi   Composer
Nelson Mota   Composer
Loren Nelson   Photography
Jim McCrary   Photography
Jason Mraz   Composer
Howard Lee Wolen   Engineer
John Lennon   Composer
Louis Armstrong   Vocal Recording
Jerry Hey   Horn Arrangements
Lisa Keith   Vocal Arrangement
Brian Gardner   Mastering
Naomi Neville   Composer
Ned Washington   Composer
Randy Badazz   Composer
Jerry Moss   Producer
Niko Bolas   Mixing,Engineer
Melvin Ragin   Composer
Nat Adderley   Composer
Michael Stokes   Composer
Michael Carr   Composer
Michael Shapiro   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Don Koldon   Engineer
Mick Guzauski   Mixing
Randy Alpert   Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Sequencers,Photography,Programming,Track Arrangement,Executive Producer
Gilbert Becaud   Composer
Herb Alpert   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Horn Arrangements
Will Calhoun   Arranger,Producer
Carl Sigman   Composer
Bert Kaempfert   Composer
Sheldon Harnick   Composer
Steve Katz   Engineer
Bobby Scott   Composer
Hal David   Composer
Edmund Anderson   Composer
John Bettis   Composer
Dimitri Tiomkin   Composer
Hugh Masekela   Arranger,Composer,Associate Producer
Juan Carlos Calderon   Arranger,Composer
Julius Wechter   Composer
Jerry Bock   Composer
Richard Hewson   Composer
Guy Webster   Photography
Ervan Coleman   Composer
Mark Hanauer   Photography
Bonnie Schiffman   Photography
Chico Buarque de Hollanda   Composer
Peter Whorf   Photography
Bobby Wilding   Composer
Edie Lehmann Boddicker   Vocal Contractor
Roger Nichols   Composer
Andre De Santanna   Mixing
Arnie Acosta   Mastering
Harry Langdon   Photography
David Eiland   Keyboard Programming
Chuck Beeson   Photography
Nick Spanos   Photography
Jochem van der Saag   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming,Sound Design,Horn Arrangements,Orchestral Arrangements
Robert Thiele   Composer
Donald Cooke   Orchestration
John McClain   Executive Producer
Ric Marlow   Composer
Norman Seeff   Photography
Mike Miller   Photography
Raul Vega   Photography
Brian Porizek   Design,Art Direction
Gerry Wersh   Photography
Dewey Nicks   Photography
Dory Caymmi   Composer
Jimmy Jones   String Arrangements
Hussain Jiffry   Engineer
Luis Guglielmi   Composer
Jose Quintana   Producer
Maryanne Bilham-Knight   Photography
Andreas Neumann   Photography
Steven M. Porcaro   Composer
Fred Poore   Photography
August Musarurgwa   Composer
Steve Sidoruk   Photography
Louis Oberlander   Photography
Jim Cornfield   Photography
Tony Brown   Photography
John Roska   Photography
Roger Webster   Photography
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