The Brass Are Comin'

by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

Overview

The Western motif on the double-fold album jacket -- with Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass in costume -- signals this as another companion album to a TV special. But there is a deeper significance to this LP, for shortly after its release, a burned-out, personally troubled Alpert disbanded the Brass and retired from music for awhile. Indeed, stretches of this record reveal a tired group and a leader whose trumpet has lost much of its old zip. Even so, as on all TJB albums, there are several gems -- the stunning shifts in texture and tempo that enliven the worn-out "Moon River," the chugging bluegrass-tinged arrangement of Villa-Lobos' "The Little Train of the Caipira" that masquerades under the name of the title track, a haunting rendition of the Beatles' "I'll Be Back," the fast samba treatment of "Anna." Dave Grusin and Shorty Rogers contribute an occasional orchestration, and Alpert does a modest vocal turn on the lush "You Are My Life." But this time, the old sales magic was gone; the Tijuana Brass had suddenly become unhip in polarized 1969. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date:	09/09/2016
Label:	Herb Alpert Presents
UPC:	0814647020556
Rank:	27759

Tracks

1. The Brass Are Comin' (The Little Train of Caipira)
2. Good Morning, Mr. Sunshine
3. Country Lake
4. I'll Be Back
5. Moon River
6. The Maltese Melody
7. Sunny
8. I'm an Old Cowhand [From the Rio Grande)
9. Anna
10. Robbers and Cops
11. Moments
12. You Are My Life

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass   Primary Artist
Herb Alpert   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

John Pisano   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Bobby Hebb   Composer
Sol Lake   Composer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Alexander Roth   Composer
Roman Vatro   Composer
Herbert Rehbein   Composer
Peter Sarstedt   Composer
John Lennon   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
William Engvick   Composer
Henry Mancini   Composer
Bert Kaempfert   Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos   Composer
Julius Wechter   Composer
Franco Giordano   Composer