Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Summertime '1971; 2015

Tracks list

Though Herb Alpert was technically taking a sabbatical from music in the early
1970s, he wasnt entirely inactive, recording in dribs and drabs. So A&M
assembled this brief collection of singles and stray cuts in the summer of 1971;
it went nowhere on the charts but added some pleasing entries to the Alpert
discography. The two best cuts, taken from a 1970 single, are as good as
anything from the Tijuana Brass heyday, with Alperts own haunting tone poem
Jerusalem and a great, strutting arrangement of Strike Up the Band. The title
track, with a dual vocal by Alpert and his wife Lani Hall, is also intriguing,
drawing inspiration from the famous Miles Davis/Gil Evans version, while Alpert
pulls off a really good jazz trumpet solo on The Nicest Things Happen.
Otherwise, most of the tracks on this LP lack energy, and even vigorous
arrangements like that of the Beach Boys Darlin drift off distractedly into the
ozone. Clearly, Alpert wasnt quite ready to re-emerge full-blown into the
performing world.



Tracklist: 
01. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Hurts So Bad (2:27)
02. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Jerusalem (2:34)
03. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Martha My Dear (2:09)
04. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - If You Could Read My Mind (2:39)
05. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Darlin (4:11)
06. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Summertime (2:12)
07. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - The Nicest Things Happen (3:12)
08. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Montezumas Revenge (2:42)
09. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Catch A Falling Star (3:05)
10. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass - Strike Up The Band (2:24)

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