Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - What Now My Love
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Free Music Review: SEAMLESS ALBUM-HELPS DEFINE A GENERATION
Hit: 5 Stars
Up until this 6th album from the TJB in May, 1966, the music was a collection of pieces providing good listening, but lacked the themematic quality of this album.
The TJB took the music world "by storm" from 1962 through 1969, with listeners still enjoying the music today. It took quite some talent to go head-to-head with the popularity of Elvis, Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, among others, yet the TJB did it and did it with almost unbelievable success and popularity. It got to the point that Herb Alpert had to settle on a fixture of musicians for the touring, rather than rotating various musicians for the studio albums. Once that was settled, the music became more settled too. Hits continued to follow hits, over 40 on the top 10 during those years.
Herb Alpert is a very fortunate man and also a very talented man. To have this music idea in his head and heart and to be able to translate what he felt and what he wanted to not only other individual musicians but onto tape for a permanent record is no small accomplishment. To do what makes one happy, make millions of others also happy at the same time, and to become rich doing what one enjoys is no small thing. And the music sounds as fresh today as it did when I listened to it back in the 60's. Returning from the military, entering college, this music was everywhere I went. On the car radio, on TV, and on my phonograph, the TJB had become a household word; what a great invention the CD, no more wearing out those 33 and a thirds.
I know that What Now My Love won the awards and is what this album is all about, but as I listen to the CD while typing this review, I find my favorite of the album is The Shadow Of Your Smile. But no matter what your favorite, this is a terrific album that may seem to be a sleeper, but as time has shown it was and remains a real tiger.
Semper Fi.
Free Music Review: Herb Alpert - Outstanding Music
Hit: 5 Stars
It was nice to be able to purchase this Album on a CD. I bought
the Album when it first came out in the 60's. ALL Alpert's Albums
were Excellent. I now have 5 of his Albums on CD.
Patrick
Free Music Review: herb gains even more momentum
Hit: 5 Stars
after this release, herb and the brass owned the airwaves and to a certain extent could do no wrong. even though herb said he wasn't trying to fool anybody back then as to not being a group that really was south of the border, as a young kid i certainly fell for it. not only was herb thee sound of the sixties, you can hear his influence right up to the present.Free Music Review: Marimba/Brass/Mariachi/Jazz, and Rock--the sweetest sounds this side of the Rio Grande !!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass enjoyed great success in their heyday during the 1960s; and enthusiastic fans on both sides of the border invariably came to hear them perform. This CD tells us why. Their sounds are smooth as silk, rich as Rockefeller and as sophisticated any Rhodes Scholar could ever be.
The CD starts with "What Now My Love;" for this number the horn carries the bulk of the melody as the arrangement makes great use of the percussion to enhance it's beauty. The guitar solo in the middle of this track shines like gold! "Freckles" follows next; the guitars, horns and percussion all combine to produce a joyful musical number.
The guitars and horns work hard once again to make "Memories Of Madrid" work very well; and I liked that the tempo of "Memories Of Madrid" spins somewhat faster than the tempo for the first two tracks. Excellent!
Other gems on this CD include "It Was A Very Good Year;" this number uses the piano, guitars, horns and percussion to produce a lush and rather sensitive musical arrangement. "So What's New?" uses the ukulele and percussion to work wonders; the whistling and the tempo also make "So What's New?" a very joyful sounding tune. "Magic Trumpet" also stands out as the trumpets, whistle and percussion infuse this ballad with a marching tune flavor. The cries of joy from the performers as they do this number highlight the joyfulness of this marching band-style number.
"If I Were A Rich Man" demonstrates Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass' ability to blend together what would appear to be two completely different styles of music: the band successfully infuses a Jewish Broadway show tune with a Latin American flavor. The horn and guitar start out carrying most of the arrangement and when the percussion joins in you can really sense the happiness of this very special number. Excellent accomplishment!
The CD ends with the classic love song entitled "The Shadow Of Your Smile." The strings and percussion begin this melody; and when the horn joins in it only serves to enhance the beauty of this number. In fact, the depth of the emotion associated with "The Shadow Of Your Smile" makes this ballad a strong and fitting ending for this album.
The liner notes include awesome photos. You also get a commentary by Herb Alpert; and Josh Kun contributes an informative essay as well.
Fans of Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass will not be disappointed with this great CD. I also recommend this CD for people who enjoy easy listening music from the 1960s.
Free Music Review: Herb Alpert & The TJB, What Now My Love
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the album that sold 6,000,000 copies. Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was number one. They had 5 albums in the top forty, and out sold the Beatles for 1966.
This is a beautiful album. It opens up with the hit What Now My Love. Freckles, a happy swinger, Memories of Madrid, a nice rolling tune, It Was A Very Good Year, the classic Sinatra piece, So What's New, John Pisano's popular original, and Plucky round out side one on the original record.
Side two opened up with Bert Kampferts, Magic Trumpet; a happy mexican march. The album then proceeds to Sol Lake's Catina Blue, Julius Wechter's Brasilia, If I Were A Rich Man, Five Minutes More, and the beautiful standard, The Shadow Of Your Smile.
Overall this is a great record. The first in a string of albums that really epitomized the TJB sound.