Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Greatest Hits
With its cinematic mix of dramatic brass fanfares, crowd noise, chorus, twangy guitar, and mandolins, "The Lonely Bull" was as much a novelty as an instrumental hit, but it served as an ideal launching pad for Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass. During the 1960s, they created some of the most popular instrumental music of all time, blending catchy tunes, Mexican dance rhythms, and a lively brassiness. "Spanish Flea" and "Tijuana Taxi" may best define the style, but Alpert possessed keen insight into the tradition
Definitive Hits
In an era when elaborate wordplay and adventurous production were the order of the day, Herb Alpert made an impact barely uttering a word or breaking a mold, other than expanding the commercial parameters for pop instrumentalists. Dashing trumpeter Alpert and his Tijuana Brass scored five top-20 hits between 1962 (when "The Lonely Bull" climbed to No. 11 in the U.S.) and 1968 (when the vocal-driven "This Guy's in Love with You" cracked the top 10), racking up five No. 1 albums over the same period.
Tijuana Brass Herb Alpert Band. Herb Alpert school of music scholarship foundationfunded by Herb Alpert and his wife song vocalist Lani Hall. California Art School they donated a total of $15 million from the Herb Alpert Foundations funds.
He became famous from his trumpeter instrumentalist sole called "The Lonely Bull".
He partnered with Jerry Moss to form a music company called A & M Records. During the 1960's when his Tijuana Brass music was popular and still is.
California Institute of the arts is going to name their music department after him.
They will call it the Herb Alpert School of Music in honor of his donations.
Other listings of albums includes the following.
Lollipops and Roses.
A taste of Honey.
Spanish Fly.
Whipped Cream
Going Places.
This Guy's in love with you.
The Lonely Bull (1962) LP-101 (mono)/101S (stereo)
Volume 2 (1963) LP-103/SP-103
South of the Border (1964) LP-108/SP-4108
Whipped Cream & Other Delights (1965) LP-110/SP-4110
Going Places (1965) LP-112/SP-4112
What Now My Love (1966) LP-114/SP-4110
S.R.O. (1966) LP-119/SP-4119
Sounds Like... (1967) LP-124/SP-4124
Herb Alpert's Ninth (1967) LP-134/SP-4134
The Beat of the Brass (1968) SP-4146
Christmas Album (1968) SP-4166; reissued as SP-3113
Warm (1969) SP-4190
The Brass Are Comin' (1969) SP-4228
Greatest Hits (1970) SP-4245
Summertime (1971) SP-4314
Solid Brass (compilation) (1972) SP-4341
Foursider (compilation) (1973) SP-3521
You Smile - The Song Begins (1974) SP-3620
A Treasury of the Award-Winning Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass plus selections from the Baja Marimba Band (1974) Longines Symphonette LWS-500-505
Coney Island (1975) SP-4521
Just You and Me (1976) SP-4591
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (compilation) (1977) SP-4627
Herb Alpert/Hugh Masekela (1978) SP-728
Main Event Live! (1978) SP-4727
Rise (1979) SP-4790
Beyond (1980) SP-3717
Magic Man (1981) SP-3728
Fandango (1982) SP-3731
Blow Your Own Horn (1983) SP-4919
Bullish (1984) SP-5022
Wild Romance (1985) SP-5082
Classics Volume 1 (compilation) (1986) CD-2501
Classics Volume 1 (1987)
Keep Your Eye On Me (1987) SP-5125
Under a Spanish Moon (1988) SP-5209
My Abstract Heart (1989)
North on South St. (1991)
The Very Best Of Herb Alpert (compilation of Tijuana Brass and solo material) (1991)
Midnight Sun (1992)
Second Wind (1996)
Passion Dance (1997)
Colors (1999)
Definitive Hits (compilation of Tijuana Brass and solo material) (2001)
Lost Treasures (2005)
Whipped Cream & Other Delights Rewhipped (2006) Shout Factory
Rise (reissue) (2007) Shout! Factory
Herb Alpert, at his best see video bio on his life in music. Travel his journal into a trumpeteers sound.
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