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I received my Collectors' Choice Music catalog for January 2009 this week, and what should appear on the cover but the woman in this photograph: (Actually, it was more like the March 31 photo here .) Naturally, I owned this item in vinyl. That was because I was a big fan of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Really, I owned The Lonely Bull (A&M 101, the first item in the catalog; the stereo equivalent...
- Senor Coconut, aka Uwe Schmidt, is back with another album that fuses jazz, Latin, and a little bit of electric sounds with Around the World. The album changes several well known songs into Latin-sounding hits. Senor Coconut succeeds in changing songs that were from several countries into one unified sound. Senor Coconut brings an electronic-Latin sound to a lot of classic songs. As a big fan of...
It's almost Christmas, and I thought I'd run the checklist of my usual things that get me into the Christmas spirit. Didn't do too badly this year! Performances Messiah Nutcracker (x2) Festival of Trees dance (I really miss this one. Wish we were still together.) Misc. church gigs Music Herb Alpert Christmas Spike Jones SHeDAISY James Taylor "holiday" playlist on my iTunes "holiday" playlist on Pandora...
The Mayor of Mt. Holly wrote about the wonderful Chris Montez on his blog, and found this 1966 video of his song “The More I See You.” Good stuff. Oh, man how I love Chris Montez. I got turned on to him by my good pal John P. of King Cat fame, and if that is [...]
of montreal my favorite christmas (in a hundred words or less) dwight twilley christmas love johnny cash silent night the rhodes kids santa loves rock 'n roll music young and sexy santa claus likes rich kids better herb alpert & the tijuana brass let it snow! let it snow! let it snow! the staple singers who took the merry out of christmas brian wilson it came upon a midnight clear victoria williams...
Before I get to the 80’s or BUST post, I’d like to thank all of you for participating in the Contest Giveaway Contest! I hope you had fun playing!!! The winners will be announced tomorrow (I know I originally said the 18th… sorry!). We here at TheFrontloader.com look forward to [...]
~I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit.~ ~Herb Alpert, musician~ We here at The Scholastic Scribe agree with Mr. Alpert, wholeheartedly . Mexico is a lovely land; a country of character & characters. The Spirit of Siesta & the Marvelous Mañana Ethic tinge everything with a Glorious Glow. Yes, Mexico feels like a foreign country , an exotic land...
CSO InformationDan Kuehn and his brothers and sister all turned out to be musicians despite their parents. At the age of 12, Kuehn decided on the trumpet as his main instrument because, he now confesses, he fell in love with Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.
"The Wrecking Crew," screened at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center on Friday evening for the Anchorage International Film Festival, is a documentary about a group of Los Angeles musicians that happens to be a love story.
Hey, I got your recession right here. You still have time to order these wonderful things for the music snob in your life. Mini Robot Elvis: Remember those unfunny Saturday Night Live skits, "Tiny Elvis," with the unfunny Rob Schneider....
Alleee's Christmas Memory Alleee1 The Waverly Consort * Riu, Riu Chiu Anakin 1814 The New York Brass and Percussion Ensemble * Good King Wenceslaus Lucille Ball * We Need a Little Christmas Anakin 1814 2 The Columbia Chamber Orchestra * The Holly and the Ivy Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass * The Bell That Couldn't Jingle Bugsinrug 1 Dennis Farnon * Snowfall Andy Williams * The Most Wonderful Time of...
Alleee’s Christmas Memory Alleee1 The Waverly Consort * Riu, Riu Chiu Anakin 1814 The New York Brass and Percussion Ensemble * Good King Wenceslaus Lucille Ball * We Need a Little Christmas Anakin 1814 2 The Columbia Chamber Orchestra * The Holly and the Ivy Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass * The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle Bugsinrug 1 Dennis Farnon * Snowfall Andy Williams * The [...]
The full title of the fourth Sam Phillips album is Omnipop (It's Only A Flesh Wound Lambchop) that evokes daffiness, absurdity, and obscure pop culture references. While that may sound like fun, Omnipop is all over the place. I consider it a serious misfire, especially coming off the relative success of Martinis And Bikinis . Returning to the Beatles analogy, Martinis = Revolver and Omnipop = Magical...
Jeff Lorber says that one of the ingredients that gives his latest CD Heard That a classic soul feel is his use of the Fender Rhodes electric piano on a number of tracks, as well as touches of Wurlitzer organ. He told Pulse that he loves the sound of the Rhodes, and that his current instrument was somehow transferred to him by Herb Alpert. Lorber said: "Definitely I love the sound of my Rhodes. I think...
