Number NEIN!

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - "Herb Alpert's Ninth" (1967) - A&M Records

Hello Friends,

Poor Tiki T. is feeling a little under the weather tonight so to "warm" things up we're listening to some Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass on the old turntable!

As the title implies, this is Senor Alpert's ninth record with the Brass.  Unlike what the title (and cover art) implies, this is NOT a record of Latin-themed Beethoven covers!  Most of the songs are pretty lively and shrill in the typical Herb Alpert-style like the top 40 hit, "A Banda", Cole Porter's "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", "The Love Nest", "The Happening", "Flea Bag" and a medley from Bizet's opera, "Carmen."

There's also some more subdued tracks like the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends" and Judy Garland's-on-Nyquil, "The Trolley Song".

The highlight of this record, however, is Alpert's solemnly exotic tribute to songwriter & guitarist Ervan "Bud" Coleman who died earlier in the year. 



Well, that blows!

RATING:  3.5 rusty trumpets out of 5