"The Beat of the Brass The Beat of the Brass is the tenth album release by the popular 1960s instrumental group Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. It was the last album by the Tijuana Brass to be released in both mono (LP 146) and stereo (SP 4146) versions; all albums afterward would be released in stereo only. The album was released on the heels of a television special by the same title (telecast April 22, 1968 over CBS). Tom Mankiewicz, who wrote the special, also provided two paragraphs of liner notes for the album. Explaining the concept behind the"
"Tijuana Brass, Alpert auditioned and hired a team of crack session men. Alpert used to tell his audiences that his group consisted of ""Four lasagnas, two bagels, and an American cheese"": John Pisano (electric guitar); Lou Pagani (piano); Nick Ceroli (drums); Pat Senatore (bass guitar); Tonni Kalash (trumpet); Herb Alpert (trumpet and vocal); and Bob Edmondson (trombone). The band debuted in 1965, and became one of the highest-paid acts then performing, having put together a complete revue that included choreographed moves and comic routines written by Bill (""José Jiménez"") Dana. An album or two was released each year throughout the"
"in 1969, then released another album by the group in 1971. In 1973, with some of the original Tijuana Brass members and some new members, he formed a group called Herb Alpert and the T.J.B. This new version of the Brass released two albums in 1974 and 1975 and toured. Alpert reconvened a third version of the Brass in 1984, after being invited to perform for the Olympic Games athletes at the Los Angeles Summer Games. The invitation led to the ""Bullish"" album and tour. In the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Alpert enjoyed a successful solo career. In 1979, he"
"Herb Alpert Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American jazz musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, or TJB. Alpert is also a recording industry executive, the ""A"" of A&M Records, a recording label he and business partner Jerry Moss founded and eventually sold to PolyGram. Alpert also has created abstract expressionist paintings and sculpture over two decades, which are publicly displayed on occasion. Alpert and his wife, Lani Hall, are substantial philanthropists through the operation of the Herb Alpert Foundation. Alpert's musical accomplishments include five"
"Hurricane Brass Band The Hurricane Brass Band was a brass band from New Orleans, Louisiana. Established by Leroy Jones in 1974 when the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band was disbanded, the group included Jones and Gregory Davis on trumpet, Darryl Adams on alto saxophone, and Anthony ""Tuba Fats"" Lacen on sousaphone. When Jones left the band to pursue a solo career, Adams took over as leader and renamed the group the Tornado Brass Band. Adams still serves as the leader of Tornado Brass Band. While some members of the band went on to form the Dirty Dozen Brass Band in"
"1977. Hurricane Brass Band The Hurricane Brass Band was a brass band from New Orleans, Louisiana. Established by Leroy Jones in 1974 when the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band was disbanded, the group included Jones and Gregory Davis on trumpet, Darryl Adams on alto saxophone, and Anthony ""Tuba Fats"" Lacen on sousaphone. When Jones left the band to pursue a solo career, Adams took over as leader and renamed the group the Tornado Brass Band. Adams still serves as the leader of Tornado Brass Band. While some members of the band went on to form the Dirty Dozen Brass Band"
"Carson, Chinantla Puebla, México. Los Tucanes de Tijuana Los Tucanes de Tijuana is a Mexican norteño band founded on April 13, 1987, by Mario Quintero Lara and a group of friends in the City of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The members began their musical career by playing in nightclubs. Their fast paced and energizing music, such as El Tucanazo, has attracted the attention of the Ministry of Tourism for the Republic of Mexico which, through its advertising agency, asked Mario Quintero Lara to pen a song, ""Mexico Es Tu Casa"" (""Mexico Is Your Home""), to promote tourism in Mexico.They are"
"Herb!"" In the music video for Jeff Beck's 1985 single ""Ambitious,"" directed by Jim Yukich, which depicts an array of real-life celebrities and lookalikes auditioning to perform with Beck, Alpert appears at the very end, rushing to the casting director's table and asking, ""Am I too late?"" On September 17, 2010, the TV documentary ""Legends: Herb Alpert – Tijuana Brass and Other Delights"" premiered on BBC4. Herb Alpert Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American jazz musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, or TJB. Alpert"
"Ervan Coleman Ervan F. ""Bud"" Coleman (July 7, 1921 – May 26, 1967) was an American guitar and mandolin player, member of Baja Marimba Band, worked with Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, and who wrote the hit track, ""Tijuana Taxi"". On the liner notes of Herb Alpert's ""Definitive Hits"" for the song ""Tijuana Taxi"" Herb Alpert wrote: ""(Tijuana Taxi) was written by Bud Coleman who also played guitar and mandolin on many Tijuana Brass recordings until his untimely death. Bud wrote some great songs for us, but this one had a fabulous visual image of a Tijuana Taxi moving"
"the theme for the bachelor. Up until this album, Alpert had used Los Angeles area studio musicians to back him on his records. On this album, eventual members of the Tijuana Brass (John Pisano, guitar and Bob Edmondson, trombone) were featured as well as elite session musicians from Wrecking Crew: Hal Blaine, Carol Kaye, Chuck Berghofer, and Russell Bridges (who would later become famous in his own right as Leon Russell). With the success of ""Whipped Cream & Other Delights"" came huge demands for concert appearances. It was at this time that Alpert formed the public version of the Tijuana"
"It is seen among other period albums early in ""The Honeymoon Killers"". The album can also be spotted in the living room of the Weir household in multiple episodes of ""Freaks and Geeks"". Whipped Cream & Other Delights Whipped Cream & Other Delights is a 1965 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, called ""Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass"" for this album, released on A&M Records. It is the band's fourth full album and arguably their most popular release. This album saw the band nearly abandoning its Mexican-themed music, featuring mostly instrumental arrangements of popular songs, and also generating some"
"Los Tucanes de Tijuana Los Tucanes de Tijuana is a Mexican norteño band founded on April 13, 1987, by Mario Quintero Lara and a group of friends in the City of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The members began their musical career by playing in nightclubs. Their fast paced and energizing music, such as El Tucanazo, has attracted the attention of the Ministry of Tourism for the Republic of Mexico which, through its advertising agency, asked Mario Quintero Lara to pen a song, ""Mexico Es Tu Casa"" (""Mexico Is Your Home""), to promote tourism in Mexico.They are also the first Regional"
"original entry, a mournful, minor-key melody called ""Bud"", which was written ""In memory of our dear friend Ervan (Bud) Coleman"" (who had died from surgery complications on May 26, 1967 (age 45), before the album was completed) and was also credited as being authored by Coleman and his wife Eleanor. Coleman was the composer of several Brass tunes (notably ""Tijuana Taxi"") and also played guitar, mandolin and banjo on several TJB tracks. He was also a key member of Julius Wechter's Baja Marimba Band (their tribute to him, ""For Bud"", was featured on their 1968 album, ""Do You Know the"
"Whipped Cream & Other Delights Whipped Cream & Other Delights is a 1965 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, called ""Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass"" for this album, released on A&M Records. It is the band's fourth full album and arguably their most popular release. This album saw the band nearly abandoning its Mexican-themed music, featuring mostly instrumental arrangements of popular songs, and also generating some major pop hits for the first time since ""The Lonely Bull"". One ""tradition"" of the early Brass was to include a number rendered in ""strip-tease"" fashion, and this album's entry for that style"
"Tuxedo Brass Band The Tuxedo Brass Band, sometimes called the Original Tuxedo Brass Band, was one of the most highly regarded brass bands of New Orleans, Louisiana in the 1910s and 1920s. It was led by Papa Celestin starting about 1910. Many noted jazz greats played in the band. The group never recorded (though the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, a dance band using some of the same musicians, did record in the mid-1920s). Personnel varied; as with most such New Orleans brass bands of the era, a group no larger than three trumpets or cornets, two trombones, one or two"
"fact get engaged). Also, a fifth-season episode parodied the entire group as Max and 99 sought to unmask ""Herb Talbot and His Tijuana Tin"" as KAOS spies. The phenomenal popularity of the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s spawned many imitation groups on cheaply produced drugstore records, such as the Mexicali Brass, Mariachi Brass, Guadalajara Brass, Bullfight Brass, Pert Lapert and his Iguana Brass, etc. and several comic parodies as well, including the Frivolous Five's ""Sour Cream and Other Delights"", Bob Booker and George Foster's production ""Al Tijuana and His Jewish Brass"", and David Seville and the Chipmunks' ""Sorry About That,"
"With Irene Kral Ervan Coleman Ervan F. ""Bud"" Coleman (July 7, 1921 – May 26, 1967) was an American guitar and mandolin player, member of Baja Marimba Band, worked with Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, and who wrote the hit track, ""Tijuana Taxi"". On the liner notes of Herb Alpert's ""Definitive Hits"" for the song ""Tijuana Taxi"" Herb Alpert wrote: ""(Tijuana Taxi) was written by Bud Coleman who also played guitar and mandolin on many Tijuana Brass recordings until his untimely death. Bud wrote some great songs for us, but this one had a fabulous visual image of a"
"""The Dating Game"", notably the tracks ""Whipped Cream"", ""Spanish Flea"", and ""Lollipops and Roses"". Despite the popularity of his singles, Alpert's albums outsold and outperformed them on the charts. Alpert and the Tijuana Brass won six Grammy Awards. Fifteen of their albums won gold discs, and fourteen won platinum discs. From the week ending October 16, 1965 through the week ending April 29, 1967, the group had at least one album in the Top 10, marking 81 consecutive weeks. For many of these weeks, more than one album registered in the Top 10. In 1966, over 13 million Alpert recordings"
"on the Beach Boys' acclaimed album, ""Pet Sounds"", (""Let's Go Away for Awhile""). He began his long and successful association with Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass when he played percussion on the Tijuana Brass's first hit, ""The Lonely Bull"", in 1962. He later composed ""Spanish Flea"". Playing marimba and vibes on many of the songs on Alpert's subsequent albums in the 1960s, as well as writing at least one song on most of those albums, Wechter contributed much to the Tijuana Brass sound and style without receiving public credit for it at the time. Encouraged by Alpert, Wechter formed"
"Tijuana No! Tijuana No! is a Mexican ska, rock and punk band, from Tijuana BC, México. The band is considered a punk rock,ska band in Mexico and influenced by The Clash, Dead Kennedys, Sex Pistols and Black Flag. In the beginning their name was Radio Chantaje ""(Blackmail Radio)"", and later they became No, but upon the knowledge of another band called the same, they changed their name to No de Tijuana ""(Not From Tijuana)"", to later just shorten it to Tijuana No!. They were characterized by the social criticism in their lyrics, where they also showed their support to the"
"Camelia Brass Band The Camelia Brass Band (also in sit-down variation the Camelia Dance Orchestra) was a brass band from New Orleans, founded by Wooden Joe Nicholas around 1917 or 1918. The Camelia Brass Band was named after a steamboat, the ""S.S. Camelia"". The group generally featured about ten members, with trumpet, trombone, clarinet, tuba, snare drum, and bass drum. In some of its engagements it played in reduced numbers as a dance band, with six members on trumpet, trombone, clarinet, banjo, bass, and drums. The ensemble featured Buddy Petit, Joseph Petit, Alphonse Picou, Billy Marrero, and Lawrence Marrero as"
"The Sentinals (band) The Sentinals were a surf rock band from San Luis Obispo, California (1961–1965). The band is notable for a Latino influence in some works, such as ""Latin'ia"" (1962). Notable band members included Tommy Nunes, drummer John Barbata (later of The Turtles and Jefferson Starship) and Lee Michaels (then known as Michael Olsen) on keyboards. Even though a surf group, they added an appealing Latin accent to their music. According to band member John Barbata, as mentioned in Craig Fenton's ""Take Me to a Circus Tent: The Jefferson Airplane Flight Manual"", the group was actually rhythm and Blues."
"Dallas Brass The Dallas Brass is a brass quintet started by Michael Levine in 1983. Its repertoire contains patriotic music, classical, and romantic, among others. The music ensemble continues to inspire young musicians and motivates its audience through a comedic workshop it provides. The seven members of the group include Michael A. Levine (director), Buddy Deshler (trumpet), Garrett Klein (trumpet), Juan Berrios (horn), Ryan Christianson (trombone), Paul Carlson (tuba), and Joel Alexander (percussion). The Dallas Brass has performed for Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. The group has also made appearances with Cincinnati Pops, New York Pops, at Carnegie"
"Brass Knuckles (band) Brass Knuckles is an electronic dance music trio originating from Miami, consisting of Danny D'Brito, Tony Livadas, and Anthony Pisano. Danny and Tony originally played together in a band in the early 2000s before connecting with Anthony in 2009. After producing music together for two years, including two song placements on Jagged Edge’s album which featured Rick Ross, they finally came together and created Brass Knuckles in 2010. In 2011, the group released their single ""Lie to You"" on Nervous Records. Global touring followed the release, bringing them to Asia and Europe. This leg of touring included"
"Street: The New Orleans Brass Band Renaissance"" also by Mick Burns. Dejan's Olympia Brass band of New Orleans, VPS-4, 1974, Preservation Hall, Publishers. Olympia Brass Band The Olympia Brass Band is a New Orleans jazz brass band. The first ""Olympia Brass Band"" was active from the late 19th century to around World War I. The most famous member was Freddie Keppard. In 1958, saxophonist Harold Dejan, leader of the 2nd unit of the Eureka Brass Band, split off to form the current Olympia, reviving the historic name. The band had a notable part in the 1973 James Bond movie ""Live"
"and The Surftones and The Lively Ones. The Sentinals (band) The Sentinals were a surf rock band from San Luis Obispo, California (1961–1965). The band is notable for a Latino influence in some works, such as ""Latin'ia"" (1962). Notable band members included Tommy Nunes, drummer John Barbata (later of The Turtles and Jefferson Starship) and Lee Michaels (then known as Michael Olsen) on keyboards. Even though a surf group, they added an appealing Latin accent to their music. According to band member John Barbata, as mentioned in Craig Fenton's ""Take Me to a Circus Tent: The Jefferson Airplane Flight Manual"","
"Young Tuxedo Brass Band The Young Tuxedo Brass Band is a brass band from New Orleans that was active after World War II. The Young Tuxedo Brass Band was founded in 1938 by John Casimir. Its name is a nod to the Tuxedo Brass Band of Papa Celestin, an ensemble in New Orleans in the 1910s and 1920s. The ensemble generally held between nine and eleven players, with two trumpets, two trombones, two reeds, a sousaphone or tuba, a snare drum, and a bass drum. Their first record was issued in 1958 on Atlantic Records, and featured Paul Barbarin on"
"artwork), with annual reappearances in record stores at Christmastime. The album was re-released again on CD by the Shout!Factory label in 2006 as were many of the other Tijuana Brass albums. The Shout!Factory release restored the original artwork to the front cover and featured the original back cover on the included CD booklet. Another CD re-release occurred on October 23, 2015 (Herb Alpert Presents label, remastered), this time restoring the original artwork to the front and back. The album contains a mixture of popular Christmas-season music, mostly American secular standards. Exceptions include the Bach piece ""Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring,"""
"with his family. According to ""The Times-Picayune"": Police said the bullet was intended for Shavers's fifteen-year-old stepson. The Hot 8 Brass Band played at Shavers' funeral. Hot 8 Brass Band The Hot 8 Brass Band is a Grammy Nominated New Orleans based brass band that blends hip-hop, jazz and funk styles with traditional New Orleans brass sounds. It was formed by Bennie Pete, Jerome Jones, and Harry Cook in 1995, the merging of two earlier bands, the Looney Tunes Brass Band and the High Steppers Brass Band. In their twenty-plus-year career they have toured the globe, sharing their remarkable story"
"from the television special can be seen on the album's double-fold cover. Unlike the previous Warm album which featured much slower-paced songs leaning more toward a ""Brazilian"" sound, The Brass Are Comin' featured a western-theme with faster-paced songs. ""Good Morning, Mr. Sunshine"" became one of the most recognized Tijuana Brass songs from this album and was among the last Mexican-flavored songs recorded by the group . After completing this album and the subsequent television special, the group embarked on a European tour which marked the last public performances of the original TJB. The Brass Are Comin' The Brass Are Comin'"
"The Brass Band The Brass Band (later known as Tour de Farce) were an American musical comedy troupe, based in San Francisco, who won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 1984. They comprised five members - Loois Tooloose, Jimby, Fritz van der Vol (or Frumheimer), The Captain and Buford. Van der Vol (real name Johannes Mager) played the tuba, The Captain (real name Bob Jennings) played the trombone, Buford (George Wallace) played the baritone horn, Jimby (James Aron) and Loois Tooloose (Bob Leach) both played the trumpet. Often they would play lengths of garden hose with mouthpieces attached. They wore costumes"
"Olympia Brass Band The Olympia Brass Band is a New Orleans jazz brass band. The first ""Olympia Brass Band"" was active from the late 19th century to around World War I. The most famous member was Freddie Keppard. In 1958, saxophonist Harold Dejan, leader of the 2nd unit of the Eureka Brass Band, split off to form the current Olympia, reviving the historic name. The band had a notable part in the 1973 James Bond movie ""Live and Let Die"" where they lead a funeral march for a victim assassinated during the march. Trumpeter Alvin Alcorn plays the knife wielding"
"and Zutty Singleton. A group of younger musicians formed the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, which is still in existence. Tuxedo Brass Band The Tuxedo Brass Band, sometimes called the Original Tuxedo Brass Band, was one of the most highly regarded brass bands of New Orleans, Louisiana in the 1910s and 1920s. It was led by Papa Celestin starting about 1910. Many noted jazz greats played in the band. The group never recorded (though the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, a dance band using some of the same musicians, did record in the mid-1920s). Personnel varied; as with most such New Orleans"