Herb Alpert Quotes

Herb Alpert — American Musician born on March 31, 1935,

Herbert "Herb" Alpert is an American 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 has also created abstract expressionist paintings and sculpture over two decades, which are publicly displayed on occasion. Alpert and wife Lani Hall are substantial philanthropists through the operation of the Herb Alpert Foundation... (wikipedia)

I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose.

Mexican Shuffle was a turning point of the Brass.

I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play.

I find that it's nice to work with somebody and spin off on someone else's feelings. You get a little jaded by yourself.

If you look at a record under a microscope, the high frequencies are short jagged edges... and the low frequencies are long swinging ones are deep bass sounds. When it cut it at half speed, you're getting more of those on the record.

Herb Alpert Quotes

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