Whipped Cream & Other Delights [bonus Tr

Liner Note Author: Josh Kun. Recording information: Gold Star Recording Studio, Hollywood, California (1965). How a good-looking Jewish boy from Brooklyn discovered the secret of success in an updated form of mariachi music is perhapsbeyond our scope. Then again, it might not be such a mystery after all. Aside from the obvious example of exotica, much easy listening depends upon more than a touch of ethnicity to maintain its musical roots. What Herb Alpert found in Mexican street bands was a previously untapped source of south-of-the-border melody and rhythm. With its unlikely combination of Alpert's cool Chet Baker-like trumpet and the blocky cadences of a marchingband, the Tijuana Brass produced a lively, colorful mix that managed to appeal to hips and squares alike. WHIPPED CREAM & OTHER DELIGHTS was Herb Albert's most successful album, helped--no doubt--by its highly provocative cover art. The tunes are mostly unknown originals or, in the case of Lieber & Stoller's "Love Potion #9, " so transformed by the Tijuana"treatment" as to be almost unrecognizable. Special mention must go to guitaristJohn Pisano and marimba man Julius Wechter, both of whom round out the sharp corners of a potentially raucous sound. Reviews: JazzTimes (p. 101) - "[M]usically, the 12food-themed songs - plus two bonus tracks - are often as addictive as the titular foodstuff itself. "

Track Listing

• 1 a taste of honey
• 2 green peppers
• 3 tangerine
• 4 bittersweet samba
• 5 lemon tree
• 6 whipped cream
• 7 love potion no. 9
• 8 el garbanzo
• 9 lady fingers
• 10 butterball
• 11 peanuts
• 12 lollipops and roses
• 13 rosemary [previously unreleased][bonus t
• 14 blueberry park [previously unreleased][b