martin
Well-Known Member
And FINALLY...the package arrived yesterday at the last day for it's estimated turn up according to Amazon. I even had to pay customs and VAT..never mind!
What a strange and great feeling at the same time. To hear Herb and the TJB playing new, never heard tunes.. Favorites? Sure, after a while but my first thoughts were: It was as I suspected all along: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - it's really great music! Don't misunderstand, but it's just that tunes you have listened to over and over since childhood is impossible to view in an objective way. With the listening to these songs and arrangements, like the loose and jazzy "Raindrops" or wonderfully relaxed "Killing me softly" and the fun treatment of "Popcorn", making a real corny peace of music sounding almost like a jazz standard, I have a renewed respect for Herb as an arranger and musician and the whole idea behind the Tijuana Brass.
In addition of course, the wonderful packaging, rich liner notes and the expectations for the other re-releases with bonus tracks etc.. It's Christmas in February and April and....
- greetings from the bright and sunny north -
Martin
What a strange and great feeling at the same time. To hear Herb and the TJB playing new, never heard tunes.. Favorites? Sure, after a while but my first thoughts were: It was as I suspected all along: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - it's really great music! Don't misunderstand, but it's just that tunes you have listened to over and over since childhood is impossible to view in an objective way. With the listening to these songs and arrangements, like the loose and jazzy "Raindrops" or wonderfully relaxed "Killing me softly" and the fun treatment of "Popcorn", making a real corny peace of music sounding almost like a jazz standard, I have a renewed respect for Herb as an arranger and musician and the whole idea behind the Tijuana Brass.
In addition of course, the wonderful packaging, rich liner notes and the expectations for the other re-releases with bonus tracks etc.. It's Christmas in February and April and....
- greetings from the bright and sunny north -
Martin