Herb Alpert Rise CD

Personnel includes: Herb Alpert (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn); Abe Laboriel (acoustic guitar, bass); Tim May, Chris Pinnick, Carlos Rios, Jay Dee Maness (guitar); Tommy Tedesco (lute, balalaika); Pete Jolly (accordion); Tom Scott (lyricon); Bob Findley (trumpet); William Reichenbach (trombone); Andy Armer (piano, clavinet, synthesizer); Michel Columbier (piano, bass); Joe Sample (piano); Mike Lang (electric piano); James Jamerson Jr., Louis Johnson, Jerry Knight, Bob Magnusson (bass); Julius Wechter (marimba); Steve Schaeffer, Randy Badazz (drums, percussion); Harvey Mason (drums); Manolo, Emil Richards, John Bergamo (percussion).
Recorded at A&M Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California.
Personnel: Herb Alpert (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn); Herb Alpert; Tim May (guitar); Abe Laboriel, Jr., Abraham Laboriel, Sr. (acoustic guitar); Jay Dee Maness (slide guitar); Tom Tom 84 (strings); Michel Colombier (piano, bass synthesizer, keyboard bass); James Jamerson, Jr., Jerry Knight, Louis Johnson (bass instrument); Manolo (percussion); Michael Boddicker (keyboard programming); Ben Barrett, Gene Page, Paul Shure, Harry Bluestone (unknown instrument); Chris Pinnick, Carlos Rios (guitar); Tommy Tedesco (balalaika, lute); Pete Jolly (accordion); Bob Findley (trumpet); William Reichenbach (alto trombone); Andy Armer (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, synthesizer); Mike Lang (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Joe Sample (piano); Tom Scott (lyricon); Julius Wechter (marimba); Bob Magnusson (acoustic bass); Randy Badazz, Steve Schaeffer (drums, percussion); Harvey Mason, Sr. (drums); John Bergamo, Emil Richards (percussion).
Audio Mixer: Alan Myerson.
Audio Remasterer: Bernie Grundman.
Audio Remixer: Don Hahn.
Liner Note Author: Herb Alpert.
Recording information: A&M Recording Studios, Studio D, Hollywood, CA.
Reissued, re-mastered, and re-sequenced for the 21st century, Herb Alpert's 1979 album RISE still has the big hair and polyester feel of the early '80s, though club remixes of two of the cuts, "Rotation" and "Aranjuez (Mon Amour)," update the producer/trumpeter's sound for a new audience, with the latter even adding trendy Arabic cadences. The title cut, with its laconic, laid-back feel and insistent bass riff, was also the backing track for the Notorious B.I.G.'s 1990s hit "Hypnotize." The album marked a triumphant comeback for Alpert, its sophisticated, upscale production blending his signature trumpet flourishes with contemporary touches such as massed synthesizers, disco beats, and orchestral backing.
If the 12" single of Herb Alpert's "Rise" hadn't taken over the charts the way it did back in 1979, one wonders if anyone would have gotten around to checking out the Tijuana Brass, or if Alpert would have gone down in the books as the guy who had a number one with a Burt Bacharach tune ("This Guy's in Love with You"). Instead, the cut energized the entire dance club generation with DJs looking for new grooves and even ended up being used by Sean "Puffy" Combs on the Notorious B.I.G.'s Hypnotise, albeit in a drastically re-morphed form. The single began as a disc track composed by Alpert's nephew Randy and his pal Andy Armer. Alpert suggested they slow the groove way down and turn it into a slow mover. They issued it without an album to go with it, simply as a single on A&M. Club DJs picked up on it and began using duplicate copies either to let the percussion break go on a bit longer before trumpet kicked in, or playing one copy just behind another, creating a call and response melody with the trumpet and the rhythm section. After the single stormed the charts and stayed there all summer, eventually hitting the number one spot, Alpert, Armer and friends went about assembling an album to capitalize on it.
They did well: Rise hit number six on the Billboard pop chart. The rest of the tracks are a slew of originals and covers. The set opens with a small pomp and circumstance intro called "1980" that Alpert c