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greenpeppers · 05-23-2008, 10:44 AM

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Herb is still the king of the one bar phrase, but how many trumpeters are distinctive enough to identify them the moment you hear them?

He sure is! I remember the first time I heard Herb Alpert on my mom's music station and this was probably a good 20 years after the TJB heyday. The song was Spanish Flea and I ran right out and bought the record. Within the next few years I had collected almost all of his albums and even bought myself a used trumpet so I could learn to play like him (didn't happen then but I'm giving it another try). I'm sure there are still kids now who out there discovering him for the first time. What a gem he is. Seeing him perform was such a dream come true for me.

05-23-2008, 10:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
greenpeppers New Friend Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: thorndale, pa Posts: 17	Re: Herb Alpert and Lani Hall [quote=ecarroll;372870] Herb is still the king of the one bar phrase, but how many trumpeters are distinctive enough to identify them the moment you hear them? He sure is! I remember the first time I heard Herb Alpert on my mom's music station and this was probably a good 20 years after the TJB heyday. The song was Spanish Flea and I ran right out and bought the record. Within the next few years I had collected almost all of his albums and even bought myself a used trumpet so I could learn to play like him (didn't happen then but I'm giving it another try). I'm sure there are still kids now who out there discovering him for the first time. What a gem he is. Seeing him perform was such a dream come true for me.