Winner of nine Grammy awards, Herb Alpert turned 85 years old today. Herb and his Tijuana Brass actually out-sold the Beatles in US record sales during the year of 1966. His A & M record label eventually sold to Sony Entertainment for 3/4ers of a billion dollars.
Excellent taste. Truly great tone. The best compliment to hear is when somebody compares you favorably to good ol Herb's golden tone. I was lucky enough to live and listen to him back in the day..
@Bob-Pixley said in Ed Tarr, RIP:
Just heard that Ed Tarr passed away this morning. Great trumpet historian and natural trumpet pioneer/performer of our time.
Very sorry to hear this. Actually I'm kinda stunned. Because I'd very recently thought about him after not thinking of him much since college. In fact I'd done a wikipedia search on Tarr only this past weekend. Just to see if he was still among the quick.
His natural horn was fantastic. As was all that he did. And who could forget that "cookie cutter" piece he was using back in the 1970s? I used to think that the Schilke 22 was difficult to support but Ed played a No 24!! An artist model. Those Germans like the roar of that "Teutonic sound".
