Herb Alpert: Fandango 1982 (Arranged by Juan Carlos Calderón) Vinyl-New $78.99

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Herb Alpert: Fandango

Challenged and fired up by some new Mexican colleagues, Herb Alpert set out to make a record specifically for the Latin American market and ended up producing a masterpiece — the equal of the best Tijuana Brass albums, and in some ways maybe better than any of them. Fandango has a more authentically Latin American sound than the cosmopolitan TJB records, using rhythms from Mexico to South America, adding a coating of strings or synthesizers and Alpert’s soaring trumpets. More importantly, with the help of co-producer José Quintana, Alpert lined up some incredibly beautiful material from then-little-known writers like Juan Carlos Calderón, Diego Verdaguer, Rafael Perez Botija and Roberto Carlos. Some of these tracks are spine-chilling in their emotional pull and uncanny sense of structure; Alpert the master of the studio working at his peak. Alpert’s magnificent renderings of  Calderón’s high-flying “Route 101” (a Top 40 hit single) and aching “Margarita” are perfect records; you wouldn’t want to change a note. He also has a ball with Verdaguer’s driving “Coco Loco,” and the concluding track is a fast-moving medley of Latin American hits starting with Mexico’s “Frenesi” and rambling through Brazil’s “Bahia” and Spain’s “Moliendo Cafe” before riding off with the irresistible Venezuelan “Porompompero.” As much as one hates to limit the horizons of an adventurous musician like Herb Alpert, one must admit that Latin influences inspire his best work — and whether working in a Latin framework or not, he has yet to equal this CD.

Video: Herb Alpert – Route 101 (1982)

Track Listing

A1 Fandango

Arranged By – Juan Carlos Calderon*
Drums – Carlos Vega
Guitar – Abraham Laboriel
Keyboards – Michel Colombier
Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta*
Synthesizer – Bill Cuomo, Michel Colombier
Written-By – Juan Carlos Calderon*
3:41
A2 Margarita

Arranged By – Bill Cuomo
Backing Vocals – José Quintana
Drums – Carlos Vega
Guitar – Miguel Peña
Keyboards – Bill Cuomo
Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta*
Synthesizer – Bill Cuomo
Written-By – Juan Carlos Calderon*
3:41
A3 Push And Pull

Arranged By – Michel Colombier
Drums – Carlos Vega
Harp – Gayle Levant
Keyboards – Michel Colombier
Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta*
Written-By – Juan Carlos Calderon*
4:40
A4 California Blues

Arranged By – Eduardo Magallanes
Drums – Carlos Vega
Guitar – Miguel Peña
Keyboards – Bill Coumo
Synthesizer – Bill Coumo
Vocoder – Herb Alpert
Written-By – Juan Carlos Calderon*
3:49
A5 Quiereme Tal Como Soy (Love Me The Way I Am)

Drums – Carlos Vega
Harp – Gayle Levant
Keyboards – Michel Colombier
Lead Vocals – Herb Alpert
Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta*
Synthesizer – Michel Colombier
Written-By – Rafael Perez-Botija*
3:49
B1 Route 101

Arranged By – Juan Carlos Calderon*
Drums – Carlos Vega
Keyboards – Michel Colombier
Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta*
Synthesizer – Greg Mathieson
Written-By – Juan Carlos Calderon*
3:21
B2 Coco Loco (La Guajira)

Arranged By – Bill Cuomo
Drums – Carlos Vega
Guitar – Miguel Peña
Keyboards – Bill Cuomo
Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta*
Synthesizer – Bill Cuomo
Written-By – Diego Verdaguer
2:54
B3 Aria

Arranged By – Eduardo Magallanes
Drums – Carlos Vega
Guitar – Miguel Peña
Harp – Gayle Levant
Horns [Horn Section] – Carlos Macias, Guillermo Espinosa
Synthesizer – Bill Cuomo
Written-By – Eduardo Magallanes
3:44
B4 Angel

Arranged By – Juan Carlos Calderon*
Drums – Carlos Vega
Guitar – Carlos Rios (2)
Keyboards – Bill Cuomo
Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta*
Synthesizer – Bill Cuomo
Written-By – Juan Carlos Calderon*
2:51
B5 Sugarloaf

Arranged By – Herb Alpert, José Quintana
Drums – Ralph Humphrey
Guitar – Abraham Laboriel
Percussion – Laudir DeOlivera*
5:07
Latin Medley (Frenesi, Bahia, Moliendo Café, Porompompero)

Arranged By – Juan Carlos Calderon*
Drums – Carlos Vega
Marimba – Julius Wechter
Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta*
Synthesizer – Bill Cuomo
(5:43)

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Weight 13 oz
Dimensions 12 × 12 × 1 in
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Fandango