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[catchy trumpet music]
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[lighthearted trumpet music]
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- Herb Alpert is
a cultural icon.
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- Herb Alpert is funky.
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- Herb Alpert is who I'd
like to be when I grow up.
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- So now, ladies and gentlemen.
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Direct from the border
by Tijuana taxi,
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the number one recording
group in the world,
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Herb Alpert and
the Tijuana Brass.
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[clapping]
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[catchy trumpet music]
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- [Man] Tijuana Brass
became that universal sound
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that everybody loved.
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That sound was very unique.
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[catchy trumpet music]
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- [Man] It was an
incredibly popular sound.
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It just made you happy.
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[catchy trumpet music]
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- [Man] Tijuana
Brass was everywhere,
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you couldn't get away from it.
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It's very inspiring, it was
very upbeat and very cool.
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[catchy trumpet music]
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- No musician ever had a year
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like Herb had in 1965 and 6.
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5 songs in the top 20,
4 of them in the top 10.
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Sold more records
than the Beatles.
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[catchy trumpet music]
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Herb Alpert is butter.
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[catchy trumpet music]
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- [Man] No matter
who else is there,
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Herb Alpert is always the
coolest person in the room.
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[catchy trumpet music]
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- [Herb] All of a
sudden, I was catapulted
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into this thing
from one hit record
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into many hit records.
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It was pretty crazy.
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I mean, we were selling
out these huge arenas
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in three minutes.
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And at that point
I realized, man,
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I have the American
dream come true.
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I'm famous, I'm rich,
but I'm miserable.
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[catchy trumpet music]
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[dramatic trumpet music]
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- Herb Alpert is a
creative life force.
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- She's done.
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If you promise not
to tell anyone,
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I'm going to cheat a little bit,
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a little maple syrup.
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But don't tell anyone.
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Mm.
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That's good stuff.
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This is why I look like
I'm 82 and I'm really 83.
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[laughing]
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- Herb doesn't work creatively,
he lives creatively.
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- I started sculpting,
I think around 1980.
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Here's where I heat the wax,
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and I pull it out, and
start fiddling some pieces.
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I don't have a plan,
I'm just feeling my way,
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hoping I can land on something
that makes me feel good.
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It's like jazz.
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You just play it, do
it, don't judge it.
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And if you come back tomorrow,
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this might change shape again.
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You never know.
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'Cause I leave it on
the counter there,
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and then I'm having
lunch or dinner,
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I'm looking at it, and I
might make some changes on it.
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What I do is, I make
these small maquettes,
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and then if they
qualify in my head,
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that could turn
into a larger piece.
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[lighthearted trumpet music]
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My wife hates this
move, but here goes.
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[torch blowing]
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- Herb has always said
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that when he came
to the trumpet,
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it opened up a whole
area of his life
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that he hadn't had
access to before.
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But it's not just that,
he's found a similar outlet
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in paint and sculpture.
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So he's a person who's
found all kinds of ways
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in which he can identify,
develop, and express
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his own creative perceptionS.
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And in that respect,
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he's shaped a whole
life for himself.
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[trumpet music]
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- The most important
thing you can do
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as a musician is practice.
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That's how you get
to Carnegie Hall.
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[jazzy trumpet music]
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There's no shortcut.
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You can think about wanting
to play an instrument
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and it's not gonna do any good.
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You have to really
get in there every day
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and try to inch forward.
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You never really get
to the end product.
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You never get there.
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That's the seductive
part of being an artist.
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I don't know how to
describe what I do
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other than I'm not affecting it,
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it's just coming out.
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It goes back to what
I seriously feel
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is the whole essence of
making music, is the feel.
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[somber piano music]
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It has to feel good.
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I think that's the ingredient.
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If it touches me emotionally,
I'm in, that's all I need.
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I use that process for
painting and sculpting.
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If something touches you,
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it touches you on
a very deep level.
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I don't think people
listen with their ears.
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I think they listen
with their soul.
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[dramatic piano music]
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This is Herbie Alpert
singing "Oh Johnny".
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♪ Oh Johnny ♪
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♪ Oh Johnny ♪
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♪ Please tell me true ♪
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♪ What makes me love you so ♪
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♪ You're not
handsome, it's true ♪
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♪ But when I look at you ♪
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♪ Oh Johnny, Oh
Johnny, oh, oh, oh ♪
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[lighthearted trumpet music]
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Melrose Elementary School,
Los Angeles, California.
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It doesn't look
anything like it looked
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when I was going here,
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but I have a lot of
memories about this place.
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Some good, some not great.
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I have this experience here,
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the teacher in my
second grade unit,
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she wasn't sure whether to
give me an A or a B in reading.
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So she called in another teacher
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and I was on the spot.
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I had to read for this other
teacher and I panicked.
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I was trembling and
didn't feel good.
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I read part of a book,
and then she looked
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at my original
teacher and she said,
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"I don't think he's an A reader,
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I think he's a B
reader at best."
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And from that point on Herb
Alpert became an introvert.
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[chuckles] I don't know,
I just became mute.
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I just, I don't know it
just really affected me.
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[lighthearted trumpet music]
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When I was in the third grade,
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there was a music appreciation
class and they had a table
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filled with instruments.
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They had French
horns, trombones,
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clarinets, oboes, tubas,
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everything you can
imagine, and a trumpet.
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I happened to pick up
the trumpet because
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it kind of fit in my hand,
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and I tried to make
a sound out of it,
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but I couldn't.
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When I finally did make
some sense out of it,
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it took a while.
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The trumpet was talking for me.
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So this guy who was an introvert
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all of a sudden had a voice.
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[dramatic trumpet music]
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I was born in Boyle
Heights, east of LA.
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And we moved to a house
in the Fairfax District
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when I was about two years old,
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I was the youngest
of the three kids.
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My sister Mimi's the
oldest, she played piano.
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My brother Dave was second,
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was a professional drummer.
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Although I wasn't as
close to my father
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as I would've liked to have
been, he was a real hero.
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He came to this country
when he was 16 years old.
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Couldn't speak the language,
on a boat by himself,
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and made a great life.
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Certainly provided
a great life for me.
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[lighthearted music]
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Well, I come back here
about every 53 years.
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[chuckling]
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I haven't been here
since I was 19 years old
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when I got drafted in the army.
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Oh, well, so this is the room
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where a lot of
action took place.
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I used to practice right
in that area right there.
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I used to practice just
about every day of my life,
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and then one day I was playing
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and one of the
neighbors yelled out,
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"Hold it down!"
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More like "Shut up!"
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You know?
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And my mom opened the
window and she said,
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"Oh, he's gonna play louder."
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You know, so. [chuckles]
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She was in my
corner all the way.
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[lighthearted trumpet music]
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I was very lucky.
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My parents supported
me with the lessons,
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I had some wonderful teachers.
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One particular
teacher, Ben Claskin,
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who was lead trumpet player
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in the San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra.
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He really had an
impact on my life.
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This one time, I
think I might've been
12 or 13 years old,
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I played this etude for him
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that was in the Arban's book,
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which is a famous book that
most trumpet players study.
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And I finished playing it
and I looked over to him
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and he was like tearing up,
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you know, I touched him.
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You know?
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So at that point I thought, hm,
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maybe I do have something
on this instrument.
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'Cause he was moved, you know?
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And he wasn't that easily moved.
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[lighthearted trumpet music]
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In high school we
had a little trio
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and we're in a period
when television
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was first getting
started in Los Angeles,
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and there was a show
called High Talent Battle.
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So we entered the show
and we won like six,
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seven weeks in a row.
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Through that, we started
playing, you know,
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parties and bar
mitzvahs and weddings.
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After graduation, I was
drafted in the army.
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I was sent to band school
in Fort Knox, Kentucky,
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and I learned a
big lesson there.
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You know, I was
kind of a hot shot
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trumpet player from Los Angeles.
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When I got to band school,
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there were like 12
trumpet players there
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that were all pretty
much better than me.
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At that period I
was trying to play
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a little bit like
Louis Armstrong,
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a little bit like Harry James,
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a little bit like Miles Davis.
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And I came to the realization
like, who wants to hear that?
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They've already done it.
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I realized at that point,
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if I was ever gonna be
a professional musician,
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that I would have to
find my own voice.
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- Herb Alpert is an artist
whose legacy will endure.
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[trumpet music]
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- Music and sculpting
and painting
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takes me into a mysterious world
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where I just get lost in it.
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[catchy jazzy music]
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I just use my instincts.
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My instincts are
painting for me.
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What I'm looking for
is something that
appeals to my senses
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in terms of the
shape, the color.
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Is it too busy, is
it not busy enough?
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But it's also personal.
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There's no one way to do it.
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What might look good to me
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might look terrible
to the next person,
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but it's okay because I'm
not doing it for anyone else,
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I'm doing it for my
own personal need.
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[lighthearted trumpet music]
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- People ask me often, how
do you define good art?
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Or how do you define
successful art?
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For me, I have a
pretty simple criteria.
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Does it move me?
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With Herb, I can honestly say
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that there's an
emotional component
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that when you see
the sculptures,
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when you see the paintings,
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it's really an
emotional experience.
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When I say Herb
Alpert is an artist,
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I mean something very specific.
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Herb is compelled like
breathing and eating
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to make music and
make sculptures
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and to make paintings
every single day.
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So, the true sense of an artist.
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[dramatic trumpet music]
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- Herb Alpert is my
dearest and oldest friend,
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and that's what's important.
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[lighthearted trumpet music]
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- When I left the army,
I was making a living
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playing with pickup bands.
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$30 here, $40 here, $20 here.
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But it wasn't gonna
lead any place,
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it was just, you
know, I was surviving.
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I met Lou Adler and we
hit it off immediately.
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Something about our
energies just mesh.
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We became friends.
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Little by little, Lou
was showing me you
could write poetry,
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which he wrote some
really nice poetry.
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So I took the poetry
and I played piano,
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and I started writing
songs to his poetry.
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- He didn't speak much, which,
for me who didn't speak much,
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when I realized I was
going to be the spokesman
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for this duo, it was
sort of challenging.
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I mean, I could go
all day with Herbie,
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and the only reason
I knew he was there
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was he was practicing trumpet.
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The first thing that we
did, we wrote four songs,
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cut four demos.
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- We knocked on all the doors.
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We went to publishers
all around Los Angeles,
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we went to this
one record company,
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Specialty Records, where Sonny
Bono was the head A&R man.
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So he listened to all
these songs and he said,
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"You know, to tell you
the truth, you guys,
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I think you ought to
get out of the business,
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and you don't have it."
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So we didn't take his advice.
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And we kept going,
305
00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:43,948
and we landed a contract with
Keen Records as staff writers.
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And their big artists
was Sam Cooke.
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♪ Whoa, whoa ♪
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♪ You, you send me ♪
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♪ I know you send me ♪
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♪ I know you send me ♪
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♪ Honest you do ♪
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- [Lou] Sam Cooke was
a tremendous individual
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as far as his soul
and his heart.
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- Sam Cooke was a
brilliant artist.
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He was very natural, authentic,
he could write songs.
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He would keep this notebook
with a bunch of poetry
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and lyrics in it,
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and one day he came
up to me and he said,
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"Herbie, what do you
think of this song?"
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He was showing me the
notebook and I looked at it,
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and I was thinking to
myself, man oh man,
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this is the corniest
thing I've ever seen.
323
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I didn't say that to him,
but I said, holy moly,
324
00:19:39,439 --> 00:19:41,832
what are you going to
do with that, you know?
325
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I said, what does
the song sound like?
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So he picked up his guitar
and started singing this song,
327
00:19:46,489 --> 00:19:49,927
and all of a sudden I realized,
man, it ain't what you do,
328
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it's the way how you do it.
329
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He transformed this corny
lyric into something
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that was magical.
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His intent, his authenticity,
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his energy was
just so beautiful.
333
00:20:01,678 --> 00:20:04,464
And that's when I realized,
man, it's not about perfection,
334
00:20:04,551 --> 00:20:07,467
it's not about technical
wonder, you know,
335
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not about anything
that's other than
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it's all about a feel.
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That's all it is.
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["Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke]
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♪ Don't know much
about history ♪
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00:20:22,264 --> 00:20:24,614
♪ Don't know much biology ♪
341
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- Herbie and I were working
on a song that basically
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was you didn't
have to read a book
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to be a lover, that these
things came natural.
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♪ And I know that
if you love me too ♪
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00:20:40,326 --> 00:20:43,329
♪ What a wonderful
world this would be ♪
346
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- The bridge we had, it's a
wonderful world, you know,
347
00:20:45,853 --> 00:20:48,334
and Sam loved the concept,
and he took that concept,
348
00:20:48,421 --> 00:20:51,772
and the three of us adapted
it to "Wonderful World"
349
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which Sam recorded.
350
00:20:55,297 --> 00:20:56,472
Which is a whole other story,
351
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because he recorded
it as a demo,
352
00:20:58,300 --> 00:21:01,434
he was just wanting to see
if the song was gonna work.
353
00:21:01,521 --> 00:21:04,654
Keen Records shelved it,
they put it in their vault.
354
00:21:04,741 --> 00:21:08,049
And so after Sam left, and
he was recording for RCA,
355
00:21:08,136 --> 00:21:10,312
and you know, things
started clicking for him,
356
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Keen Records decided
to release that record
357
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that was in the vault,
358
00:21:15,186 --> 00:21:18,059
and it became one of the
biggest records Sam ever had,
359
00:21:18,146 --> 00:21:19,713
you know, which
was pretty amazing.
360
00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,976
I mean, the moral of that story
361
00:21:22,063 --> 00:21:24,195
is nobody knows what a
hit record sounds like.
362
00:21:24,283 --> 00:21:26,459
I mean, it's the
public that'll tell ya.
363
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♪ Yeah ♪
364
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♪ But I do know
that I love you ♪
365
00:21:32,465 --> 00:21:35,250
♪ And I know that
if you love me too ♪
366
00:21:35,337 --> 00:21:40,299
♪ What a wonderful
world this would be ♪
367
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["Baby Talk" by Jan and Dean]
368
00:21:49,656 --> 00:21:54,138
♪ I am only five years
old and my baby's three ♪
369
00:21:54,225 --> 00:21:58,621
♪ But I know that she's the
girl, just you wait and see ♪
370
00:21:58,708 --> 00:22:02,495
♪ When I say I love my
girl, she replies to me ♪
371
00:22:02,582 --> 00:22:07,108
♪ Yeah ♪
372
00:22:07,195 --> 00:22:11,939
♪ Which means to say she
loves me in baby talk ♪
373
00:22:12,026 --> 00:22:13,419
- I think Lou
found Jan and Dean,
374
00:22:13,506 --> 00:22:16,378
but I found that
song, "Baby Talk".
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00:22:16,465 --> 00:22:18,946
- That's the first thing
that Herbie and I produced.
376
00:22:19,033 --> 00:22:20,817
We had produced the other demos,
377
00:22:20,904 --> 00:22:24,212
but that was the first
record we had produced.
378
00:22:25,735 --> 00:22:30,218
We were one of the
first independent
duo record producers.
379
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He had my back musically,
and I had his back as far as
380
00:22:36,746 --> 00:22:40,315
what it took to get in
there and get it done.
381
00:22:40,402 --> 00:22:43,449
[catchy music]
382
00:22:43,536 --> 00:22:48,149
Herbie at some point we wanted
to strike out as an artist.
383
00:22:48,236 --> 00:22:49,716
He didn't want to manage,
384
00:22:49,803 --> 00:22:52,632
he didn't want to
produce Jan and Dean,
385
00:22:52,719 --> 00:22:55,025
he wanted her to be an artist.
386
00:22:55,112 --> 00:22:57,158
So it was very amicable.
387
00:22:57,245 --> 00:23:01,249
We sat down and we
looked at our assets,
388
00:23:01,336 --> 00:23:03,338
which was fairly simple,
389
00:23:03,425 --> 00:23:05,384
we had Jan and Dean
and the tape recorder.
390
00:23:06,646 --> 00:23:09,823
I took Jan and Dean, he
took the tape recorder.
391
00:23:11,259 --> 00:23:15,263
- So I wrote this song for one
of the artists that RCA had.
392
00:23:15,350 --> 00:23:18,353
I called the head of A&R,
he recognized my name.
393
00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,486
So I had a meeting
with him the next day,
394
00:23:20,573 --> 00:23:22,662
I sat down at the piano,
started playing these songs,
395
00:23:22,749 --> 00:23:25,316
he says, "Why don't we do
that with you, you know?"
396
00:23:26,317 --> 00:23:27,536
And it caught me off guard,
397
00:23:27,623 --> 00:23:28,929
I wasn't even
thinking about that.
398
00:23:29,016 --> 00:23:30,365
I never thought of
myself as a singer,
399
00:23:30,452 --> 00:23:33,237
so I was signed to RCA Victor.
400
00:23:34,587 --> 00:23:38,895
["Gonna Get a Girl"
by Dore Alpert]
401
00:23:39,809 --> 00:23:41,898
♪ I'm gonna get a girl, yep ♪
402
00:23:41,985 --> 00:23:44,379
♪ Because I ought
to have a girl ♪
403
00:23:44,466 --> 00:23:47,034
♪ Well, you know I
never had a girl ♪
404
00:23:47,121 --> 00:23:50,690
♪ That's why I've
got to have a girl ♪
405
00:23:50,777 --> 00:23:55,346
- At RCA he had two singles
under the name Dore Alpert.
406
00:23:56,913 --> 00:23:58,785
They didn't do very much,
407
00:23:59,916 --> 00:24:04,007
but it got him a chance to sing,
408
00:24:04,094 --> 00:24:06,836
to be an artist on a big label.
409
00:24:06,923 --> 00:24:08,664
- I felt really
uncomfortable there.
410
00:24:08,751 --> 00:24:11,580
I didn't know exactly what it
was, I couldn't identify it,
411
00:24:11,667 --> 00:24:16,237
but really the environment
was not very creative.
412
00:24:16,324 --> 00:24:17,934
I was treated like a number,
413
00:24:18,021 --> 00:24:21,416
it wasn't Herb Alpert,
it was like 38254,
414
00:24:21,503 --> 00:24:25,507
take five, take two, it was
like that type of thing.
415
00:24:25,594 --> 00:24:29,859
And in their studio it
was very cold, stark,
416
00:24:29,946 --> 00:24:31,818
you know, very medicinal.
417
00:24:32,775 --> 00:24:34,821
And so I recorded the song...
418
00:24:35,996 --> 00:24:37,432
It came out pretty
good, actually,
419
00:24:37,519 --> 00:24:39,869
I was listening to the
playback in the studio.
420
00:24:39,956 --> 00:24:41,828
I thought it needed a
little more bass, you know?
421
00:24:41,915 --> 00:24:43,960
So I walked over to the console,
422
00:24:44,047 --> 00:24:45,875
I lifted the bass,
and all of a sudden
423
00:24:45,962 --> 00:24:47,921
the engineer there
slapped my hand,
424
00:24:48,008 --> 00:24:50,227
he said, "Don't ever
touch that again."
425
00:24:51,664 --> 00:24:54,144
He said "This is a union board
and I can get in big trouble,
426
00:24:54,231 --> 00:24:55,755
so please don't ever do that."
427
00:24:55,842 --> 00:25:00,803
So I felt this doesn't
add up, you know?
428
00:25:02,283 --> 00:25:05,547
Shouldn't a record company
revolve around the artist,
429
00:25:05,634 --> 00:25:07,462
you know, and that's
when I thought
430
00:25:07,549 --> 00:25:08,942
if ever I had my
own record company
431
00:25:09,029 --> 00:25:11,118
that's what I would
do first and foremost.
432
00:25:11,205 --> 00:25:13,686
It would be the artist first.
433
00:25:14,948 --> 00:25:17,516
[catchy music]
434
00:25:18,865 --> 00:25:21,302
- Herb Alpert is a musician
first and foremost.
435
00:25:21,389 --> 00:25:22,912
That's where his genius lies.
436
00:25:24,174 --> 00:25:25,262
- Did you say that you
wanted a table, sir?
437
00:25:25,349 --> 00:25:26,786
Well, you get more than a table,
438
00:25:26,873 --> 00:25:29,223
because Herb Alpert,
this is your life!
439
00:25:30,616 --> 00:25:32,835
[cheering]
440
00:25:38,580 --> 00:25:41,627
In 1961, Herb met Jerry Moss.
441
00:25:41,714 --> 00:25:43,977
I'll tell you the story
as I've got it here.
442
00:25:44,064 --> 00:25:47,807
Herb sang under the name of
Dore Alpert in those days,
443
00:25:47,894 --> 00:25:51,332
and he made a moderate hit
called "Tell It To The Birds",
444
00:25:51,419 --> 00:25:52,638
and it sounded like this.
445
00:25:53,639 --> 00:25:57,077
[birds chirping]
446
00:25:57,164 --> 00:25:58,165
Fantastic.
447
00:25:58,252 --> 00:26:00,733
[catchy music]
448
00:26:09,045 --> 00:26:12,701
♪ You turn me on then
you put me down ♪
449
00:26:12,788 --> 00:26:16,618
♪ Get you running
all over town ♪
450
00:26:16,705 --> 00:26:19,186
♪ If you love me ♪
451
00:26:19,273 --> 00:26:22,102
♪ Aw, tell it to the birds ♪
452
00:26:22,189 --> 00:26:24,191
- With me as his promotion man,
453
00:26:24,278 --> 00:26:26,149
"Tell It To The
Birds" sold about
454
00:26:26,236 --> 00:26:29,022
seven or 8,000 records
in Los Angeles.
455
00:26:29,109 --> 00:26:32,199
It swelled our bank roll to
about three or 4,000 bucks,
456
00:26:32,286 --> 00:26:34,593
so we had a little more
money to operate with.
457
00:26:35,942 --> 00:26:38,205
And that was the
start of A&M Records.
458
00:26:38,292 --> 00:26:42,818
♪ Around with someone new ♪
459
00:26:42,905 --> 00:26:47,518
♪ Do you really think
that that's the ♪
460
00:26:47,606 --> 00:26:50,783
♪ Proper thing to do ♪
461
00:26:50,870 --> 00:26:54,961
- So, my partner Jerry Moss's
office was right there,
462
00:26:55,048 --> 00:26:57,398
and we were partners
on a handshake.
463
00:26:57,485 --> 00:26:59,226
We started in 1962,
464
00:26:59,313 --> 00:27:01,010
and to tell you the truth,
465
00:27:01,097 --> 00:27:03,926
I don't think my career would
have happened without him.
466
00:27:04,013 --> 00:27:07,495
He knew how to take what
I had to the next level.
467
00:27:08,670 --> 00:27:13,066
[lighthearted music]
[birds chirping]
468
00:27:13,153 --> 00:27:16,722
♪ Aw, tell it to the birds ♪
469
00:27:18,375 --> 00:27:21,161
[crowd chanting]
470
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,305
- He goes on a little
vacation to Tijuana.
471
00:27:36,176 --> 00:27:37,394
He goes to the bullfight.
472
00:27:38,613 --> 00:27:42,138
He hears the crowd
roaring, cheering,
473
00:27:42,225 --> 00:27:44,314
on their feet shouting.
474
00:27:44,401 --> 00:27:48,362
He sees the picador and the
matador, he sees it all.
475
00:27:48,449 --> 00:27:52,627
And he goes home and
he brings every sound,
476
00:27:52,714 --> 00:27:57,371
every inflection, every
nuance into "The Lonely Bull".
477
00:27:58,851 --> 00:28:03,159
- Well, it all started in
my garage back in 1962.
478
00:28:04,726 --> 00:28:08,599
And it was this song that
got us off the ground.
479
00:28:08,687 --> 00:28:12,168
[melancholic piano music]
480
00:28:16,216 --> 00:28:17,652
That's The Lonely Bull,
and it wasn't written
481
00:28:17,739 --> 00:28:20,437
like that at all, it was
written like a minuet.
482
00:28:21,612 --> 00:28:22,875
Less very light
and airy up there,
483
00:28:22,962 --> 00:28:25,791
but when I saw my
first bull fight...
484
00:28:25,878 --> 00:28:28,402
[piano music]
485
00:28:29,533 --> 00:28:31,535
I felt like it wanted
to have trumpets.
486
00:28:31,622 --> 00:28:34,800
And one of the thoughts
was to, in that day,
487
00:28:34,887 --> 00:28:37,541
the pop singers used to
overdub their own voice
488
00:28:37,628 --> 00:28:38,934
on top of their voice.
489
00:28:39,021 --> 00:28:40,893
So I tried doing that
with the trumpet,
490
00:28:42,416 --> 00:28:44,984
and I was experimenting with
that sound on this machine.
491
00:28:45,071 --> 00:28:46,768
Hm, interesting sound.
492
00:28:46,855 --> 00:28:48,335
That was the sound.
493
00:28:48,422 --> 00:28:50,467
And I got a little, you know,
494
00:28:51,991 --> 00:28:53,993
I got the goosebumps when
I heard it and I said,
495
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,343
you know, I think
this could be good.
496
00:28:58,171 --> 00:29:01,348
[catchy trumpet music]
497
00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:36,383
- [Man] 1962 was a year Herb
broke the sound barrier.
498
00:29:36,470 --> 00:29:39,560
Move over folk singers,
move over jazz,
499
00:29:39,647 --> 00:29:42,781
move over country,
move over everyone.
500
00:29:42,868 --> 00:29:44,434
Here's a new sound in town.
501
00:29:45,479 --> 00:29:48,743
[catchy trumpet music]
502
00:30:17,380 --> 00:30:19,774
- The record was in the
top 10 in the country,
503
00:30:19,861 --> 00:30:24,692
and I received a letter from
a lady in Germany who said,
504
00:30:24,779 --> 00:30:28,174
"Dear Mr. Alpert, thank
you for sending me
505
00:30:28,261 --> 00:30:32,700
on this vicarious
trip to Tijuana."
506
00:30:32,787 --> 00:30:36,225
And so I thought holy moly,
man, that was amazing.
507
00:30:36,312 --> 00:30:39,272
Because I mean, she
was 7,000 miles away
508
00:30:39,359 --> 00:30:41,752
from Tijuana and
it transported her.
509
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:46,801
So I thought about, you
know, making visual music,
510
00:30:48,020 --> 00:30:49,238
that's the music I
really want to make.
511
00:30:49,325 --> 00:30:51,850
[catchy music]
512
00:31:03,209 --> 00:31:04,688
I had a choice.
513
00:31:04,775 --> 00:31:07,300
I could either play The
Lonely Bull sideways
514
00:31:07,387 --> 00:31:09,693
and come up with something
that was Lonely Bull-ish,
515
00:31:09,780 --> 00:31:12,566
or just take that sound of mine
516
00:31:12,653 --> 00:31:14,655
and see if I can move
it forward, you know,
517
00:31:14,742 --> 00:31:16,831
just move it in
different directions.
518
00:31:16,918 --> 00:31:18,615
And that's what I decided to do.
519
00:31:19,790 --> 00:31:21,488
I never tried to
make a hit record.
520
00:31:21,575 --> 00:31:23,838
I always tried to make a
good record, a fun record,
521
00:31:23,925 --> 00:31:26,928
something that's interesting
to listen to for me,
522
00:31:27,015 --> 00:31:28,495
not for anyone else.
523
00:31:28,582 --> 00:31:31,498
- So many people are
trying to be something
524
00:31:31,585 --> 00:31:34,631
other than themselves, or
do what other people do,
525
00:31:34,718 --> 00:31:36,851
and what they hear
other people do.
526
00:31:36,938 --> 00:31:38,809
Herb just does Herb.
527
00:31:38,897 --> 00:31:41,943
[catchy music]
528
00:31:42,030 --> 00:31:44,076
- So we did a second
Tijuana Brass album
529
00:31:44,163 --> 00:31:48,080
that didn't do quite as
well as the first album,
530
00:31:48,167 --> 00:31:50,038
but it was enough
to keep us going.
531
00:31:50,125 --> 00:31:53,520
And we kept reinvesting
the money into the company.
532
00:31:53,607 --> 00:31:55,826
The third album was an album
533
00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:58,220
that really started
the ball rolling.
534
00:31:58,307 --> 00:32:00,788
[catchy music]
535
00:32:22,897 --> 00:32:24,507
"Mexican Shuffle" was on there.
536
00:32:24,594 --> 00:32:26,379
And so that Mexican
Shuffle was the catalyst.
537
00:32:26,466 --> 00:32:28,381
It is kind of got us going again
538
00:32:28,468 --> 00:32:31,993
because the Clark Teaberry
gum company picked it up.
539
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,171
- [Presenter] Clark's
Teaberry Gum presents
540
00:32:36,258 --> 00:32:37,303
the Teaberry Shuffle.
541
00:32:38,260 --> 00:32:40,697
[catchy music]
542
00:32:40,784 --> 00:32:42,917
- The record itself
wasn't a big hit,
543
00:32:43,004 --> 00:32:45,093
but the fact that
it was an up record
544
00:32:45,180 --> 00:32:46,790
and it made people feel good,
545
00:32:46,877 --> 00:32:50,838
and the Teaberry people
took it over as a gum thing,
546
00:32:50,925 --> 00:32:52,883
made it more successful.
547
00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:57,497
So it made us sound like
we're never off the radio.
548
00:32:57,584 --> 00:32:59,325
And that was good.
549
00:32:59,412 --> 00:33:02,371
[catchy music]
550
00:33:02,458 --> 00:33:05,461
- [Presenter] Have a little
fun, try Clark's Teaberry Gum.
551
00:33:07,159 --> 00:33:09,074
- It was Jerry's idea,
my partner's idea
552
00:33:09,161 --> 00:33:12,991
to come up with an
album of food titles.
553
00:33:14,035 --> 00:33:15,776
Whipped Cream & Other Delights.
554
00:33:15,863 --> 00:33:18,997
You know, so we had Lemon
Tree, we had Taste of Honey,
555
00:33:19,084 --> 00:33:20,650
we had Green Peppers,
556
00:33:20,737 --> 00:33:24,263
we had all sorts of songs
that had food titles.
557
00:33:24,350 --> 00:33:27,657
[catchy trumpet music]
558
00:33:39,756 --> 00:33:41,628
- I suppose like
most adolescent boys,
559
00:33:41,715 --> 00:33:45,327
I was obsessed with that
woman covered in whipped cream
560
00:33:45,414 --> 00:33:47,242
on the album cover.
561
00:33:47,329 --> 00:33:49,288
[chuckling]
562
00:33:49,375 --> 00:33:50,245
It was quite quite a cover.
563
00:33:50,332 --> 00:33:51,986
- I actually had guilt,
564
00:33:52,073 --> 00:33:53,901
like I would sneak
into my mom's room
565
00:33:53,988 --> 00:33:55,424
and look at the
cover of that album
566
00:33:55,511 --> 00:33:58,993
when she was like in
the kitchen or whatever.
567
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:00,821
You'd think you hear
her and you put it back.
568
00:34:00,908 --> 00:34:03,519
- Well, I don't feel I can talk
about that anymore honestly.
569
00:34:05,173 --> 00:34:07,306
It was a very important
point in my life.
570
00:34:07,393 --> 00:34:10,961
- Other Delights
is a great phrase.
571
00:34:13,225 --> 00:34:16,054
And a lot of us would
like to put whipped cream
572
00:34:16,141 --> 00:34:17,925
all over somebody.
573
00:34:19,187 --> 00:34:21,842
- This guy comes up to
me a month and a half
574
00:34:21,929 --> 00:34:24,366
after the album was
released, and he said,
575
00:34:24,453 --> 00:34:25,889
"You know, Mr. Alpert,
576
00:34:25,976 --> 00:34:29,676
that whipped cream
album cover, I love it.
577
00:34:29,763 --> 00:34:32,505
I love the girl, I love the
idea of the whipped cream."
578
00:34:32,592 --> 00:34:34,246
You thought it was
whipped cream, it wasn't.
579
00:34:34,333 --> 00:34:35,508
It was shaving cream.
580
00:34:37,031 --> 00:34:38,598
He says, "I think it's
the best album cover
581
00:34:38,685 --> 00:34:41,122
I have ever seen period."
582
00:34:41,209 --> 00:34:42,906
I said, well, thank you so much.
583
00:34:42,993 --> 00:34:44,299
What about the music?
584
00:34:44,386 --> 00:34:45,692
[laughing]
585
00:34:45,779 --> 00:34:47,737
He said, "Well, I
haven't had a chance
586
00:34:47,824 --> 00:34:49,565
to listen to that yet."
[audience laughing]
587
00:34:49,652 --> 00:34:52,960
I mean, this was a month and
a half after it was released.
588
00:34:53,047 --> 00:34:54,353
True story, true story.
589
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:56,181
- Down through the
18 years, we present
590
00:34:56,268 --> 00:34:57,617
a lot of bands on our stage,
591
00:34:57,704 --> 00:34:59,880
but here's one of the
most exciting bands
592
00:34:59,967 --> 00:35:01,534
we've ever presented.
593
00:35:01,621 --> 00:35:04,493
Herb Alpert and
the Tijuana Brass.
594
00:35:04,580 --> 00:35:06,278
So let's have a fine welcome.
595
00:35:07,975 --> 00:35:09,716
[audience clapping]
596
00:35:09,803 --> 00:35:12,980
[dramatic band music]
597
00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:41,878
- [Jerry] Everything
came together.
598
00:35:41,965 --> 00:35:45,055
If you wanted to write a book
about promotion and marketing
599
00:35:45,143 --> 00:35:47,797
and the right product
at the right time,
600
00:35:47,884 --> 00:35:51,061
the point is that Herb
had a base of interest
601
00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:52,715
from around the country
602
00:35:52,802 --> 00:35:54,674
based on the three albums
we'd already put out.
603
00:35:55,849 --> 00:35:58,808
All we needed was a
really good sized hit
604
00:35:58,895 --> 00:36:00,854
that got everybody
else involved.
605
00:36:02,029 --> 00:36:04,466
And this record just
touched so many people,
606
00:36:04,553 --> 00:36:08,253
the Taste of Honey, and it
just took everything with it.
607
00:36:08,340 --> 00:36:10,516
So that at the end of the year,
608
00:36:10,603 --> 00:36:13,780
we'd sold maybe 5
or 6 million albums
609
00:36:13,867 --> 00:36:16,870
of whipped cream album,
but not only that,
610
00:36:16,957 --> 00:36:19,873
it took all the rest of them
right on the charts with it.
611
00:36:22,528 --> 00:36:25,313
[dramatic music]
612
00:36:34,148 --> 00:36:37,151
[catchy band music]
613
00:37:10,402 --> 00:37:13,927
[scattered trumpet music]
614
00:37:19,759 --> 00:37:23,850
- I think Herb's trumpet style
is totally revolutionary.
615
00:37:23,937 --> 00:37:26,418
- People like the human
voice in pop music.
616
00:37:26,505 --> 00:37:29,725
It's rare that an
instrumentalist can do the same.
617
00:37:29,812 --> 00:37:32,859
You need a unique
signature to do that.
618
00:37:32,946 --> 00:37:35,209
It's not just any trumpet,
619
00:37:35,296 --> 00:37:36,776
it's the way it's played,
620
00:37:36,863 --> 00:37:40,693
and it's a fingerprint,
oh, that's Herb Albert.
621
00:37:40,780 --> 00:37:43,043
- Two, one, two, three.
622
00:37:43,130 --> 00:37:46,133
[catchy band music]
623
00:38:10,331 --> 00:38:11,724
- Miles Davis said it.
624
00:38:11,811 --> 00:38:13,247
You gotta love it, man.
625
00:38:13,334 --> 00:38:14,640
He said, "You hear
three notes and you know
626
00:38:14,727 --> 00:38:16,076
it's Herb Alpert."
627
00:38:16,163 --> 00:38:17,904
I can kiss him for
that line, you know.
628
00:38:17,991 --> 00:38:19,558
But he said it.
629
00:38:21,168 --> 00:38:23,910
- He has such a distinct tone
with his trumpet playing.
630
00:38:24,867 --> 00:38:26,608
I think to any instrumentalist,
631
00:38:26,695 --> 00:38:30,743
that's probably a compliment
in the highest order.
632
00:38:30,830 --> 00:38:33,920
The fact that you can
identify the sound
633
00:38:34,007 --> 00:38:35,617
and the tone of
their instrument.
634
00:38:36,662 --> 00:38:38,316
And it never changes.
635
00:38:38,403 --> 00:38:40,753
Like, his tone is just the
same now today as we speak,
636
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:44,191
as it was in the 60s
when he made his debut.
637
00:38:46,236 --> 00:38:48,413
- Whenever you're playing
maracas right there
638
00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:50,763
get into the thing.
639
00:38:50,850 --> 00:38:53,853
[catchy band music]
640
00:38:57,813 --> 00:38:59,032
- Okay, listen,
same time tomorrow.
641
00:38:59,119 --> 00:38:59,946
- Yeah.
642
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:04,603
[catchy band music]
643
00:39:17,006 --> 00:39:18,312
- They always wore the Mexican
644
00:39:18,399 --> 00:39:20,314
little short jackets and stuff,
645
00:39:20,401 --> 00:39:22,011
and it was called
the Tijuana Brass.
646
00:39:22,098 --> 00:39:24,405
Well, why the hell would
we not think he's Mexican?
647
00:39:24,492 --> 00:39:26,320
So I grew up thinking
that his real name
648
00:39:26,407 --> 00:39:29,192
was probably like
Alberto Martinez,
649
00:39:29,279 --> 00:39:31,760
and he just changed it
to Herb Alpert, you know?
650
00:39:32,935 --> 00:39:35,068
And so I thought,
this is so cool.
651
00:39:35,155 --> 00:39:38,767
This Mexican cat and he
lives in LA, you know,
652
00:39:38,854 --> 00:39:41,248
but he brought his music
here kind of thing.
653
00:39:41,335 --> 00:39:43,468
- Everybody knew about
Herbie, you know.
654
00:39:43,555 --> 00:39:45,339
'Cause we associated with him
655
00:39:45,426 --> 00:39:47,515
because he had a
jazz propensity.
656
00:39:49,038 --> 00:39:50,997
But it was influenced
by the mariachis.
657
00:39:52,128 --> 00:39:53,173
[catchy band music]
658
00:39:53,260 --> 00:39:54,087
It was big, man.
659
00:39:55,915 --> 00:39:58,787
- No musician ever had a year
660
00:39:58,874 --> 00:40:02,661
like Herb had in 1965 and 6,
661
00:40:02,748 --> 00:40:06,404
5 songs in the top 20,
4 of them in the top 10.
662
00:40:06,491 --> 00:40:09,232
Sold more records
than the Beatles.
663
00:40:09,319 --> 00:40:12,322
[catchy band music]
664
00:40:34,649 --> 00:40:36,521
- It's the happiest
music in existence.
665
00:40:36,608 --> 00:40:37,870
If I feel down or whatever
666
00:40:40,002 --> 00:40:41,003
I have a Herb Alpert mix,
667
00:40:41,090 --> 00:40:44,137
and that sort of brightens...
668
00:40:44,224 --> 00:40:46,139
I feel so silly saying that.
669
00:40:46,226 --> 00:40:47,793
[laughing]
670
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:49,882
No, but you know, it's
literally feel good music,
671
00:40:49,969 --> 00:40:51,057
and not a cliche way.
672
00:40:51,144 --> 00:40:53,146
Like, it makes me happy.
673
00:40:53,233 --> 00:40:56,192
[catchy band music]
674
00:41:11,904 --> 00:41:13,819
- I was raised pretty
poor in the south.
675
00:41:13,906 --> 00:41:15,516
I always put his records on
676
00:41:15,603 --> 00:41:20,478
when I needed to
forget everything else,
677
00:41:20,565 --> 00:41:22,654
like it could transport
me into a world
678
00:41:22,741 --> 00:41:25,178
where I wasn't thinking
about all the horrible stuff.
679
00:41:25,265 --> 00:41:28,268
[catchy band music]
680
00:41:36,668 --> 00:41:39,584
- I love the harmony
and the melodies.
681
00:41:39,671 --> 00:41:41,847
And all of us can
sing "Tijuana Taxi".
682
00:41:43,196 --> 00:41:44,502
[laughing]
683
00:41:44,589 --> 00:41:46,416
You know, the mark
of a good pop song,
684
00:41:46,504 --> 00:41:48,593
it stays in your head
from the day you hear it
685
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:50,420
until the day you die.
686
00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:52,031
[laughing]
687
00:41:52,118 --> 00:41:53,511
In a good way, you know?
688
00:41:56,339 --> 00:41:59,299
[catchy band music]
689
00:42:03,956 --> 00:42:05,479
[audience clapping]
690
00:42:05,566 --> 00:42:07,612
- It's amazing that
a friend of yours
691
00:42:07,699 --> 00:42:09,788
just becomes this great
performer all of a sudden,
692
00:42:09,875 --> 00:42:11,224
just out of nowhere.
693
00:42:11,311 --> 00:42:12,965
But that's what happened.
694
00:42:13,052 --> 00:42:16,664
Herbie was basically playing
his heart out on his horn
695
00:42:16,751 --> 00:42:18,797
and people could feel it.
696
00:42:18,884 --> 00:42:20,320
- Ladies and gentlemen,
697
00:42:20,407 --> 00:42:23,323
this is Zorba's Dance
from Zorba the Greek.
698
00:42:24,672 --> 00:42:27,632
[catchy band music]
699
00:42:44,300 --> 00:42:46,128
- It was a blur of activity,
700
00:42:46,215 --> 00:42:49,479
and it was very exciting.
701
00:42:49,567 --> 00:42:52,352
- [Herb] The Tijuana Brass
was screamingly hot, you know,
702
00:42:52,439 --> 00:42:55,660
we were selling out
arenas in 2, 3 minutes,
703
00:42:55,747 --> 00:42:58,532
20,000 people, it was amazing.
704
00:42:58,619 --> 00:42:59,925
We played this one concert,
705
00:43:00,012 --> 00:43:02,667
they were selling
seats behind pillars,
706
00:43:02,754 --> 00:43:04,930
and people knew they were
gonna be behind a pillar,
707
00:43:05,017 --> 00:43:06,235
they wouldn't be able to see us,
708
00:43:06,322 --> 00:43:07,585
and they were buying the seats,
709
00:43:07,672 --> 00:43:09,674
and they wanted
to hear the sound.
710
00:43:09,761 --> 00:43:11,980
- I remember, you know,
711
00:43:12,067 --> 00:43:12,807
we'd try to sneak
out the back way,
712
00:43:12,894 --> 00:43:14,243
get in the limo,
713
00:43:14,330 --> 00:43:15,854
and there would be
like mobs of people,
714
00:43:15,941 --> 00:43:18,247
and they'd start shaking
the car and stuff
715
00:43:18,334 --> 00:43:20,510
like we were rock and
roll stars, you know?
716
00:43:20,598 --> 00:43:22,077
[laughing]
717
00:43:22,164 --> 00:43:25,167
[catchy band music]
718
00:43:27,909 --> 00:43:28,954
- I thought it was fun,
719
00:43:29,041 --> 00:43:30,303
and I thought it was different.
720
00:43:30,390 --> 00:43:32,697
And it was at a
time when actually
721
00:43:32,784 --> 00:43:35,395
there were instrumental
records on the radio,
722
00:43:35,482 --> 00:43:37,223
and they were
actually hit records.
723
00:43:37,310 --> 00:43:39,573
You know, without any
lyrics or anything.
724
00:43:39,660 --> 00:43:43,577
And Herb had an amazing
run of those records.
725
00:43:43,664 --> 00:43:48,626
- I would say it's
almost a not gonna happen
726
00:43:49,539 --> 00:43:51,193
when you're an instrumentalist.
727
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:55,720
So the fact that he was able
to have that much success
728
00:43:57,199 --> 00:44:00,246
tells me he may be supernatural.
729
00:44:00,333 --> 00:44:01,726
- You know, having
someone like Herb
730
00:44:01,813 --> 00:44:04,032
who has been so
successful at it,
731
00:44:04,119 --> 00:44:07,732
not just like moderately
successful, but
like so successful,
732
00:44:07,819 --> 00:44:10,604
it gives all of us like
instrumentalist hope.
733
00:44:10,691 --> 00:44:11,910
[laughing]
734
00:44:11,997 --> 00:44:14,260
Like, yeah, I can do that too.
735
00:44:14,347 --> 00:44:15,174
[laughing]
736
00:44:15,261 --> 00:44:16,479
Maybe.
737
00:44:16,566 --> 00:44:18,133
[laughing]
738
00:44:18,220 --> 00:44:21,223
[catchy band music]
739
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:49,338
- I can't explain it other than
740
00:44:49,425 --> 00:44:50,992
I was caught totally off guard.
741
00:44:51,079 --> 00:44:54,343
I mean, it was like I
came from playing weddings
742
00:44:54,430 --> 00:44:57,564
and parties and bar mitzvahs,
you know what I mean?
743
00:44:57,651 --> 00:45:00,567
[catchy band music]
744
00:45:03,048 --> 00:45:06,051
[audience cheering]
745
00:45:07,226 --> 00:45:09,402
[yelling]
746
00:45:20,718 --> 00:45:22,154
- That was everywhere.
747
00:45:22,241 --> 00:45:23,764
Tijuana Brass was everywhere,
748
00:45:23,851 --> 00:45:25,984
you couldn't get away from it.
749
00:45:26,071 --> 00:45:29,030
[chuckling]
750
00:45:29,117 --> 00:45:32,294
[rocket blasting off]
751
00:45:41,782 --> 00:45:43,479
- [Astronaut] This is
Power Control, Houston.
752
00:45:43,566 --> 00:45:44,916
Now the crew seems
to be pretty well
753
00:45:45,003 --> 00:45:46,395
settled down in there,
754
00:45:46,482 --> 00:45:48,310
and they're getting
some time on the window.
755
00:45:50,660 --> 00:45:53,663
[catchy band music]
756
00:45:57,058 --> 00:45:58,668
This is a Apollo
Control, Houston,
757
00:45:58,756 --> 00:46:01,628
at four hours, 21
minutes into the flight.
758
00:46:01,715 --> 00:46:04,762
In the course of the
last 20 to 25 minutes,
759
00:46:04,849 --> 00:46:09,549
we have been playing music
by VHF out of California,
760
00:46:09,636 --> 00:46:12,117
and the crew reports
Herb Alpert sounds great.
761
00:46:13,031 --> 00:46:16,556
[lighthearted band music]
762
00:46:47,326 --> 00:46:50,111
- We spent whole evenings
talking about his musical career
763
00:46:50,198 --> 00:46:52,592
and the people he met and
the people he worked with,
764
00:46:52,679 --> 00:46:54,115
and it turns out
to be everybody.
765
00:46:54,202 --> 00:46:55,508
He's one of those people
766
00:46:55,595 --> 00:46:58,076
whose musical life
stretched through
767
00:46:58,163 --> 00:47:00,252
the whole fabric
of a generation.
768
00:47:01,993 --> 00:47:05,561
[lighthearted trumpet music]
769
00:47:05,648 --> 00:47:10,436
- One never got the idea
that as big a star as he was
770
00:47:10,523 --> 00:47:12,612
that he may have
been full of himself,
771
00:47:12,699 --> 00:47:16,398
that's the opposite
of what Herb is.
772
00:47:17,399 --> 00:47:18,226
- Humble.
773
00:47:20,011 --> 00:47:22,491
And gracious with his
success, he always was.
774
00:47:26,756 --> 00:47:29,324
- Other artists,
successful artists,
775
00:47:29,411 --> 00:47:31,152
successful businessmen,
776
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:33,938
maybe at some point it shows.
777
00:47:34,895 --> 00:47:36,157
It never shows with Herb.
778
00:47:36,244 --> 00:47:38,203
He was always just
Herbie, you know?
779
00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:42,903
[lighthearted trumpet music]
780
00:47:44,078 --> 00:47:45,340
- It got a little
crazy, you know.
781
00:47:45,427 --> 00:47:48,604
I try to shield
myself from that.
782
00:47:48,691 --> 00:47:50,563
I don't want to get
caught up in that.
783
00:47:53,479 --> 00:47:55,698
I was a little afraid that...
784
00:47:58,658 --> 00:48:00,529
I didn't want it to affect me.
785
00:48:00,616 --> 00:48:02,270
All of a sudden, you know,
786
00:48:02,357 --> 00:48:05,839
I was catapulted into this
thing from one hit record
787
00:48:05,926 --> 00:48:10,888
into many hit records, and
I wanted to keep my sanity.
788
00:48:12,802 --> 00:48:14,152
You know, I heard
a lot of stories,
789
00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:17,982
and I just wanted
to make sure that
790
00:48:18,069 --> 00:48:20,506
I wouldn't go off the deep end.
791
00:48:20,593 --> 00:48:24,336
[lighthearted trumpet music]
792
00:48:33,562 --> 00:48:37,305
- Herb Alpert is one of the
most creative people I know.
793
00:48:37,392 --> 00:48:40,569
[calming jazzy music]
794
00:48:52,581 --> 00:48:56,542
- I had no idea that
Herb had a 40 year career
795
00:48:56,629 --> 00:48:58,370
as a painter and a sculptor,
796
00:48:58,457 --> 00:49:00,894
I only knew him
through his music.
797
00:49:00,981 --> 00:49:05,377
When I saw these works
for the first time,
798
00:49:05,464 --> 00:49:08,206
it really floored me
because this is the work
799
00:49:08,293 --> 00:49:10,382
of a mature artist.
800
00:49:10,469 --> 00:49:13,994
[calming jazzy music]
801
00:49:14,081 --> 00:49:16,388
I could see that this
was just another way
802
00:49:16,475 --> 00:49:19,739
of him giving voice
or instantiating
803
00:49:19,826 --> 00:49:23,569
the kind of free spirit
that his music represents.
804
00:49:25,005 --> 00:49:28,530
- What if we have to take
off some of this length,
805
00:49:28,617 --> 00:49:32,752
and had this, whatever
that shape is right here.
806
00:49:32,839 --> 00:49:34,101
And I know what it is,
807
00:49:34,188 --> 00:49:36,234
but I'm not going
to tell anyone.
808
00:49:36,321 --> 00:49:39,324
What if that thing was looking
at this piece right here?
809
00:49:40,412 --> 00:49:41,979
- Just cut the clay right off.
- Yeah.
810
00:49:42,066 --> 00:49:45,156
[catchy jazzy music]
811
00:49:46,418 --> 00:49:47,854
- And move the head
so it's looking.
812
00:49:47,941 --> 00:49:48,724
- Yeah.
813
00:49:50,335 --> 00:49:51,989
So far I'm loving this idea.
814
00:49:52,902 --> 00:49:55,993
[catchy jazzy music]
815
00:50:01,607 --> 00:50:02,869
- [Kristan] I'm liking that.
816
00:50:02,956 --> 00:50:04,566
- A little dip right here.
- Okay.
817
00:50:04,653 --> 00:50:06,960
Might have to wait for this
to firm up a little bit,
818
00:50:07,047 --> 00:50:08,309
but I think it's good.
819
00:50:08,396 --> 00:50:09,441
- Man, I like it.
820
00:50:10,703 --> 00:50:14,402
[lighthearted trumpet music]
821
00:50:21,279 --> 00:50:22,715
Thank you for appearing.
822
00:50:24,021 --> 00:50:26,980
You know, I wasn't
planning on it just saw it.
823
00:50:27,067 --> 00:50:31,028
I think this is a nice
improvement on the piece
824
00:50:31,115 --> 00:50:32,638
that was already pretty good.
825
00:50:34,031 --> 00:50:37,121
You know, I do my art
until my body feels relaxed
826
00:50:37,208 --> 00:50:38,165
and nice and comfortable,
827
00:50:38,252 --> 00:50:40,472
and that's what happened.
828
00:50:40,559 --> 00:50:42,039
As soon as that piece came in,
829
00:50:42,126 --> 00:50:46,130
and all of a sudden this
eye, it was just there.
830
00:50:46,217 --> 00:50:47,044
You know?
831
00:50:48,175 --> 00:50:50,482
I think this piece is finished.
832
00:50:51,657 --> 00:50:53,354
What I like to do is,
833
00:50:53,441 --> 00:50:56,923
when I get that feeling of
satisfaction, I like to stop.
834
00:50:57,010 --> 00:50:59,360
There's no need to
analyze it anymore.
835
00:51:00,753 --> 00:51:01,667
Stop, done.
836
00:51:02,755 --> 00:51:05,845
[intense drum music]
837
00:52:16,394 --> 00:52:17,221
Great.
838
00:52:20,137 --> 00:52:23,836
[lighthearted trumpet music]
839
00:52:54,519 --> 00:52:59,524
So around 1966, we were
looking for some new quarters.
840
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:02,744
At that time, we had an
office on Sunset Boulevard
841
00:53:02,831 --> 00:53:05,051
in this Saul Yurok building,
842
00:53:05,138 --> 00:53:06,835
and we were running
out of space there,
843
00:53:06,922 --> 00:53:10,839
and so we caught wind that
this property was for sale.
844
00:53:12,363 --> 00:53:15,496
Jerry and I took a goosey
gander at it and like, wow,
845
00:53:15,583 --> 00:53:16,628
it's like beautiful.
846
00:53:16,715 --> 00:53:20,719
But we only had like 32 people,
847
00:53:20,806 --> 00:53:22,808
and this was like three acres.
848
00:53:22,895 --> 00:53:26,333
And so we just fell
in love with it,
849
00:53:26,420 --> 00:53:27,856
and we thought that
just a matter of time
850
00:53:27,943 --> 00:53:30,903
that if we got lucky
and sold some records,
851
00:53:30,990 --> 00:53:32,383
we'd be able to fill it up.
852
00:53:34,080 --> 00:53:37,083
[catchy band music]
853
00:54:00,976 --> 00:54:04,066
I think all the artists
that recorded for us
854
00:54:04,153 --> 00:54:05,894
really appreciate
it and look forward
855
00:54:05,981 --> 00:54:08,854
to being on this particular
lot because there's that vibe.
856
00:54:08,941 --> 00:54:11,378
We got the vibe of
Charlie Chaplin,
857
00:54:11,465 --> 00:54:14,860
who created so many
memorable movies here.
858
00:54:14,947 --> 00:54:16,688
And that vibe is still here.
859
00:54:17,950 --> 00:54:20,953
[catchy band music]
860
00:54:33,139 --> 00:54:34,706
This is my office and...
861
00:54:37,926 --> 00:54:39,885
Through that door over
there is a bathroom.
862
00:54:39,972 --> 00:54:42,235
I used to practice
in that bathroom
863
00:54:42,322 --> 00:54:43,323
a good part of the time.
864
00:54:43,410 --> 00:54:44,672
And right beyond the bathroom
865
00:54:44,759 --> 00:54:46,805
was my partner's
office, Jerry Moss.
866
00:54:46,892 --> 00:54:49,590
He'd hear me practicing
because we were doing
867
00:54:49,677 --> 00:54:52,985
a lot of concerts and
had to stay in shape,
868
00:54:54,073 --> 00:54:55,117
and it was also a way for me
869
00:54:55,204 --> 00:54:56,641
to just get away from everything
870
00:54:56,728 --> 00:54:59,557
and just try to create
something that might
871
00:54:59,644 --> 00:55:01,689
eventually work their
way onto an album.
872
00:55:02,951 --> 00:55:06,433
[lighthearted band music]
873
00:55:12,526 --> 00:55:15,094
Okay, well, this is Studio A.
874
00:55:15,181 --> 00:55:16,922
We wanted to have
our own studios,
875
00:55:17,009 --> 00:55:18,053
and we were spending
a lot of money
876
00:55:18,140 --> 00:55:19,533
just recording in other studios,
877
00:55:19,620 --> 00:55:21,274
and I thought it'd
be nice to have it.
878
00:55:21,361 --> 00:55:23,581
We had this monster sound stage
879
00:55:23,668 --> 00:55:26,627
that was completely empty
when we bought the property.
880
00:55:26,714 --> 00:55:28,063
This is the result,
881
00:55:28,150 --> 00:55:29,761
this is one of the
most beautiful studios.
882
00:55:29,848 --> 00:55:32,503
It's very flexible because
you can record small groups,
883
00:55:32,590 --> 00:55:35,332
rock and roll groups,
symphony orchestras.
884
00:55:35,419 --> 00:55:37,334
- The A&M studios were different
885
00:55:37,421 --> 00:55:40,598
than any other studios
that I ever wrote songs in.
886
00:55:40,685 --> 00:55:43,949
They kind of created
a womb like sensation.
887
00:55:44,036 --> 00:55:47,169
It was sort of like you were
just in this environment
888
00:55:47,256 --> 00:55:48,910
that felt very warm,
889
00:55:48,997 --> 00:55:52,523
and like you could do anything
that you thought about.
890
00:55:54,046 --> 00:55:57,354
- It was like a
paradise for creativity.
891
00:55:58,267 --> 00:56:01,227
[catchy band music]
892
00:56:06,711 --> 00:56:11,455
- I helped the moving trucks
unpack in November of 1966,
893
00:56:11,542 --> 00:56:13,413
I was 11 years old,
894
00:56:13,500 --> 00:56:16,503
and my father David,
Herb's brother,
895
00:56:16,590 --> 00:56:19,941
had come on board as Herb
and Jerry's business manager,
896
00:56:20,028 --> 00:56:23,336
and to oversee and
run the A&M lot.
897
00:56:24,337 --> 00:56:25,947
There was no other place.
898
00:56:26,034 --> 00:56:30,430
Every other music place
in the world were offices.
899
00:56:30,517 --> 00:56:32,519
They were cubicles and
they were, you know,
900
00:56:32,606 --> 00:56:34,478
straight little square offices.
901
00:56:34,565 --> 00:56:36,349
This was a lot.
902
00:56:36,436 --> 00:56:39,265
There was a sound stage
where bands were rehearsing,
903
00:56:39,352 --> 00:56:43,574
there was film rooms, there
was recording studios,
904
00:56:43,661 --> 00:56:46,533
there was an art department,
there was photo studio.
905
00:56:46,620 --> 00:56:49,014
There was all of these things.
906
00:56:49,101 --> 00:56:52,278
The artists are there,
publishing people,
907
00:56:52,365 --> 00:56:54,280
songwriters are coming in.
908
00:56:55,673 --> 00:56:58,415
You're on the lot with
Cat Stevens or Joe Cocker
909
00:56:58,502 --> 00:57:00,025
or the Carpenters,
910
00:57:00,112 --> 00:57:04,986
and it was a place where
people intermingle.
911
00:57:05,073 --> 00:57:09,687
- The A&M lot was really
like a college actually.
912
00:57:09,774 --> 00:57:12,951
And the personality
and the character
913
00:57:13,038 --> 00:57:15,344
came from Herbie and Jerry.
914
00:57:15,432 --> 00:57:20,437
- The A&M secret is, well,
I can't tell you now.
915
00:57:21,568 --> 00:57:24,528
[catchy band music]
916
00:57:31,273 --> 00:57:34,886
- You can actually say
hello to Mr. A and Mr. M.
917
00:57:34,973 --> 00:57:38,280
Most other acronyms,
there's no Mr. C,
918
00:57:38,367 --> 00:57:40,631
and Mr.B, and Mr. S,
919
00:57:40,718 --> 00:57:43,372
but Mr. A and Mr.
M actually existed.
920
00:57:43,460 --> 00:57:46,419
In many ways it was
a human enterprise
921
00:57:46,506 --> 00:57:48,552
and not a faceless corporation.
922
00:57:48,639 --> 00:57:51,555
So I think we were very
fortunate to have been
923
00:57:51,642 --> 00:57:53,252
taken on by this company,
924
00:57:53,339 --> 00:57:56,821
and the ethos of the
company was about artists.
925
00:57:56,908 --> 00:57:59,432
They were artists and
they treated artists
926
00:57:59,519 --> 00:58:03,610
in a very human way, not just
as resources, but as people.
927
00:58:03,697 --> 00:58:07,309
And I think all of the
artists at A&M felt
928
00:58:07,396 --> 00:58:09,442
they were part of a family.
929
00:58:09,529 --> 00:58:13,315
- It had Gil Friesen,
and it had Herbie,
930
00:58:13,402 --> 00:58:15,579
and it had Jerry Moss,
931
00:58:15,666 --> 00:58:18,495
just beautiful people now,
really beautiful people.
932
00:58:20,018 --> 00:58:21,628
And A&M was on that
path, you know,
933
00:58:21,715 --> 00:58:23,935
of breaking down boundaries.
934
00:58:24,022 --> 00:58:25,502
I was with them 12 years.
935
00:58:26,372 --> 00:58:27,504
Amazing history at A&M.
936
00:58:28,983 --> 00:58:30,550
- Herb empowered so
many others, you know.
937
00:58:30,637 --> 00:58:33,335
What people don't know
about A&M Records is that
938
00:58:33,422 --> 00:58:37,339
it was behind some
of the least known
939
00:58:37,426 --> 00:58:40,734
and soon to be best
known performers
940
00:58:40,821 --> 00:58:42,431
in the country, in the world.
941
00:58:43,476 --> 00:58:46,044
[catchy music]
942
00:59:11,243 --> 00:59:12,200
- One of the most
impressive things
943
00:59:12,287 --> 00:59:13,985
I think about Herb Alpert
944
00:59:14,072 --> 00:59:17,771
is that his creativity
knows no box to live in.
945
00:59:17,858 --> 00:59:19,120
You know, whether it's jazz,
946
00:59:19,207 --> 00:59:20,774
whether it's developing
other artists,
947
00:59:20,861 --> 00:59:22,863
or what he's doing with
a paintbrush in his hand,
948
00:59:22,950 --> 00:59:24,604
or sculpting.
949
00:59:24,691 --> 00:59:27,346
His artistic expression
is like breath.
950
00:59:27,433 --> 00:59:28,869
And the great thing is,
951
00:59:28,956 --> 00:59:31,655
is part of that breath
is the breath of life
952
00:59:31,742 --> 00:59:36,094
for those of us who have
benefited from A&M Records.
953
00:59:36,181 --> 00:59:39,358
- Well, who would you
say you sing like?
954
00:59:41,403 --> 00:59:43,188
- Um, Beethoven.
955
00:59:43,275 --> 00:59:44,406
[audience laughing]
956
00:59:44,493 --> 00:59:46,060
- Beethoven?
- Yeah.
957
00:59:46,147 --> 00:59:48,846
- Wait a minute, Burt,
Beethoven wasn't a singer.
958
00:59:48,933 --> 00:59:50,021
- That's right.
959
00:59:50,108 --> 00:59:51,718
[audience laughing]
960
00:59:51,805 --> 00:59:54,591
- So we had this album,
and I saw Herb on the lot,
961
00:59:55,635 --> 00:59:56,941
and I recorded the night before,
962
00:59:57,028 --> 00:59:59,857
and he said, "How'd
it go last night?"
963
00:59:59,944 --> 01:00:02,555
I don't think we got
what the world needs now.
964
01:00:02,642 --> 01:00:03,469
Right.
965
01:00:05,123 --> 01:00:09,475
And he said, "Why don't you
go back and do it again?"
966
01:00:10,781 --> 01:00:13,261
And I was stunned, you
know, coming from the
967
01:00:13,348 --> 01:00:16,525
"Hey man, gotta
watch the budget."
968
01:00:16,613 --> 01:00:20,051
Now to have somebody like
Herb say "Do it again."
969
01:00:21,139 --> 01:00:23,054
That's a big orchestra,
Herb, I mean,
970
01:00:23,141 --> 01:00:25,491
get that size orchestra back in,
971
01:00:25,578 --> 01:00:27,145
"Yeah, get it right."
972
01:00:27,232 --> 01:00:28,842
He walked away.
973
01:00:28,929 --> 01:00:31,192
And that says something
about the record company.
974
01:00:35,501 --> 01:00:36,502
It says a lot to me.
975
01:00:38,330 --> 01:00:40,637
It said a lot to me at the
time, it says a lot to me now.
976
01:00:42,073 --> 01:00:44,249
- When I think about
Herb, I have nothing
977
01:00:44,336 --> 01:00:48,819
but great memories, great
feelings, lots of joy.
978
01:00:48,906 --> 01:00:51,735
- So many people
are always asking me
979
01:00:51,822 --> 01:00:53,345
how I got the idea
for the Brass,
980
01:00:53,432 --> 01:00:55,042
and how we got organized,
981
01:00:55,129 --> 01:00:56,914
and I'm sure plenty of
people are wondering the same
982
01:00:57,001 --> 01:01:00,091
about Brasil '66 and
how you got the idea
983
01:01:00,178 --> 01:01:01,527
for the sound of the group.
984
01:01:02,702 --> 01:01:06,140
[speaking in Portuguese]
985
01:01:13,017 --> 01:01:14,453
- Well, what Sergio's
saying, excuse me,
986
01:01:14,540 --> 01:01:17,151
is that he got the idea
while he was watching
987
01:01:17,238 --> 01:01:20,024
this bull fight in
Tijuana, you know.
988
01:01:20,111 --> 01:01:22,635
He got the idea to combine
the sounds of Mexico,
989
01:01:22,722 --> 01:01:25,638
the mariachi sounds,
with the traditional
990
01:01:25,725 --> 01:01:28,946
South American ancient sounds.
991
01:01:29,033 --> 01:01:30,208
- I'm sorry, but
that's not true.
992
01:01:30,295 --> 01:01:32,471
- No?
[audience laughing]
993
01:01:32,558 --> 01:01:34,778
- In 1966, Jerry
and I auditioned
994
01:01:34,865 --> 01:01:37,998
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66.
995
01:01:38,085 --> 01:01:39,565
Even before we
got into the room,
996
01:01:39,652 --> 01:01:40,871
I remember hearing
this sound man,
997
01:01:40,958 --> 01:01:42,655
that was like interesting.
998
01:01:42,742 --> 01:01:46,311
It was a hybrid sound
between Brazilian music,
999
01:01:46,398 --> 01:01:50,707
Brazilian jazz, American jazz,
classical music, African,
1000
01:01:50,794 --> 01:01:52,491
and add all these elements,
1001
01:01:52,578 --> 01:01:54,232
and then to top it off,
1002
01:01:54,319 --> 01:01:57,278
Lani was singing and she was
giving me goosebumps too.
1003
01:01:58,453 --> 01:01:59,977
♪ There's so many
people who can talk ♪
1004
01:02:00,064 --> 01:02:01,500
♪ And talk and talk
and just say nothing ♪
1005
01:02:01,587 --> 01:02:03,067
♪ Or nearly nothing ♪
1006
01:02:03,154 --> 01:02:04,633
♪ I have used up all
the scale I know ♪
1007
01:02:04,721 --> 01:02:06,331
♪ And at the end I've
come to nothing ♪
1008
01:02:06,418 --> 01:02:07,854
♪ Or nearly nothing ♪
1009
01:02:07,941 --> 01:02:09,987
♪ So I come back
to my first note ♪
1010
01:02:10,074 --> 01:02:12,337
♪ As I must come back to you ♪
1011
01:02:12,424 --> 01:02:14,774
♪ I will pour into
that one note ♪
1012
01:02:14,861 --> 01:02:16,733
♪ All the love I feel for you ♪
1013
01:02:16,820 --> 01:02:19,126
- [Herb] Sergio's a
brilliant musician,
1014
01:02:19,213 --> 01:02:21,085
and his instincts are terrific.
1015
01:02:22,260 --> 01:02:24,175
When I produced
that first album,
1016
01:02:24,262 --> 01:02:27,787
Herb Alpert Presents Sergio
Mendes and Brasil '66,
1017
01:02:27,874 --> 01:02:30,485
I just try to stay out of
the way of the artists,
1018
01:02:30,572 --> 01:02:33,097
give them honest feedback.
1019
01:02:33,184 --> 01:02:36,448
- He had a lot of experience
in the studio, I had none.
1020
01:02:37,928 --> 01:02:41,105
Herb was so knowledgeable
of the recording process.
1021
01:02:41,975 --> 01:02:43,455
You know, he really helped me.
1022
01:02:44,848 --> 01:02:47,198
He would be like a producer,
but at the same time,
1023
01:02:47,285 --> 01:02:49,287
allowing me to do my thing.
1024
01:02:49,374 --> 01:02:51,985
But he would give some
incredible suggestions.
1025
01:02:52,943 --> 01:02:56,424
[catchy bossa nova music]
1026
01:02:58,687 --> 01:03:03,605
- Herb decided that he wanted
Brasil '66 to open his shows
1027
01:03:05,956 --> 01:03:08,480
for the next couple of months,
1028
01:03:08,567 --> 01:03:13,050
and he was the biggest
star, pop star,
1029
01:03:13,137 --> 01:03:15,922
in the world at the time.
1030
01:03:16,009 --> 01:03:21,014
So Brasil '66 went from
playing small nightclubs
1031
01:03:22,146 --> 01:03:24,931
to playing for 20,000
people overnight.
1032
01:03:25,018 --> 01:03:29,675
- Everywhere they go in,
mass applause and big sales.
1033
01:03:31,111 --> 01:03:33,157
People buying records left
and right from both artists,
1034
01:03:33,244 --> 01:03:34,854
and it was just fantastic.
1035
01:03:34,941 --> 01:03:38,075
For a new company to have
this kind of a success,
1036
01:03:38,162 --> 01:03:39,511
this is just incredible.
1037
01:03:39,598 --> 01:03:43,080
[catchy bossa nova music]
1038
01:03:59,836 --> 01:04:01,446
- So we played everywhere.
1039
01:04:01,533 --> 01:04:05,232
I mean, in the United States
and Canada, and for me,
1040
01:04:05,319 --> 01:04:06,581
it was an incredible chance
1041
01:04:06,668 --> 01:04:08,279
to be exposed to
an audience here.
1042
01:04:09,497 --> 01:04:12,631
And it was great, it was
like a wonderful thing.
1043
01:04:12,718 --> 01:04:15,025
Because of Herb, all
the places was packed,
1044
01:04:15,112 --> 01:04:16,765
and filled arenas.
1045
01:04:16,853 --> 01:04:20,030
A lot of laughs in the
bus and in the plane.
1046
01:04:20,117 --> 01:04:21,422
It's a wonderful time.
1047
01:04:23,903 --> 01:04:27,864
[lighthearted bossa nova music]
1048
01:04:33,347 --> 01:04:36,176
- Well, I was calling
Herb "Mr. Alpert"...
1049
01:04:36,263 --> 01:04:37,134
[laughing]
1050
01:04:37,221 --> 01:04:40,050
A lot. [laughing]
1051
01:04:40,137 --> 01:04:45,142
And I remember
looking out the window
1052
01:04:46,056 --> 01:04:47,492
and he was talking to somebody.
1053
01:04:47,579 --> 01:04:50,669
We were in the airplane
that he had chartered,
1054
01:04:50,756 --> 01:04:53,933
and I turned around
and I looked outside,
1055
01:04:54,020 --> 01:04:57,067
and he was talking to somebody
and he started laughing.
1056
01:04:58,503 --> 01:05:01,114
And I'd never seen
him laugh before.
1057
01:05:01,201 --> 01:05:04,161
And he has the most
beautiful smile,
1058
01:05:04,248 --> 01:05:07,991
and he's got these
dimples, so there it was.
1059
01:05:08,078 --> 01:05:11,429
You know, I turned around,
I am in big trouble.
1060
01:05:12,386 --> 01:05:15,041
[laughing]
1061
01:05:15,128 --> 01:05:18,305
- [Presenter] Now, a special
program in living color on NBC.
1062
01:05:20,220 --> 01:05:21,918
- And in living black and white,
1063
01:05:22,005 --> 01:05:24,224
for those of us who
don't have color sets.
1064
01:05:24,311 --> 01:05:26,574
Good evening, I'm Herb Alpert,
1065
01:05:26,661 --> 01:05:29,012
and welcome to the
Beat of the Brass.
1066
01:05:30,187 --> 01:05:33,277
[catchy theme music]
1067
01:05:50,772 --> 01:05:55,777
- Herb was very, very hot, about
to do this television show,
1068
01:05:56,865 --> 01:05:57,997
and they were
looking for a song,
1069
01:06:00,043 --> 01:06:01,522
as Herb could record.
1070
01:06:01,609 --> 01:06:04,047
- Well, he sent me "This
Girl's in Love with You"
1071
01:06:04,134 --> 01:06:06,136
that he recorded
with Dionne Warwick.
1072
01:06:07,311 --> 01:06:09,487
Liked the song,
I liked it a lot.
1073
01:06:09,574 --> 01:06:11,880
- I had never heard Herb sing.
1074
01:06:13,708 --> 01:06:15,188
I didn't know he could sing.
1075
01:06:17,147 --> 01:06:21,368
♪ You see this guy ♪
1076
01:06:21,455 --> 01:06:26,460
♪ This guy's in love with you ♪
1077
01:06:28,027 --> 01:06:32,989
♪ Yes, I'm in love ♪
1078
01:06:34,164 --> 01:06:37,341
♪ Who looks at
you the way I do ♪
1079
01:06:39,212 --> 01:06:41,127
- And my attitude was like hey,
1080
01:06:41,214 --> 01:06:42,346
I don't know whether
he can sing or not,
1081
01:06:43,434 --> 01:06:45,305
but they're my friends,
1082
01:06:45,392 --> 01:06:47,220
and they put albums out on me,
1083
01:06:48,395 --> 01:06:50,484
and they've supported me
going out on the road.
1084
01:06:51,659 --> 01:06:52,486
I'd do anything for them.
1085
01:06:54,053 --> 01:06:56,055
So it's almost like
I went in the studio,
1086
01:06:59,276 --> 01:07:00,581
doing your friends a favor.
1087
01:07:02,192 --> 01:07:04,672
I wrote the orchestration,
conducted the band.
1088
01:07:04,759 --> 01:07:08,111
Jerry Moss stayed in the
booth, and we made this record.
1089
01:07:09,938 --> 01:07:12,158
- They set up a mic,
I sang the song,
1090
01:07:12,245 --> 01:07:14,769
went back into the control
room where some of the singers
1091
01:07:14,856 --> 01:07:16,336
and Burt was there,
1092
01:07:16,423 --> 01:07:17,207
and some of the musicians
were hanging out.
1093
01:07:18,947 --> 01:07:21,037
As I walked in the door,
they said, "Don't touch it."
1094
01:07:21,124 --> 01:07:22,473
I said, what do you
mean don't touch it?
1095
01:07:22,560 --> 01:07:25,171
He said "Don't touch
it, it sounds great,
1096
01:07:25,258 --> 01:07:28,000
leave it, don't improve
on it, don't touch it."
1097
01:07:28,087 --> 01:07:29,958
So that was my demo recording.
1098
01:07:31,177 --> 01:07:33,005
It was the first take, I
didn't struggle over it.
1099
01:07:34,050 --> 01:07:35,268
I tried to communicate
the feeling.
1100
01:07:36,574 --> 01:07:41,579
♪ My hands are shaking ♪
1101
01:07:42,754 --> 01:07:47,672
♪ Don't let my heart
keep breaking ♪
1102
01:07:48,586 --> 01:07:52,764
♪ 'Cause I need your love ♪
1103
01:07:54,766 --> 01:07:57,725
♪ I want your love ♪
1104
01:08:00,206 --> 01:08:01,077
- I love the way he sings.
1105
01:08:02,556 --> 01:08:07,300
I mean, and it's so
effortless and casual,
1106
01:08:08,910 --> 01:08:10,782
and yet it's got
this melancholy.
1107
01:08:13,089 --> 01:08:16,396
♪ If not, I'll just die ♪
1108
01:08:18,398 --> 01:08:19,704
- I'd rather hear
him sing that song
1109
01:08:19,791 --> 01:08:21,053
than anybody in the world.
1110
01:08:21,140 --> 01:08:24,100
[melancholic music]
1111
01:08:29,670 --> 01:08:32,760
- Because of the
amount of people that
watched that TV show,
1112
01:08:32,847 --> 01:08:34,588
it was number one in
the country in 2 weeks.
1113
01:08:35,546 --> 01:08:38,549
[melancholic music]
1114
01:08:41,987 --> 01:08:44,294
- Herb Alpert is a visionary.
1115
01:08:45,643 --> 01:08:48,254
[catchy music]
1116
01:08:51,953 --> 01:08:53,607
- Herb's a risk taker.
1117
01:08:53,694 --> 01:08:57,176
I mean, just A&M, the artists
that they chose to sign,
1118
01:08:58,351 --> 01:08:59,744
you know, people
would always say,
1119
01:08:59,831 --> 01:09:01,093
"What's on the radio,
what's on the radio,
1120
01:09:01,180 --> 01:09:02,703
like, let's do
what's on the radio."
1121
01:09:04,009 --> 01:09:04,966
And Herb would always say,
1122
01:09:05,053 --> 01:09:06,011
"What's not on the radio?"
1123
01:09:07,578 --> 01:09:10,189
Even the Carpenters, you
know, they got rejected
1124
01:09:10,276 --> 01:09:13,323
from every record company
that they went to until A&M.
1125
01:09:14,846 --> 01:09:17,457
- Well, because we had
no board of directors
1126
01:09:17,544 --> 01:09:19,155
it was easy to make decisions.
1127
01:09:19,242 --> 01:09:21,679
You know, I heard the
Carpenters, and I signed them.
1128
01:09:21,766 --> 01:09:22,767
[laughing]
1129
01:09:22,854 --> 01:09:24,116
I didn't have to ask anybody.
1130
01:09:24,203 --> 01:09:26,074
I just popped into
Jerry's office,
1131
01:09:26,162 --> 01:09:28,860
I said, I found a group I'd
like to sign, he says "Great."
1132
01:09:28,947 --> 01:09:30,775
You know, that was it.
1133
01:09:30,862 --> 01:09:33,343
- And Herb said "Let's
hope we have some hits."
1134
01:09:33,430 --> 01:09:35,083
Is how he put it.
1135
01:09:35,171 --> 01:09:37,869
And you know, of course,
let's hope we have some hits.
1136
01:09:40,872 --> 01:09:44,354
And then we were pretty
much allowed to go in
1137
01:09:45,529 --> 01:09:47,139
and make the record
we wanted to make.
1138
01:09:48,358 --> 01:09:49,968
- A lot of people
in show business
1139
01:09:50,055 --> 01:09:51,709
got a break from somebody
at one time or another.
1140
01:09:53,145 --> 01:09:54,799
Somebody who believed in them
and helped them get started.
1141
01:09:56,453 --> 01:09:57,889
- We're very proud
to have the gentlemen
1142
01:09:57,976 --> 01:09:59,630
who gave us our first
break in show business.
1143
01:10:00,544 --> 01:10:01,936
And our second break.
1144
01:10:02,023 --> 01:10:03,460
He not only signed us
to his record label,
1145
01:10:03,547 --> 01:10:05,984
but several months later
also brought the tune
1146
01:10:06,071 --> 01:10:06,898
"Close To You" to our attention.
1147
01:10:08,595 --> 01:10:10,597
- Ladies and gentlemen, our
good friend, Herb Alpert.
1148
01:10:10,684 --> 01:10:13,644
[audience clapping]
1149
01:10:13,731 --> 01:10:16,342
[catchy music]
1150
01:10:17,300 --> 01:10:21,391
♪ Why do birds suddenly appear ♪
1151
01:10:21,478 --> 01:10:26,265
♪ Every time you are near ♪
1152
01:10:26,352 --> 01:10:30,182
♪ Just like me,
they long to be ♪
1153
01:10:30,269 --> 01:10:32,315
♪ Close to you ♪
1154
01:10:32,402 --> 01:10:33,664
- I thought I had
a pretty darn good
1155
01:10:33,751 --> 01:10:35,361
recording of it, actually.
1156
01:10:35,448 --> 01:10:38,059
It felt good to me, but
I was in the control room
1157
01:10:39,452 --> 01:10:41,454
listening to the playback
with our head engineer
1158
01:10:41,541 --> 01:10:43,935
at A&M, who was a dear
friend of mine, Larry Levine.
1159
01:10:45,763 --> 01:10:47,504
And I said, Larry,
tell me the truth.
1160
01:10:47,591 --> 01:10:48,635
How do I sound
singing this song?
1161
01:10:50,376 --> 01:10:52,204
He said, "Man, you sound
terrible singing this song."
1162
01:10:52,291 --> 01:10:54,511
[laughing]
1163
01:10:54,598 --> 01:10:57,165
So I put the song away,
and luck be have it,
1164
01:10:57,253 --> 01:10:58,123
I gave it to the Carpenters.
1165
01:10:59,864 --> 01:11:01,257
- He wasn't happy with an
arrangement he'd done of it,
1166
01:11:02,606 --> 01:11:04,912
but take the lead
sheet, and he said,
1167
01:11:06,305 --> 01:11:07,915
"Do whatever you like
with it arrangement wise."
1168
01:11:09,352 --> 01:11:11,310
So, first thing I'd do is put
it, it was not Karen's key,
1169
01:11:12,442 --> 01:11:13,704
put it in her key,
1170
01:11:13,791 --> 01:11:16,228
and then I felt it
needed an intro.
1171
01:11:18,448 --> 01:11:20,972
And I heard it as a slow
shuffle, so instead of...
1172
01:11:22,016 --> 01:11:24,192
[singing]
1173
01:11:29,807 --> 01:11:30,764
So...
1174
01:11:30,851 --> 01:11:34,290
[melancholic piano music]
1175
01:11:35,334 --> 01:11:36,596
The vibraphone.
1176
01:11:38,859 --> 01:11:39,643
And Karen.
1177
01:11:41,035 --> 01:11:45,953
♪ Why do birds suddenly appear ♪
1178
01:11:46,040 --> 01:11:51,002
♪ Every time you are near ♪
1179
01:11:52,220 --> 01:11:56,660
♪ Just like me,
they long to be ♪
1180
01:11:57,356 --> 01:12:01,099
♪ Close to you ♪
1181
01:12:01,186 --> 01:12:05,712
♪ Why do stars fall
down from the sky ♪
1182
01:12:05,799 --> 01:12:07,410
- Every year A&M would bring in
1183
01:12:07,497 --> 01:12:09,760
all the field staff from
all around the country,
1184
01:12:09,847 --> 01:12:12,240
and Jerry would play all
the new records coming out.
1185
01:12:13,459 --> 01:12:15,635
And this was 1970s,
so it was, you know,
1186
01:12:17,245 --> 01:12:18,334
it was the rock and roll era.
1187
01:12:20,205 --> 01:12:22,686
And Jerry is up there and he's
playing the new Free record,
1188
01:12:22,773 --> 01:12:25,863
"All Right Now", he's playing
a Joe Cocker "Delta Lady".
1189
01:12:27,038 --> 01:12:28,474
He played a new
Humble Pie record,
1190
01:12:29,823 --> 01:12:31,651
and I'm in the back
shooting photographs,
1191
01:12:31,738 --> 01:12:33,392
and I hear all the salespeople.
1192
01:12:33,479 --> 01:12:35,960
They're all excited,
love those things.
1193
01:12:36,047 --> 01:12:38,310
Then Jerry plays a new record
that just came out called
1194
01:12:38,397 --> 01:12:39,746
"Close To You".
1195
01:12:39,833 --> 01:12:42,358
♪ Eyes of blue ♪
1196
01:12:43,750 --> 01:12:46,623
- And I can hear these
guys, they're quietly saying
1197
01:12:48,059 --> 01:12:50,104
"How the fuck are we gonna
get this shit played?"
1198
01:12:51,584 --> 01:12:54,239
So, you know, long story
short, "Close To You"
1199
01:12:55,414 --> 01:12:57,634
blows up, the Carpenters
become a phenomenon,
1200
01:12:59,070 --> 01:13:00,550
and Herb looks like a genius.
1201
01:13:02,290 --> 01:13:03,335
Up until then they're thinking
1202
01:13:04,728 --> 01:13:05,598
"What's the shit
that Herb's signing?"
1203
01:13:07,121 --> 01:13:09,863
- I marvel at the fact,
because I knew anyway
1204
01:13:09,950 --> 01:13:12,649
that Herb's not only a pretty
damn talented trumpeter,
1205
01:13:14,085 --> 01:13:16,392
he's a born A&R man, and
you can't be taught that.
1206
01:13:17,915 --> 01:13:19,569
He can hear a
potential of this song
1207
01:13:20,744 --> 01:13:22,354
with this arranger,
with that artist.
1208
01:13:23,747 --> 01:13:25,836
This was a perfect example
of that talent of his.
1209
01:13:27,228 --> 01:13:31,407
["Close to You"
by The Carpenters]
1210
01:13:36,977 --> 01:13:39,589
[catchy music]
1211
01:13:46,944 --> 01:13:49,033
- After, you know,
the Tijuana Brass hit
1212
01:13:49,120 --> 01:13:51,862
and we were successful and
money started rolling in,
1213
01:13:51,949 --> 01:13:53,341
I bought a home
in Beverly Hills.
1214
01:13:54,473 --> 01:13:55,779
I was married to my first wife.
1215
01:13:56,954 --> 01:13:58,434
We were having an
anniversary party
1216
01:14:00,305 --> 01:14:02,612
and invited all our friends,
including Sergio in the group.
1217
01:14:05,223 --> 01:14:07,921
- He had talked about
this house for, you know,
1218
01:14:08,792 --> 01:14:10,228
as long as it was being done,
1219
01:14:10,315 --> 01:14:12,317
it was decorated and all that.
1220
01:14:12,404 --> 01:14:13,623
And he would talk
to me about it.
1221
01:14:15,059 --> 01:14:17,061
So all of a sudden there I am,
1222
01:14:17,148 --> 01:14:19,542
invited to the house
for this party,
1223
01:14:19,629 --> 01:14:22,327
and I was really excited to
see, you know, to see it.
1224
01:14:23,371 --> 01:14:25,591
[laughing]
1225
01:14:27,419 --> 01:14:29,334
- I was sitting in
the living room area
1226
01:14:30,422 --> 01:14:31,902
and I had this great painting,
1227
01:14:33,425 --> 01:14:34,992
and I remember seeing Lani
1228
01:14:35,079 --> 01:14:37,951
standing in front of this
painting looking at it.
1229
01:14:38,038 --> 01:14:39,605
And I was thinking
to myself, man,
1230
01:14:39,692 --> 01:14:41,738
she's probably really
impressed with this piece.
1231
01:14:41,825 --> 01:14:43,870
- He kept asking me, "What
do you think of the house?
1232
01:14:43,957 --> 01:14:45,611
What do you think of the house?"
1233
01:14:45,698 --> 01:14:47,308
I, you know, I did, Oh, you
know, try to get around it.
1234
01:14:47,395 --> 01:14:48,745
I, you know, I did, "Oh..."
1235
01:14:49,659 --> 01:14:51,704
[laughing]
1236
01:14:51,791 --> 01:14:52,749
Trying to get around it.
1237
01:14:54,664 --> 01:14:57,144
I said "I don't think it
looks anything like you."
1238
01:15:10,375 --> 01:15:15,380
- Boy, did she see
through me. [chuckling]
1239
01:15:17,077 --> 01:15:18,339
I knew she was 100% right.
1240
01:15:19,906 --> 01:15:21,560
I was faking it.
1241
01:15:21,647 --> 01:15:25,782
You know, I was living a
life that wasn't real to me.
1242
01:15:27,261 --> 01:15:28,088
And she saw it.
1243
01:15:29,394 --> 01:15:33,093
[lighthearted trumpet music]
1244
01:15:54,027 --> 01:15:55,420
If I wasn't a
professional musician,
1245
01:15:55,507 --> 01:15:59,903
I'd probably be sitting
here by the beach,
1246
01:16:02,601 --> 01:16:04,211
wondering what I'd like
to be when I grow up.
1247
01:16:05,299 --> 01:16:08,085
[laughing]
1248
01:16:08,172 --> 01:16:11,915
[lighthearted trumpet music]
1249
01:16:22,142 --> 01:16:26,103
I got married in the army at
the Presidio in San Francisco.
1250
01:16:26,190 --> 01:16:29,193
I was going with this
girl that, you know,
1251
01:16:29,280 --> 01:16:30,411
she was a high
school sweetheart,
1252
01:16:31,804 --> 01:16:33,980
and I think one of
my motivations was
1253
01:16:35,155 --> 01:16:36,592
I wanted to get
out of the house,
1254
01:16:36,679 --> 01:16:38,376
I didn't want to live
with my parents anymore.
1255
01:16:38,463 --> 01:16:39,638
I wanted to be on my own,
1256
01:16:39,725 --> 01:16:40,596
I wanted to be independent.
1257
01:16:42,293 --> 01:16:46,123
And I was only 21 at the
time, but I wasn't mature.
1258
01:16:47,733 --> 01:16:50,301
I didn't know who I was,
you know, I was too young
1259
01:16:51,737 --> 01:16:53,565
and I probably got married
for the wrong reasons.
1260
01:16:53,652 --> 01:16:55,306
Not probably,
strike the probably,
1261
01:16:55,393 --> 01:16:56,655
I got married for
the wrong reasons.
1262
01:16:58,788 --> 01:17:02,443
[lighthearted trumpet music]
1263
01:17:07,100 --> 01:17:09,407
Herb Alpert is kind of
a funny word to me now.
1264
01:17:11,975 --> 01:17:16,414
I hear the name on the radio
and I've seen, you know,
1265
01:17:17,415 --> 01:17:20,374
the TV shows that he's been on,
1266
01:17:21,811 --> 01:17:25,249
and sometimes I feel like it's
somebody that I don't know.
1267
01:17:25,336 --> 01:17:27,643
It's somebody whose music I
like now and then, you know.
1268
01:17:32,125 --> 01:17:35,563
[dramatic trumpet music]
1269
01:17:38,175 --> 01:17:39,393
Did I enjoy being a dad?
1270
01:17:40,307 --> 01:17:42,005
I did, I did enjoy it.
1271
01:17:42,092 --> 01:17:43,920
You know, I wasn't a soccer mom,
1272
01:17:44,007 --> 01:17:48,011
I didn't do the stuff
that fathers usually do.
1273
01:17:49,708 --> 01:17:51,710
I was on the road a
good part of the time
1274
01:17:53,190 --> 01:17:55,671
and I was playing, and I
was probably more consumed
1275
01:17:56,846 --> 01:17:59,457
with my stuff than my
kids' stuff, you know.
1276
01:18:01,372 --> 01:18:02,242
My views on life...
1277
01:18:07,508 --> 01:18:12,513
Have changed quite a bit
in the last three years.
1278
01:18:17,605 --> 01:18:20,391
And I don't really attribute
it to the success I've had.
1279
01:18:22,175 --> 01:18:26,397
But I think with
age, you kind of...
1280
01:18:32,490 --> 01:18:33,796
Grow into the...
1281
01:18:41,629 --> 01:18:42,718
I can't talk anymore.
1282
01:18:51,204 --> 01:18:53,903
[dramatic music]
1283
01:18:57,950 --> 01:18:59,386
I was having trouble
playing the trumpet.
1284
01:19:00,910 --> 01:19:02,912
In 1969 I was going
through a divorce,
1285
01:19:04,914 --> 01:19:08,700
and the horn was my best
friend for a long time,
1286
01:19:09,832 --> 01:19:11,268
all of a sudden
turned into an enemy.
1287
01:19:12,617 --> 01:19:13,531
I couldn't get a
sound out of it.
1288
01:19:16,795 --> 01:19:19,276
And I had this obligation
to play in Europe
1289
01:19:21,321 --> 01:19:23,759
that was prearranged prior
to this problem happening,
1290
01:19:25,717 --> 01:19:26,849
and I honored it.
1291
01:19:26,936 --> 01:19:30,591
[lighthearted string music]
1292
01:19:45,563 --> 01:19:47,957
I was on stage in Germany and
1293
01:19:51,569 --> 01:19:53,049
I had this out of
body experience.
1294
01:19:55,486 --> 01:19:57,053
All of a sudden I
was in the third row
1295
01:19:57,140 --> 01:19:58,706
looking at me playing the horn,
1296
01:20:01,927 --> 01:20:03,146
and I was saying
now why is this guy
1297
01:20:04,321 --> 01:20:05,670
so comfortable on stage,
1298
01:20:06,627 --> 01:20:08,281
but really not that comfortable
1299
01:20:08,368 --> 01:20:09,805
as a walking, talking person.
1300
01:20:10,675 --> 01:20:13,809
[dramatic band music]
1301
01:20:19,553 --> 01:20:20,990
- It was hard for us to perform
1302
01:20:22,513 --> 01:20:25,821
because he was affected
by that, at that time,
1303
01:20:27,213 --> 01:20:29,433
all of the, you know, the
negative stuff that he had.
1304
01:20:31,565 --> 01:20:34,786
I remember telling him
that he was letting us down
1305
01:20:34,873 --> 01:20:37,006
'cause we wanted to support him,
1306
01:20:38,181 --> 01:20:40,574
but we didn't have the
person to support there.
1307
01:20:42,359 --> 01:20:43,577
He wasn't giving us 100%.
1308
01:20:45,666 --> 01:20:48,713
Maybe 50%, 60, and
that just didn't work.
1309
01:20:53,413 --> 01:20:56,199
- After I honored this tour
and came back to Los Angeles,
1310
01:20:57,113 --> 01:20:57,896
I disbanded the group.
1311
01:20:59,158 --> 01:20:59,942
That was it for me.
1312
01:21:01,465 --> 01:21:03,249
I was willing to sell
my half of A&M Records,
1313
01:21:04,294 --> 01:21:05,730
throw my trumpet into the ocean,
1314
01:21:06,862 --> 01:21:08,646
and just find out who
in the heck I was.
1315
01:21:08,733 --> 01:21:12,128
[dramatic trumpet music]
1316
01:21:17,263 --> 01:21:20,876
I remember the night I left
my ex wife in the home there
1317
01:21:23,400 --> 01:21:25,793
and I was driving
on the freeway,
1318
01:21:25,881 --> 01:21:30,233
and I like let out this scream
like I was free, you know?
1319
01:21:32,061 --> 01:21:33,410
And I drove to Lani's place.
1320
01:21:34,628 --> 01:21:36,630
- He walked in the
house and he said to me,
1321
01:21:37,501 --> 01:21:38,502
"I can't live without you."
1322
01:21:40,808 --> 01:21:43,507
[laughing]
1323
01:21:43,594 --> 01:21:44,421
Whoa.
1324
01:21:47,424 --> 01:21:48,860
What do you mean?
1325
01:21:48,947 --> 01:21:49,905
What does this mean?
1326
01:21:55,084 --> 01:21:58,087
[somber piano music]
1327
01:22:04,702 --> 01:22:09,707
♪ Just like a star
across the sky ♪
1328
01:22:10,882 --> 01:22:14,930
♪ Just like an
angel off the page ♪
1329
01:22:16,061 --> 01:22:20,544
♪ You appeared in my life ♪
1330
01:22:20,631 --> 01:22:25,114
♪ And I have never
been the same ♪
1331
01:22:25,201 --> 01:22:30,206
♪ Just like a song in my heart ♪
1332
01:22:31,424 --> 01:22:35,385
♪ Just like like
oil on my hands ♪
1333
01:22:35,472 --> 01:22:38,954
♪ I'm honored to love you ♪
1334
01:22:41,826 --> 01:22:43,480
Herb Alpert is
1335
01:22:46,483 --> 01:22:48,789
the most beautiful human
being I've ever met.
1336
01:22:51,357 --> 01:22:53,055
- I always had a buzz on Lani,
1337
01:22:53,142 --> 01:22:54,752
you know, the minute I met her.
1338
01:22:54,839 --> 01:22:57,537
Her voice is extraordinary,
she's a terrific artist,
1339
01:22:59,191 --> 01:23:01,411
and she's an angel.
1340
01:23:02,978 --> 01:23:06,633
[melancholic trumpet music]
1341
01:23:28,264 --> 01:23:33,269
♪ Oh, I've come to
understand all your ways ♪
1342
01:23:35,749 --> 01:23:40,276
♪ And more ♪
1343
01:23:40,363 --> 01:23:45,368
♪ No secrets behind doors ♪
1344
01:23:46,064 --> 01:23:47,979
♪ No, no ♪
1345
01:23:48,066 --> 01:23:50,112
My feeling about Herb initially
1346
01:23:52,940 --> 01:23:53,941
was how kind he was.
1347
01:23:56,205 --> 01:23:58,120
I had never been around
that kind of kindness.
1348
01:23:59,469 --> 01:24:00,992
And at first, I didn't trust it.
1349
01:24:02,950 --> 01:24:06,302
So I waited 'til,
one of these days,
1350
01:24:07,477 --> 01:24:09,957
his true colors
are gonna pop out.
1351
01:24:11,176 --> 01:24:12,699
We'll see.
1352
01:24:12,786 --> 01:24:14,005
I'm still waiting.
1353
01:24:14,092 --> 01:24:15,789
[laughing]
1354
01:24:15,876 --> 01:24:19,271
[dramatic trumpet music]
1355
01:24:22,274 --> 01:24:27,279
♪ Just like a song in my heart ♪
1356
01:24:28,237 --> 01:24:32,719
♪ Just like oil on my hands ♪
1357
01:24:33,590 --> 01:24:36,767
♪ I'm honored to love you ♪
1358
01:24:41,032 --> 01:24:44,427
[dramatic trumpet music]
1359
01:24:51,129 --> 01:24:52,957
- I remember with Herb and Lani
1360
01:24:54,176 --> 01:24:56,178
just feeling like that's
the kind of relationship
1361
01:24:56,265 --> 01:24:57,701
I want to have.
1362
01:24:57,788 --> 01:24:59,442
- She brought him everything.
1363
01:24:59,529 --> 01:25:02,575
Everything that he needed
and everything he didn't have
1364
01:25:02,662 --> 01:25:03,881
at that particular time.
1365
01:25:06,579 --> 01:25:09,321
- You know, when
somebody comes to you
1366
01:25:10,757 --> 01:25:13,412
with the feeling like
you're home, finally home,
1367
01:25:15,458 --> 01:25:16,285
it's immense.
1368
01:25:19,070 --> 01:25:23,683
♪ Safe from all the storms ♪
1369
01:25:23,770 --> 01:25:28,775
♪ You know true love can bring ♪
1370
01:25:29,515 --> 01:25:31,038
♪ But I'm not a bird ♪
1371
01:25:31,126 --> 01:25:32,301
- And wishes can just fly away
1372
01:25:32,388 --> 01:25:37,306
♪ And wishes can just fly away ♪
1373
01:25:38,002 --> 01:25:39,482
♪ My love ♪
1374
01:25:40,831 --> 01:25:42,615
- What it felt like watching,
the two of them was,
1375
01:25:44,182 --> 01:25:45,314
there's a certain
holiness to that
1376
01:25:46,837 --> 01:25:48,317
when it's the love
of a lifetime.
1377
01:25:50,275 --> 01:25:53,757
♪ All in all, I've had the
best of the good and the bad ♪
1378
01:25:53,844 --> 01:25:58,283
♪ Times spent in love were
the best that I've had ♪
1379
01:25:58,370 --> 01:25:59,980
You know, that's
one of the songs
1380
01:26:00,067 --> 01:26:01,330
that I wrote the lyrics
to from the album "Wings".
1381
01:26:04,333 --> 01:26:06,117
I think that song, well, no,
1382
01:26:06,204 --> 01:26:08,075
I know what that song is about.
1383
01:26:08,163 --> 01:26:12,471
That song is about what I
sensed from Herb and Lani.
1384
01:26:17,476 --> 01:26:20,392
♪ Shining in your eyes ♪
1385
01:26:20,479 --> 01:26:25,136
♪ Of the stars, my love ♪
1386
01:26:25,223 --> 01:26:30,185
♪ Now we'll never be afraid ♪
1387
01:26:31,360 --> 01:26:34,101
♪ Of who we are ♪
1388
01:26:34,189 --> 01:26:36,800
♪ And who we're not ♪
1389
01:26:36,887 --> 01:26:41,892
♪ Come what may ♪
1390
01:26:42,675 --> 01:26:45,461
♪ Of who we are ♪
1391
01:26:45,548 --> 01:26:47,854
♪ And who we're not ♪
1392
01:26:47,941 --> 01:26:52,946
♪ Come what may ♪
1393
01:26:53,991 --> 01:26:56,863
♪ Of who we are ♪
1394
01:26:56,950 --> 01:26:59,779
♪ And who we're not ♪
1395
01:26:59,866 --> 01:27:02,434
♪ Come what may ♪
1396
01:27:06,046 --> 01:27:09,441
[dramatic trumpet music]
1397
01:27:45,782 --> 01:27:48,088
- In '69 when he had
trouble playing the horn,
1398
01:27:50,221 --> 01:27:53,137
this was a really, really
emotional time for him.
1399
01:27:55,139 --> 01:27:58,142
This was like, you know, a
dancer cutting off her legs.
1400
01:28:00,884 --> 01:28:02,755
When I was in the
kitchen doing the dishes,
1401
01:28:02,842 --> 01:28:06,716
and he was in his studio
trying to play, I would cry.
1402
01:28:09,196 --> 01:28:10,415
It was painful.
1403
01:28:12,199 --> 01:28:14,506
I saw struggle, I
saw a frustration,
1404
01:28:16,987 --> 01:28:19,119
anger, confusion.
1405
01:28:21,470 --> 01:28:22,993
How is he gonna fix this?
1406
01:28:24,777 --> 01:28:27,389
- Every time I tried to make
a sound out of the trumpet,
1407
01:28:27,476 --> 01:28:28,303
it would be something like...
1408
01:28:31,262 --> 01:28:32,611
I couldn't get the
first note out right.
1409
01:28:33,656 --> 01:28:34,918
It just wouldn't come.
1410
01:28:35,005 --> 01:28:36,572
My emotions just
got the best of me.
1411
01:28:38,313 --> 01:28:40,793
And it took a while to
get back on the track
1412
01:28:41,968 --> 01:28:45,015
with playing the instrument.
1413
01:28:47,147 --> 01:28:48,192
It really took a
couple of years.
1414
01:28:50,020 --> 01:28:53,197
- He saw this trumpet teacher
1415
01:28:54,067 --> 01:28:55,504
who was like a troubleshooter.
1416
01:28:57,114 --> 01:28:59,638
He lived in New York,
and we went to visit him,
1417
01:29:00,987 --> 01:29:04,426
and he was just a wonderful
man, Carmine Caruso.
1418
01:29:08,691 --> 01:29:11,607
He lifted up the trumpet
and he said to Herb,
1419
01:29:11,694 --> 01:29:12,999
"This is just a
piece of plumbing,
1420
01:29:14,261 --> 01:29:15,088
that's all this is.
1421
01:29:15,959 --> 01:29:17,308
You're the instrument."
1422
01:29:17,395 --> 01:29:20,180
[dramatic music]
1423
01:29:22,487 --> 01:29:26,665
He gave Herb a different
perspective on playing,
1424
01:29:30,147 --> 01:29:33,237
and Herb started
getting results.
1425
01:29:36,719 --> 01:29:37,850
Thank God.
1426
01:29:37,937 --> 01:29:40,679
[dramatic music]
1427
01:29:51,864 --> 01:29:53,518
- Here's the deal.
1428
01:29:53,605 --> 01:29:56,434
Herb's last big hit was "This
Guy's In Love With You".
1429
01:29:57,914 --> 01:29:59,350
It was in the summer of 1968.
1430
01:30:00,917 --> 01:30:03,310
From the summer of
'68 to early '79,
1431
01:30:04,616 --> 01:30:05,443
there were no hit records.
1432
01:30:06,923 --> 01:30:08,490
Herb had quit music
for a couple of years.
1433
01:30:10,100 --> 01:30:11,710
He was producing
some other people,
1434
01:30:11,797 --> 01:30:13,538
but I know that
Herb missed playing.
1435
01:30:14,757 --> 01:30:17,412
He came back into doing
music around '73, '74,
1436
01:30:20,110 --> 01:30:20,937
somewhere around there.
1437
01:30:22,721 --> 01:30:24,941
He tried by getting Tijuana
Brass thing back together...
1438
01:30:26,421 --> 01:30:27,639
I don't think that
was working for him.
1439
01:30:28,771 --> 01:30:29,859
It was tough, you know,
1440
01:30:29,946 --> 01:30:31,513
when you leave the public.
1441
01:30:31,600 --> 01:30:33,776
Music changes, things
change and people forget.
1442
01:30:34,907 --> 01:30:37,954
[lighthearted music]
1443
01:30:48,965 --> 01:30:50,357
- I met Hugh Masekela,
1444
01:30:50,445 --> 01:30:52,316
we started talking
about songs and ideas,
1445
01:30:53,926 --> 01:30:54,753
and we hit it off.
1446
01:30:56,581 --> 01:30:58,627
He told me that the music that
I was making instinctively
1447
01:30:58,714 --> 01:31:00,585
with the Tijuana
Brass was pretty close
1448
01:31:01,804 --> 01:31:04,284
to what the music was
like in South Africa.
1449
01:31:04,371 --> 01:31:07,157
So we started talking about
possibly recording together.
1450
01:31:08,288 --> 01:31:10,856
[catchy music]
1451
01:31:17,820 --> 01:31:19,474
- He made great records
with Hugh Masekela.
1452
01:31:20,779 --> 01:31:22,651
They sold moderate amounts.
1453
01:31:22,738 --> 01:31:25,262
They weren't off the charts
or anything like that,
1454
01:31:25,349 --> 01:31:26,698
but that didn't stop him
1455
01:31:26,785 --> 01:31:28,395
from enjoying playing
with Hugh Masekela,
1456
01:31:28,483 --> 01:31:29,614
I mean, he really
liked to play with him.
1457
01:31:31,137 --> 01:31:33,226
- Oh, that was great,
that was really great.
1458
01:31:34,184 --> 01:31:35,620
Hugh was such a great artist.
1459
01:31:37,187 --> 01:31:38,884
Herb learned a lot
playing with him.
1460
01:31:40,407 --> 01:31:42,061
- There's one song that we did,
1461
01:31:42,148 --> 01:31:43,846
I think it was one of the
best songs I've ever done,
1462
01:31:43,933 --> 01:31:46,196
and it was with Hugh,
it's called "Skokiaan".
1463
01:31:47,806 --> 01:31:50,113
And I think it was
an extraordinary,
exciting recording.
1464
01:31:50,200 --> 01:31:53,420
[catchy trumpet music]
1465
01:32:07,173 --> 01:32:09,132
What a beautiful morning.
1466
01:32:09,219 --> 01:32:12,396
- [Hugh] Oh, this is
a gorgeous sunrise.
1467
01:32:12,483 --> 01:32:15,442
- [Herb] This is a
real Rise morning.
1468
01:32:15,530 --> 01:32:18,228
- First time I heard "Rise",
I had no idea who it was,
1469
01:32:19,403 --> 01:32:20,360
I just knew that it was funky
1470
01:32:21,187 --> 01:32:22,232
and thought it had a great beat.
1471
01:32:23,102 --> 01:32:25,583
[funky music]
1472
01:32:26,889 --> 01:32:31,197
- [Herb] Rise came to be
from my nephew, Randy.
1473
01:32:32,547 --> 01:32:34,157
And he wrote it with
this friend, Andy Armor.
1474
01:32:35,462 --> 01:32:37,987
- I knew we had to
make something good,
1475
01:32:38,074 --> 01:32:38,901
and we had to make
something different.
1476
01:32:40,119 --> 01:32:41,556
Rise was not the Tijuana Brass.
1477
01:32:42,731 --> 01:32:44,384
- Herb actually told
me that initially
1478
01:32:45,516 --> 01:32:49,651
Rise was intended to
be a faster paced song.
1479
01:32:52,262 --> 01:32:54,177
- They want to do a
disco version of Rise,
1480
01:32:54,264 --> 01:32:56,048
I said, no, I can't do that,
1481
01:32:56,135 --> 01:32:58,834
let's play this as a
ballad, slow this baby down.
1482
01:33:00,662 --> 01:33:03,882
[catchy trumpet music]
1483
01:33:21,204 --> 01:33:23,772
- It's the same 4 and a 4 pace,
1484
01:33:23,859 --> 01:33:27,602
but instead of a faster
cocaine-laced pace
1485
01:33:29,647 --> 01:33:31,301
of what disco was
in the mid 70s,
1486
01:33:33,782 --> 01:33:35,261
suddenly it slowed
down to a funk.
1487
01:33:39,701 --> 01:33:42,312
- I recorded it live
in Studio D at A&M,
1488
01:33:43,792 --> 01:33:44,923
I think it was one take.
1489
01:33:46,403 --> 01:33:48,231
Listening to it back
in the control room,
1490
01:33:50,494 --> 01:33:53,192
I got that feeling on my
neck, listening to it.
1491
01:33:53,279 --> 01:33:54,324
I said, man, that's good.
1492
01:33:55,804 --> 01:33:57,457
- Those drums, that bass
was up in your face,
1493
01:33:58,589 --> 01:34:01,940
and we laid down
some funk that day.
1494
01:34:03,942 --> 01:34:04,813
Yeah.
1495
01:34:04,900 --> 01:34:08,164
[catchy trumpet music]
1496
01:34:19,610 --> 01:34:21,656
- The baseline is just
so it, it's so hot.
1497
01:34:22,874 --> 01:34:24,397
Like, you can hear
that song right now,
1498
01:34:24,484 --> 01:34:26,095
and I was like, uh, oh yeah.
1499
01:34:27,270 --> 01:34:28,532
You would dance
to that right now.
1500
01:34:33,842 --> 01:34:35,800
- I'll tell you, give
you a little context.
1501
01:34:37,019 --> 01:34:39,499
Since Rise, there's
only been one other
1502
01:34:39,586 --> 01:34:41,763
number one instrumental
on Billboard charts.
1503
01:34:43,199 --> 01:34:44,417
That's it.
1504
01:34:44,504 --> 01:34:45,941
Two records in
the last 40 years.
1505
01:34:47,420 --> 01:34:50,249
So it's just like,
wow, thank you.
1506
01:34:53,035 --> 01:34:56,255
[catchy trumpet music]
1507
01:35:00,085 --> 01:35:01,130
- [Presenter] We
asked Marilyn Fream
1508
01:35:01,217 --> 01:35:02,958
to take the Fandango Challenge.
1509
01:35:03,045 --> 01:35:04,481
- This is the other cola here,
1510
01:35:04,568 --> 01:35:06,265
and this is the Fandango,
I'm pretty sure.
1511
01:35:06,352 --> 01:35:08,311
- [Presenter] No, Fandango
is the new Herb Alpert album.
1512
01:35:08,398 --> 01:35:11,662
[catchy trumpet music]
1513
01:35:21,890 --> 01:35:23,587
- I don't think
anyone was prepared
1514
01:35:24,936 --> 01:35:28,548
for Herb Alpert to hit
as hard as he did in '87.
1515
01:35:30,594 --> 01:35:33,249
I remember hearing, you
know, super producer
1516
01:35:33,336 --> 01:35:34,772
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
1517
01:35:34,859 --> 01:35:36,513
are gonna produce Herb
Alpert's next record.
1518
01:35:36,600 --> 01:35:37,732
Me and my friends looked
at each other like,
1519
01:35:39,124 --> 01:35:40,430
yo, what's that
gonna sound like?
1520
01:35:41,605 --> 01:35:43,999
[catchy music]
1521
01:35:44,086 --> 01:35:45,261
- One of the things
I always say is like,
1522
01:35:46,784 --> 01:35:48,133
a barber can't cut the
back of his own head,
1523
01:35:48,220 --> 01:35:49,221
everybody needs a barber.
1524
01:35:50,875 --> 01:35:52,703
You need someone that can
see you from all sides
1525
01:35:52,790 --> 01:35:53,791
and give you a
different perspective.
1526
01:35:54,661 --> 01:35:56,315
And at that point,
1527
01:35:56,402 --> 01:35:58,187
I think Herb needed a new
perspective in his career.
1528
01:35:59,623 --> 01:36:02,495
- I was excited to record
with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
1529
01:36:02,582 --> 01:36:04,846
'cause they did this
miraculous album,
1530
01:36:04,933 --> 01:36:07,413
this album with Janet
Jackson called "Control".
1531
01:36:09,241 --> 01:36:10,895
And it was like really
pushing it forward.
1532
01:36:12,288 --> 01:36:14,812
They just had a very unique
way of producing and recording.
1533
01:36:16,205 --> 01:36:17,728
- So, "Keep Your Eye On Me"
1534
01:36:17,815 --> 01:36:19,599
was really the first
song that we came up with
1535
01:36:19,686 --> 01:36:21,384
working with Herb.
1536
01:36:21,471 --> 01:36:23,560
In our minds, we were just
trying to think of something
1537
01:36:23,647 --> 01:36:25,475
that was a catchy
instrumental hook,
1538
01:36:26,650 --> 01:36:29,740
and we wanted to kind of
take it back to the days
1539
01:36:29,827 --> 01:36:31,829
of the Tijuana Brass,
kind of that sound.
1540
01:36:34,832 --> 01:36:36,747
So we just kind of came
up with this little lick,
1541
01:36:36,834 --> 01:36:37,574
which was...
1542
01:36:37,661 --> 01:36:40,403
[singing]
1543
01:36:40,490 --> 01:36:43,014
[catchy music]
1544
01:36:43,972 --> 01:36:48,977
♪ Keep your eyes on me ♪
1545
01:36:52,415 --> 01:36:55,853
♪ Keep your eyes on me ♪
1546
01:36:55,940 --> 01:36:57,594
♪ Look out ♪
1547
01:36:57,681 --> 01:36:59,465
- What we were able to do
with Herb was just allow him
1548
01:36:59,552 --> 01:37:01,511
to just relax and just be.
1549
01:37:03,818 --> 01:37:05,210
Just be.
1550
01:37:05,297 --> 01:37:06,777
And all he had to do
was be a trumpet player.
1551
01:37:07,996 --> 01:37:10,041
- When he would go in and
we'd say "Do a solo.",
1552
01:37:10,128 --> 01:37:12,870
it was like, he'd wait
for a little space
1553
01:37:12,957 --> 01:37:14,611
that he liked, and he'd go...
1554
01:37:14,698 --> 01:37:16,831
[singing]
1555
01:37:17,919 --> 01:37:19,659
And he'd be like "Yeah!"
1556
01:37:19,746 --> 01:37:22,010
[singing]
1557
01:37:22,097 --> 01:37:24,273
It was like, yeah!
1558
01:37:24,360 --> 01:37:25,927
There's something about that.
1559
01:37:26,014 --> 01:37:27,624
There's a, I don't
know, it's just like
1560
01:37:27,711 --> 01:37:30,627
a natural feel that he
has that's very unique.
1561
01:37:32,498 --> 01:37:34,283
- It was the first time
I really recorded with
1562
01:37:34,370 --> 01:37:37,373
all computer type sounds,
you know, keyboards,
1563
01:37:37,460 --> 01:37:40,289
drum machine, all the
things that were being used
1564
01:37:40,376 --> 01:37:41,986
at that particular time,
1565
01:37:42,073 --> 01:37:44,423
and it was different for me
and I fell right into it.
1566
01:37:44,510 --> 01:37:47,296
I mean, I feel like I'm the
type of musician that can,
1567
01:37:47,383 --> 01:37:48,950
you know, I could
play with anything.
1568
01:37:49,037 --> 01:37:50,821
If it touches me,
I can get into it.
1569
01:37:54,912 --> 01:37:56,609
- I will say that in a year
1570
01:37:56,696 --> 01:37:59,351
in which a lot of banner albums
came out for black music,
1571
01:38:00,744 --> 01:38:02,485
that was the sucker
punch of 1987.
1572
01:38:03,790 --> 01:38:05,880
The fact that Herb
Alpert yet again,
1573
01:38:07,011 --> 01:38:09,709
like reintroduced
himself to Black America
1574
01:38:11,711 --> 01:38:12,843
eight years after "Rise".
1575
01:38:14,018 --> 01:38:17,717
[catchy trumpet music]
1576
01:38:17,804 --> 01:38:21,417
♪ Keep your eyes on me ♪
1577
01:38:21,504 --> 01:38:23,767
♪ Watch me ♪
1578
01:38:24,768 --> 01:38:28,076
[ominous trumpet music]
1579
01:38:47,617 --> 01:38:50,185
- I guess it was
strange to me at first
1580
01:38:51,360 --> 01:38:53,231
because of course we
all turned it into
1581
01:38:54,537 --> 01:38:56,843
the most successful independent
in the business, A&M.
1582
01:39:00,195 --> 01:39:03,024
I guess I never pictured
Herb and Jerry selling it.
1583
01:39:06,375 --> 01:39:09,726
- I was a little sad
because, you know,
1584
01:39:10,901 --> 01:39:12,468
obviously being a
member of the family
1585
01:39:14,470 --> 01:39:16,211
when the whole
thing was broken up,
1586
01:39:17,690 --> 01:39:20,650
we were all split up like
the kids after a divorce.
1587
01:39:22,043 --> 01:39:22,957
So, yeah...
1588
01:39:24,697 --> 01:39:27,831
I still think of myself as
a part of the A&M family.
1589
01:39:29,180 --> 01:39:32,879
[melancholic trumpet music]
1590
01:39:39,234 --> 01:39:40,757
- Well, we left the lot.
1591
01:39:40,844 --> 01:39:44,326
"We" meaning I left
the lot in 1990,
1592
01:39:46,328 --> 01:39:49,940
pulled out the gate,
and I never looked back.
1593
01:39:51,246 --> 01:39:54,118
It was a memorable and fantastic
moment in my life, A&M,
1594
01:39:55,511 --> 01:39:58,470
but that was then, and I wanted
to always push it forward.
1595
01:40:00,168 --> 01:40:01,473
I had things to do.
1596
01:40:01,560 --> 01:40:04,999
[dramatic trumpet music]
1597
01:40:14,486 --> 01:40:17,446
- Herb Alpert is compassionate.
1598
01:40:19,187 --> 01:40:21,711
[catchy music]
1599
01:40:25,889 --> 01:40:28,544
- There are many talented kids
here in this community that
1600
01:40:28,631 --> 01:40:30,067
don't really have any
place to really come out
1601
01:40:30,154 --> 01:40:30,981
and express themselves.
1602
01:40:32,635 --> 01:40:33,505
And I think here, the
Harlem School of the Arts
1603
01:40:33,592 --> 01:40:34,680
brings that out of them.
1604
01:40:34,767 --> 01:40:37,379
[catchy music]
1605
01:40:45,735 --> 01:40:47,432
- How you doin', man?
1606
01:40:49,913 --> 01:40:51,915
- There's Herb reading
the Sunday paper,
1607
01:40:53,743 --> 01:40:57,007
seeing an article that says
the Harlem School of the Arts
1608
01:40:58,226 --> 01:41:00,358
is closing because they
don't have the funds,
1609
01:41:01,577 --> 01:41:03,144
they don't have the support.
1610
01:41:03,231 --> 01:41:04,275
That's it, it's gone.
1611
01:41:05,798 --> 01:41:08,410
And he just said,
"This can't happen."
1612
01:41:10,412 --> 01:41:14,068
- I had this reaction
because I remember
1613
01:41:14,938 --> 01:41:16,505
when I was eight years old
1614
01:41:16,592 --> 01:41:18,507
and I had this opportunity
in my grammar school,
1615
01:41:19,595 --> 01:41:21,597
and the arts changed my life.
1616
01:41:21,684 --> 01:41:23,773
And I believe so
strongly in the arts.
1617
01:41:25,035 --> 01:41:26,036
Is it fun to play?
1618
01:41:26,123 --> 01:41:27,124
- Yes.
1619
01:41:27,211 --> 01:41:28,473
- For you too, you too?
1620
01:41:28,560 --> 01:41:30,345
Fun, that's what it's all about.
1621
01:41:30,432 --> 01:41:31,302
Having fun.
1622
01:41:32,782 --> 01:41:34,610
Teaching is not about
teaching the subject.
1623
01:41:35,785 --> 01:41:38,179
The teaching is about
teaching the student,
1624
01:41:38,266 --> 01:41:39,702
and that's a big difference.
1625
01:41:39,789 --> 01:41:41,182
Everyone's an individual,
1626
01:41:41,269 --> 01:41:42,357
and that's what I love
about this school.
1627
01:41:43,967 --> 01:41:45,795
- Having a community
that's built around culture
1628
01:41:45,882 --> 01:41:48,319
and built around
creativity and the arts
1629
01:41:48,406 --> 01:41:49,451
just doesn't happen enough.
1630
01:41:51,279 --> 01:41:53,672
To see that here at HSA day
after day and week after week,
1631
01:41:54,891 --> 01:41:56,980
is a very, very powerful
thing to be a part of.
1632
01:41:59,200 --> 01:42:01,637
[catchy music]
1633
01:42:07,643 --> 01:42:08,731
- One, two!
1634
01:42:08,818 --> 01:42:10,994
[singing]
1635
01:42:11,864 --> 01:42:14,128
[clapping]
1636
01:42:16,434 --> 01:42:17,261
Hit, hit!
1637
01:42:18,697 --> 01:42:19,524
Hit, hit!
1638
01:42:21,178 --> 01:42:22,005
[singing]
1639
01:42:22,092 --> 01:42:22,919
And!
1640
01:42:24,660 --> 01:42:27,053
[cheering]
1641
01:42:27,141 --> 01:42:28,577
- Fantastic.
1642
01:42:28,664 --> 01:42:30,361
I love the way you teach
with all that energy.
1643
01:42:30,448 --> 01:42:31,319
- Thank you.
- That's beautiful, thank you.
1644
01:42:32,668 --> 01:42:34,017
- When I look at Dorothy Maynor
1645
01:42:34,104 --> 01:42:36,367
and her founding
this school in 1964,
1646
01:42:37,847 --> 01:42:40,502
and feeling that the arts
were pivotal in creating
1647
01:42:41,677 --> 01:42:44,245
the next generation of
citizens of these young,
1648
01:42:44,332 --> 01:42:45,898
black and Brown
children here in Harlem.
1649
01:42:47,248 --> 01:42:49,511
Her vision, her legacy
would not have lived on
1650
01:42:50,729 --> 01:42:52,296
if it weren't for
Herb's generosity.
1651
01:42:53,776 --> 01:42:54,951
- That's just part of my DNA.
1652
01:42:55,038 --> 01:42:56,474
I just feel like
I have to do it.
1653
01:42:56,561 --> 01:42:58,433
I've been blessed way,
way beyond my dreams.
1654
01:42:59,695 --> 01:43:01,523
- I really applaud
that because music
1655
01:43:02,959 --> 01:43:05,004
is really inspiration and
about touching people.
1656
01:43:06,354 --> 01:43:08,791
And he has built his
career on touching people,
1657
01:43:08,878 --> 01:43:11,533
not just through songs, but
through his philanthropy.
1658
01:43:12,708 --> 01:43:15,754
- Herb Alpert is a man
who truly puts his money
1659
01:43:16,625 --> 01:43:17,452
where his mouth is.
1660
01:43:18,540 --> 01:43:21,456
That's like... [laughs]
1661
01:43:21,543 --> 01:43:22,935
I mean, that's too crude,
1662
01:43:23,022 --> 01:43:24,328
I wouldn't want to use that,
1663
01:43:24,415 --> 01:43:26,243
but it's something
I think about a lot,
1664
01:43:26,330 --> 01:43:27,679
because he's
unusual in that way.
1665
01:43:29,159 --> 01:43:30,639
For example, last year,
1666
01:43:30,726 --> 01:43:33,250
the Herb Alpert Foundation
provided support
1667
01:43:33,337 --> 01:43:36,210
to 99 organizations,
and that's a lot.
1668
01:43:37,341 --> 01:43:39,213
'Cause we're, you know,
1669
01:43:39,300 --> 01:43:41,127
a relatively small
family foundation, a
private foundation.
1670
01:43:42,564 --> 01:43:44,087
Nonetheless, I like to say
we're small, but mighty.
1671
01:43:44,914 --> 01:43:47,917
[catchy music]
1672
01:43:48,004 --> 01:43:51,007
- The Herb Alpert Award is
five prizes given annually
1673
01:43:52,400 --> 01:43:54,402
in the fields of
dance, film video,
1674
01:43:54,489 --> 01:43:56,099
music, theater, and visual arts.
1675
01:43:57,274 --> 01:43:59,145
And one of the things
Herb said to me was,
1676
01:44:00,451 --> 01:44:02,584
he had such deep
respect for the artists
1677
01:44:03,672 --> 01:44:04,499
who went their own way.
1678
01:44:05,978 --> 01:44:08,416
- And now with Lani
and Rona, and the team
1679
01:44:09,330 --> 01:44:11,114
at the Herb Alpert Foundation
1680
01:44:11,201 --> 01:44:13,769
investing millions upon
millions of dollars
1681
01:44:13,856 --> 01:44:16,424
in education and the
arts and young people.
1682
01:44:17,816 --> 01:44:20,036
- When I read about
Herb donating so much
1683
01:44:20,123 --> 01:44:23,561
to the music education
programs, I was just so moved.
1684
01:44:24,606 --> 01:44:25,563
And I mean, it's
something that I've been
1685
01:44:26,564 --> 01:44:28,479
begging for in different areas.
1686
01:44:28,566 --> 01:44:32,440
And so to have one person
donate 150 million to something
1687
01:44:32,527 --> 01:44:34,746
that you really care about
makes me want to cry.
1688
01:44:36,182 --> 01:44:38,620
- I think the young folks
deserve and should have
1689
01:44:39,751 --> 01:44:41,579
a creative experience
at an early age.
1690
01:44:42,928 --> 01:44:45,148
I mean, whether it's
painting, sculpting, music,
1691
01:44:47,846 --> 01:44:49,239
whatever that happens to be.
1692
01:44:49,326 --> 01:44:51,763
Something that just
gives them a feeling of
1693
01:44:51,850 --> 01:44:53,504
yeah, I can do it.
1694
01:44:53,591 --> 01:44:56,159
And if they do it, and they
feel good about themselves
1695
01:44:56,246 --> 01:44:58,988
with fingers crossed,
hopefully they will
1696
01:44:59,075 --> 01:45:01,773
appreciate the
uniqueness in themselves
1697
01:45:03,035 --> 01:45:05,211
and appreciate the
uniqueness in others.
1698
01:45:06,343 --> 01:45:09,999
[audience clapping]
1699
01:45:10,086 --> 01:45:13,829
[lighthearted trumpet music]
1700
01:45:36,547 --> 01:45:39,202
- Herb had a little problem
with atrial fibrillation
1701
01:45:40,682 --> 01:45:41,770
for about four years,
1702
01:45:43,511 --> 01:45:45,164
and he finally got it fixed.
1703
01:45:47,036 --> 01:45:48,951
I said to him, what
do you want to do?
1704
01:45:51,736 --> 01:45:54,130
And he said, "Well, I want
to do what I've always done.
1705
01:45:54,217 --> 01:45:56,567
You know, I want to do
music and art and do that."
1706
01:45:58,003 --> 01:45:59,527
I said, do you want to go out
and play music for people?
1707
01:46:01,355 --> 01:46:03,226
And he said, "I was
thinking about that."
1708
01:46:04,445 --> 01:46:05,968
And I said, well,
if not now, when?
1709
01:46:07,535 --> 01:46:10,581
[lighthearted music]
1710
01:46:23,551 --> 01:46:25,683
- The fact that Herb
is still making records
1711
01:46:25,770 --> 01:46:28,904
and performing in
concert is remarkable.
1712
01:46:30,427 --> 01:46:33,169
Of course, I think he's a
person who is young at heart,
1713
01:46:34,605 --> 01:46:38,304
and that combined with a
love of music and his art
1714
01:46:39,871 --> 01:46:42,918
keeps him going as if he's a
40 years younger than he is.
1715
01:46:45,964 --> 01:46:46,791
- He's 84?
1716
01:46:47,662 --> 01:46:48,445
God damn.
1717
01:46:48,532 --> 01:46:50,534
[laughing]
1718
01:46:50,621 --> 01:46:53,494
In my mind I was like,
oh, he's 62 or something.
1719
01:46:55,365 --> 01:46:56,627
With that tone?
1720
01:46:56,714 --> 01:46:58,412
That's crazy.
1721
01:46:58,499 --> 01:47:02,154
[lighthearted trumpet music]
1722
01:47:09,423 --> 01:47:12,034
- He's still on stage,
still traveling,
1723
01:47:13,601 --> 01:47:15,254
still loving to be out there,
1724
01:47:15,341 --> 01:47:16,430
maybe more than he ever did.
1725
01:47:18,519 --> 01:47:19,520
- The whole band.
1726
01:47:19,607 --> 01:47:21,217
They are a family.
1727
01:47:21,304 --> 01:47:24,307
And I can't imagine any
other band playing with them.
1728
01:47:24,394 --> 01:47:25,526
I mean, I think
they've been doing this
1729
01:47:25,613 --> 01:47:26,614
over 12 years now together.
1730
01:47:27,963 --> 01:47:29,138
They're playful,
they're having fun.
1731
01:47:30,313 --> 01:47:31,967
- Herb, he's always
kind of listening
1732
01:47:32,054 --> 01:47:34,143
for something that
tweaks his ear,
1733
01:47:34,230 --> 01:47:37,320
and he loves what everybody
brings to the table,
1734
01:47:37,407 --> 01:47:38,843
and what they do.
1735
01:47:38,930 --> 01:47:41,150
So he's always searching
for some little thing
1736
01:47:41,237 --> 01:47:43,195
that one of us does,
that then sparks
1737
01:47:43,282 --> 01:47:45,328
some other idea for him
to do something else.
1738
01:47:46,764 --> 01:47:48,766
- Herb kind of lets us do
our thing and be ourselves,
1739
01:47:48,853 --> 01:47:52,074
and he wants a lot of what
we do to be spontaneous
1740
01:47:52,161 --> 01:47:53,597
and fun and different.
1741
01:47:55,120 --> 01:47:56,426
- Herb always says, you know,
1742
01:47:56,513 --> 01:47:58,210
"When I played with
the Tijuana Brass,
1743
01:47:58,297 --> 01:47:59,951
we did the same show every
night, exactly like the record,
1744
01:48:00,038 --> 01:48:02,911
you know, it was always like
just repeating the same script.
1745
01:48:04,129 --> 01:48:06,610
And when we started to
do this, it was like,
1746
01:48:06,697 --> 01:48:09,134
let's see if we can have
fun playing these songs
1747
01:48:09,221 --> 01:48:12,094
and see how many different
ways we can do the same thing.
1748
01:48:13,661 --> 01:48:15,445
Herb and Lani are very
connected in that way.
1749
01:48:15,532 --> 01:48:17,360
They both walk on
stage every night
1750
01:48:17,447 --> 01:48:20,406
knowing that basically you're
starting with a blank canvas.
1751
01:48:22,278 --> 01:48:23,627
- When you see them
on stage together,
1752
01:48:24,802 --> 01:48:26,195
it illuminates all
over the stage.
1753
01:48:28,240 --> 01:48:30,155
Everyone in the room can feel
1754
01:48:30,242 --> 01:48:31,896
the way they look at each other,
1755
01:48:31,983 --> 01:48:34,377
the way she looks at him,
they're magical together.
1756
01:48:35,944 --> 01:48:37,511
- They're so each other's muses.
1757
01:48:38,686 --> 01:48:40,557
They're so intertwined,
1758
01:48:40,644 --> 01:48:42,864
and they are both
inspiring each other
1759
01:48:44,039 --> 01:48:45,606
on a level that I
never experienced
1760
01:48:45,693 --> 01:48:47,259
when I was younger.
1761
01:48:48,217 --> 01:48:49,131
It's pretty amazing to see.
1762
01:48:50,132 --> 01:48:53,222
[lighthearted music]
1763
01:49:12,894 --> 01:49:14,199
- If you look at
the work of people
1764
01:49:14,286 --> 01:49:16,158
who achieved a lot
in their own lives,
1765
01:49:16,245 --> 01:49:18,726
like Herb, this didn't
happen accidentally,
1766
01:49:18,813 --> 01:49:19,770
it didn't happen casually.
1767
01:49:21,163 --> 01:49:22,817
He didn't wake up
one day and think,
1768
01:49:22,904 --> 01:49:24,645
I think what I'll do is maybe
sell 72 million records,
1769
01:49:24,732 --> 01:49:26,211
we'll see how that goes.
1770
01:49:26,298 --> 01:49:29,258
This is a lifetime of
practice, of passion,
1771
01:49:30,389 --> 01:49:31,956
of commitment, of
engagement, of learning.
1772
01:49:35,046 --> 01:49:36,352
Someone asked me recently,
1773
01:49:37,527 --> 01:49:39,094
if I could answer
in one sentence
1774
01:49:40,443 --> 01:49:44,186
the question, who
is Herb Alpert?
1775
01:49:46,449 --> 01:49:47,276
Easily I said...
1776
01:49:48,756 --> 01:49:50,322
He's the man with a golden horn,
1777
01:49:51,759 --> 01:49:56,241
and a golden touch, who
has a heart of gold.
1778
01:49:58,417 --> 01:50:00,115
And with those gifts,
1779
01:50:02,421 --> 01:50:04,815
you bring joy into our world.
1780
01:50:05,903 --> 01:50:08,950
[lighthearted music]
1781
01:50:17,088 --> 01:50:19,482
- Well, I'm not totally
unprepared for this question
1782
01:50:19,569 --> 01:50:21,353
because I knew at some point
1783
01:50:21,440 --> 01:50:22,877
you were gonna ask me that.
1784
01:50:22,964 --> 01:50:24,792
Herb Alpert is, well,
1785
01:50:26,358 --> 01:50:28,578
at the risk of sounding
like Mr. Humble,
1786
01:50:30,536 --> 01:50:31,450
Herb Alpert's very grateful.
1787
01:50:33,278 --> 01:50:36,542
[lighthearted music]
1788
01:50:36,630 --> 01:50:37,718
- Herb Alpert is inspiration.
1789
01:50:39,415 --> 01:50:40,242
- Herb Alpert is a life saver.
1790
01:50:41,678 --> 01:50:43,506
- Herb Alpert is a
remover of obstacles.
1791
01:50:44,463 --> 01:50:47,162
[people talking]
1792
01:50:52,384 --> 01:50:55,649
[lighthearted music]
1793
01:50:55,736 --> 01:50:57,520
♪ What a wonderful world ♪
1794
01:50:57,607 --> 01:51:00,088
♪ What a wonderful world ♪
1795
01:51:00,175 --> 01:51:04,658
♪ What a what a what
a wonderful world ♪
1796
01:51:07,965 --> 01:51:11,403
[dramatic trumpet music]
1797
01:51:51,313 --> 01:51:55,056
[lighthearted trumpet music]
1798
01:52:14,423 --> 01:52:17,687
[catchy trumpet music]
1799
01:52:51,286 --> 01:52:54,985
[lighthearted trumpet music]
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