An herb ( or ) is a plant that is valued for flavor, scent, medicinal or other qualities. Herbs are used in cooking, as medicines, and for spiritual purposes.

Uses

Herbs have a variety of uses including culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual usage. General usage differs between culinary herbs and medicinal herbs. In medicinal or spiritual use any of the parts of the plant might be considered "herbs", including leaves, roots, flowers, seeds, resin, root bark, inner bark (cambium), berries and sometimes the pericarp or other portions of the plant.

Culinary herbs

Culinary use of the term "herb" typically distinguishes between herbs, from the leafy green parts of a plant (either fresh or dried), and spices, from other parts of the plant (usually dried), including seeds, berries, bark, root and fruit. Culinary herbs are distinguished from vegetables in that, like spices, they are used in small amounts and provide flavor rather than substance to food.

Many culinary herbs are perennials such as thyme or lavender, while others are biennials such as parsley or annuals like basil. Some perennial herbs are shrubs (such as rosemary, ''Rosmarinus officinalis''), or trees (such as bay laurel, ''Laurus nobilis'') – this contrasts with botanical herbs, which by definition cannot be woody plants. Some plants are used as both an herb and a spice, such as dill weed and dill seed or coriander leaves and seeds. Also, there are some herbs such as those in the mint family that are used for both culinary and medicinal purposes.

Medicinal herbs

Plants contain phytochemicals that have effects on the body.

There may be some effects when consumed in the small levels that typify culinary "spicing", and some herbs are toxic in larger quantities. For instance, some types of herbal extract, such as the extract of St. John's-wort (''Hypericum perforatum'') or of kava (''Piper methysticum'') can be used for medical purposes to relieve depression and stress. However, large amounts of these herbs may lead to toxic overload that may involve complications, some of a serious nature, and should be used with caution. One herb-like substance, called Shilajit, may actually help lower blood glucose levels which is especially important for those suffering from diabetes. Herbs have long been used as the basis of traditional Chinese herbal medicine, with usage dating as far back as the first century CE and far before.

Medicinal use of herbs in Western cultures has its roots in the Hippocratic (Greek) elemental healing system, based on a 4-fold elements healing metaphor. Famous herbalist of the Western tradition include Avicenna (Arabian), Galen (Roman), Paracelsus (German Swiss), Culpepper (English) and the botanically inclined Eclectic physicians of 19th century/early 20th century America (John Milton Scudder, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd). Modern pharmaceuticals had their origins in crude herbal medicines, and to this day, many drugs are still extracted as fractionate/isolate compounds from raw herbs and then purified to meet pharmaceutical standards.

Some herbs are used not only for culinary and medicinal purposes, but also for psychoactive and/or recreational purposes; one such herb is cannabis.

Sacred herbs

Herbs are used in many religions. For example, myrrh (''Commiphora myrrha'') and frankincense (''Boswellia'' spp) in Christianity, the Nine Herbs Charm in Anglo-Saxon paganism, the neem tree (''Azadirachta indica'') by the Tamils, holy basil or ''tulsi'' (''Ocimum tenuiflorum'') in Hinduism, and many Rastafarians consider cannabis (''Cannabis'' sp) to be a holy plant. Siberian Shamans also used herbs for spiritual purposes. Plants may be used to induce spiritual experiences for rites of passage, such as vision quests in some Native American cultures. The Cherokee Native Americans use white sage and cedar for spiritual cleansing and smudging.

Pest control

Herbs are also known amongst gardeners to be useful for pest control. Mint, spearmint, peppermint, and pennyroyal are a few such herbs. These herbs when planted around a house's foundation can help keep away unwanted creatures such as flies, mice, ants, fleas, moth and tick amongst others. They are not known to be harmful or dangerous to children or pets, or any of the house's fixtures. Herbs are often used to repel pests from vegetable and flower gardens.

Botanical herbs

In botanical usage an ''herb'' or ''herbaceous plant'' is any non-woody plant, regardless of its flavor, scent or other properties. A botanical herb cannot therefore be a woody plant such as a tree or shrub.

See also

List of plants used as medicine

Herb chopper

Herbaceous plant

Pot herb

Apothecary

Herbalism

Herb garden

The Herb Society of America

International Herb Association

List of herbs and spices

Remedy

Prehistoric medicine

Strewing herb

References

External links

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Coordinates	54°39′″N21°04′″N
name	Herb Alpert
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Herbert Alpert
alias	Herb Alpert, Dore Alpert
birth date	March 31, 1935
origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
instrument	Trumpet, Piano, Vocals
genre	Jazz, Latin, Funk, Pop, R&B;
occupation	Trumpeter, Composer, Arranger, Songwriter, Singer, Record Producer, Record executive, Painter, Sculptor
years active	1957–present (concert touring presently with wife Lani Hall)
spouse	Lani Hall (1974-present) 1 childSharon Mae Lubin (1956-1971) (divorced) 2 children
label	A&M; Records
associated acts	The Tijuana BrassBaja Marimba Band
website	www.herbalpert.com }}

Herbert "Herb" Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass or TJB. He is also a recording industry executive — he is the "A" of A&M; Records (a recording label he and business partner Jerry Moss founded and eventually sold to Polygram). The multi-talented Alpert has also created abstract expressionist paintings and sculpture over two decades, which are on occasion publicly exhibited; and he and his wife are substantial U.S. philantropists through operation of the Herb Alpert Foundation.

Alpert's musical accomplishments include five number one hits, twenty-eight albums on the Billboard charts, eight Grammy Awards, fourteen Platinum albums and fifteen Gold albums. As of 1996, Alpert had sold 72 million albums worldwide. Alpert was the first, and only, recording artist to achieve U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart vocal and instrumental recording placements for his 1968 vocal recording (" This Guy's in Love With You") and his 1997 instrumental recording ("Rise").

He is married to recording artist Lani Hall (1974–present), with 1 adult child, aspiring actress Aria Alpert, and was previously married to Sharon Mae Lubin (1956–1971) (divorced) 2 children.

Early life and career

Alpert was born in Los Angeles, California, into a Jewish family of Russian and Romanian origins. His father Louis was from Radomyshl (present-day Ukraine) and although a tailor by trade, was also a talented mandolin player. His mother, Tillie, had her roots in Romania on her father's side; she herself taught violin at a young age. His older brother David was a talented young drummer. Alpert himself began trumpet lessons at the age of eight and played at dances as a teenager. Acquiring an early wire recorder in high school, he experimented on this crude equipment. After graduating from Fairfax High School in 1952, he joined the U.S. Army and frequently performed at military ceremonies. After his service in the Army, Alpert tried his hand at acting, but eventually settled on pursuing a career in music. While attending the University of Southern California in the 1950s, he was a member of the USC Trojan Marching Band for two years. In 1956, he appeared in the uncredited role "Drummer on Mt. Sinai" in the film "Ten Commandments". In 1962, he had an uncredited part in a scene in "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation" where he played (and performed a solo) in a dance band.

In 1957, Alpert teamed up with Rob Weerts, another burgeoning lyricist, as a songwriter for Keen Records. A number of songs written or co-written by Alpert during the following two years became top twenty hits, including "Baby Talk" by Jan and Dean, "Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke, and "Alley-Oop" by The Hollywood Argyles and by Dante and The Evergreens. In 1960, Alpert began his recording career as a vocalist at RCA Records under the name of Dore Alpert.

"Tell It to the Birds" was recorded as the first release on the Alpert & Moss label Carnival Records. When Alpert and Moss found that there was prior usage of the Carnival name, their label became A&M; Records.

The Tijuana Brass years

Alpert set up a small recording studio in his garage and had been overdubbing a tune called "Twinkle Star", written by Sol Lake, who would eventually write many of the Brass's original tunes. During a visit to Tijuana, Mexico, Alpert happened to hear a mariachi band while attending a bullfight. Following the experience, Alpert recalled that he was inspired to find a way to express musically what he felt while watching the wild responses of the crowd, and hearing the brass musicians introducing each new event with rousing fanfare. Alpert adapted the trumpet style to the tune, mixed in crowd cheers and other noises for ambience, and renamed the song "The Lonely Bull". He personally funded the production of the record as a single, and it spread through radio DJs until it caught on and became a Top Ten hit in 1962. He followed up quickly with his debut album, ''The Lonely Bull'' by "Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass". Originally the Tijuana Brass was just Alpert overdubbing his own trumpet, slightly out of sync. The title cut reached #6 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart. This was A&M;'s first album (the original number was 101), although it was recorded at Conway Records.

By the end of 1964, because of a growing demand for live appearances by the Tijuana Brass, Alpert auditioned and hired a team of crack session men. No one in Alpert's band was actually Hispanic. Alpert used to tell his audiences that his group consisted of "Four lasagnas, two bagels, and an American cheese": John Pisano (electric guitar); Lou Pagani (piano); Nick Ceroli (drums); Pat Senatore (bass guitar); Tonni Kalash (trumpet); Herb Alpert (trumpet and vocal); Bob Edmondson (trombone). The band debuted in 1965 and became one of the highest-paid acts then performing, having put together a complete revue that included choreographed moves and comic routines written by Bill ("Jose Jimenez") Dana.

The Tijuana Brass's success helped spawn other Latin acts, notably Julius Wechter (long-time friend of Alpert's and the marimba player for the Brass) and the Baja Marimba Band, and the profits allowed A&M; to begin building a repertoire of artists like Chris Montez and The Sandpipers. Wechter would contribute a number of the Brass' original songs, usually at least one per album, along with those of other Alpert friends, Sol Lake and Ervan "Bud" Coleman.

An album or two would be released each year throughout the 1960s. Alpert's band was featured in several TV specials, each one usually centered on visual interpretations of the songs from their latest album - essentially an early type of music videos later made famous by MTV. The first Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass special, sponsored by the Singer Sewing Machine Company, aired on April 24, 1967 on CBS.

Alpert's style achieved enormous popularity with the national exposure The Clark Gum Company gave to one of his recordings in 1964, a Sol Lake number titled "The Mexican Shuffle" (which was retitled "The Teaberry Shuffle" for the television ads). In 1965, Alpert released two albums, ''Whipped Cream (and Other Delights)'' and ''Going Places''. ''Whipped Cream'' sold over 6 million copies in the United States. The album cover featured model Dolores Erickson wearing only what appeared to be whipped cream. In reality, Erickson was wearing a white blanket over which were scattered artfully-placed daubs of shaving cream—real whipped cream would have melted under the heat of the studio lights (although the cream on her head was real). In concerts, when about to play the song, Alpert would tell the audience, "Sorry, we can't play the cover for you." The art was parodied by several groups including one-time A&M; band Soul Asylum and by comedian Pat Cooper for his album ''Spaghetti Sauce and Other Delights''. The singles included the title cut, "Lollipops and Roses", and "A Taste of Honey." The latter won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. ''Going Places'' produced four more singles: "Tijuana Taxi", "Spanish Flea", "Third Man Theme", and "Zorba the Greek". "Tijuana Taxi" and "Spanish Flea" would be used in the 1966 Academy Award-winning animated short ''A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature''.

The Brass covered the Bert Kaempfert tune "Happy Trumpeter" retitling it "Magic Trumpet". Alpert's rendition contained a bar that coincided with a Schlitz beer tune, "When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer". ("The Maltese Melody" was another Alpert cover of a Kaempfert original). Another commercial use was a tune called "El Garbanzo", which was featured in Sunoco ads ("They're movin', they're movin', people in the know, they're movin' to Sunoco").

In 1967, the Tijuana Brass did the title cut to the first movie version of ''Casino Royale''.

Many of the tracks from ''Whipped Cream'' and ''Going Places'' received a great deal of airplay; they are frequently used as incidental music in ''The Dating Game'' on the Game Show Network, notably the tracks ''Whipped Cream'', ''Spanish Flea'' and ''Lollipops and Roses''. Despite the popularity of his singles, Alpert's albums outsold and outperformed them on the charts.

Alpert and the Tijuana Brass won six Grammy awards. Fifteen of their albums won gold discs, and fourteen won platinum discs. In 1966 over 13 million Alpert recordings were sold, outselling the Beatles. That same year, the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' recognized that Alpert set a new record by placing five albums simultaneously in the top 20 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Album Chart, an accomplishment that has never been repeated. In April of that year, four of those albums were in the Top 10 simultaneously.

Alpert's only number one single during this period (and the first #1 hit for his A&M; label) was a solo effort: "This Guy's in Love with You" (written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David), featuring a rare vocal. Alpert sang this to his first wife in a 1968 CBS Television special titled ''Beat of the Brass''. The sequence was filmed on the beach in Malibu. The song was not intended to be released, but after it was used in the television special, allegedly thousands of telephone calls to CBS asking about it convinced Alpert to release it as a single, two days after the show aired. Although Alpert's vocal skills and range were limited, the song's unchallenging technical demands suited him. The single debuted in May 1968, topped the national chart for four weeks and ranked among the year's biggest hits. Initially dismissed by the critical cognoscenti and "hip" music-lovers as strictly a housewife's favorite, Alpert's unusually expressive recording of "This Guy's in Love with You" now enjoys appeal well beyond the so-called mainstream. In 1996 at London's Royal Festival Hall, Noel Gallagher (of British rock band Oasis) performed the song with Burt Bacharach. Former Beatle George Harrison has stated that this was one of his favorite recordings.

Life after the Brass

Alpert disbanded the Tijuana Brass in 1969, then released another album by the group in 1971. In 1973, with some of the original Tijuana Brass members and some new members, he formed a group called Herb Alpert and the T.J.B. This new version of the Brass released two albums in 1974 and 1975 and toured. Alpert reconvened a third version of the Brass in 1984 after being invited to perform for the Olympic Games athletes at the Los Angeles Summer Games. The invitation led to the ''Bullish'' album and tour.

In the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Alpert enjoyed a successful solo career. He had his biggest instrumental hit, "Rise" (from the album of the same name), which went number one in October 1979 and won a Grammy Award, and was later sampled in the number one 1997 rap song "Hypnotize" by the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. Both "Rise" and "Hypnotize" were written by Alpert's nephew, Randy Badazz Alpert and his friend Andy Armer. "Rise" made Alpert the only artist ever to hit #1 on the ''Billboard'' pop singles charts with both a vocal piece and an instrumental piece. Another Randy Badazz / Andy Armer song, "Rotation", hit #30 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart. The song "Route 101" off the ''Fandango'' album peaked at number 37 in Billboard in August 1982. In 1987, Alpert branched out successfully to the R&B; world with the hit album ''Keep Your Eye On Me'', teaming up with producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis on "Diamonds" and "Making Love In the Rain" featuring vocals by Janet Jackson and Lisa Keith.

Alpert performed the Star-Spangled Banner prior to Super Bowl XXII in San Diego in January 1988. It was the last non-vocal rendition of the national anthem at the Super Bowl to date.

From 1962 through 1992 Alpert signed artists to A&M; Records and produced records. He discovered the West Coast band We Five. Among the notable artists he worked with personally are Chris Montez, The Carpenters, Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66, Bill Medley, Lani Hall (Alpert's second and current wife), Liza Minnelli and Janet Jackson (featured vocalist on his 1987 hit single "Diamonds"). These working relationships allowed Alpert to place singles in the Top 10 in three different decades (1960s, 1970s, and 1980s).

Alpert and A&M; Records partner Jerry Moss both agreed in 1987 to sell A&M; to PolyGram Records for a reported $500 million. Both would continue to manage the label until 1993, when they left due to frustrations with PolyGram's constant pressure to force the label to fit into its corporate culture. Alpert and Moss then expanded their Almo Sounds music publishing company to produce records as well, primarily as a vehicle for Alpert's music. Almo Sounds imitates the former company culture embraced by Alpert and Moss when they first started A&M.;

Awards and honors

Alpert and Moss received a Grammy Trustees Award in 1997 for their lifetime achievements in the recording industry as executives and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.

For his contribution to the recording industry, Alpert has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6929 Hollywood Blvd. Moss also has a star on the Walk of Fame. Alpert and Moss were also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2006 as non-performer lifetime achievers for their work at A&M.;

Alpert was referenced in the second show of the third season of ''Get Smart'' where one of the code signals between Maxwell Smart and his contact was "Herb Alpert takes trumpet lessons from Guy Lombardo." Also, a fifth-season episode parodied the entire group as Max and 99 sought to unmask "Herb Talbot and His Tijuana Tin" as KAOS spies.

On 17 September 2010 the TV documentary “Legends: Herb Alpert – Tijuana Brass and Other Delights” premiered on BBC 4.

Recently

Alpert has worked as a Broadway theatre producer, with his production of Tony Kushner's ''Angels in America'' winning a Tony award.

In the 1980s Alpert created The Herb Alpert Foundation and the Alpert Awards in the Arts with The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). The Foundation supports youth and arts education as well as environmental issues and helps fund the PBS series ''Bill Moyers on Faith and Reason''. Alpert and his wife donated $30 million to University of California, Los Angeles in 2007 to form and endow the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as part of the restructured UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. He gave $24 million, which included $15 million from April 2008, to CalArts for its music curricula, and provided funding for the culture jamming activists Yesmen.

He is actively overseeing the reissue of his music library. In 2000, Alpert acquired the rights to his music from Universal Music (current owners of A&M; Records) in a legal settlement and began remastering his albums for compact disc reissue. In 2005, Shout! Factory began distributing digitally remastered versions of Alpert's A&M; output, including a new album, ''Lost Treasures'', consisting of unreleased material from Alpert's Tijuana Brass years. In the spring of 2006, a remixed version of the ''Whipped Cream'' album, entitled ''Whipped Cream and Other Delights: Re-Whipped'' was released and climbed to #5 on the ''Billboard'' Contemporary Jazz chart. Alpert's 80's catalog, which includes his two most successful solo albums, 1982's ''Fandango'' and 1987's ''Keep Your Eye on Me'', are still unavailable on CD. He continues to be a guest artist for artists including Gato Barbieri, Rita Coolidge, Jim Brickman, Brian Culbertson, and David Lanz. Apart from the reissues, the ''Christmas Album'' continues to be available every year during the holiday season. On Sérgio Mendes' 2008 album ''Encanto'', Alpert performed trumpet solos backing lead vocals by his wife on the song "Dreamer". It marked the first time Alpert, Mendes and Hall had all performed together on the same song. Most recently, Alpert and his wife (Lani Hall) signed with Concord Records and released a new (live) album in the summer of 2009, ''Anything Goes'', which was Alpert's first release of new material since 1999's ''Herb Alpert and Colors''. A new studio album by Alpert and Hall, ''I Feel You,'' was released in February 2011. Both albums feature tight jazz renditions of pop classics along with a handful of original compositions.

While Alpert continues to play trumpet, he also devotes time to his second career as an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor with group and solo exhibitions around the United States and Europe. The sculpture exhibition “Herb Alpert: Black Totems”, on display at ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, February through September 2010, brought major media attention to his visual work.

Hit singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
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1962		6			22
		96
	102
		77	19
	85	19
		68	13
	116	26
style="text-align:left;"	7	1
style="text-align:left;"	47	7
	11	2
	38	9		37
		24	2
	27	4		3
	18	2
	28	5
	19	2
		37	5
	27	1		27
	32	4
	35	1
		51	3
	72	13
	119	36
	1	1		3
	51	2
	45	7
		78	9
	63	5		36
	118
	109	34
		108	14
	74	6		42
1971		114	28
1973		77	22
		84	14
		13
			19
		28
1978				87
	style="text-align:left;"	1	1	4	13
	30	23	20	46
		104	41	65
	50	39	44
			64
			43
	79	22	37
			74
		37	4
		26
		81	14	77
	77
			32
	90	22	52
1985				73
		46		3	19
style="text-align:left;"	5		1	27
	35	21	7
1989				59
1991				40

Discography

(All albums are on A&M; Records and are listed with the original catalog numbers, unless otherwise indicated)

''The Lonely Bull'' (1962) LP-101 (mono)/101S (stereo)

''Volume 2'' (1963) LP-103/SP-103

''South of the Border'' (1964) LP-108/SP-108

''Whipped Cream & Other Delights'' (1965) LP-110/SP-4110

''Going Places'' (1965) LP-112/SP-4112

''What Now My Love'' (1966) LP-114/SP-4114

''S.R.O.'' (1966) LP-119/SP-4119

''Sounds Like...'' (1967) LP-124/SP-4124

''Herb Alpert's Ninth'' (1967) LP-134/SP-4134

''The Beat of the Brass'' (1968) LP 146/SP-4146

''Christmas Album'' (1968) SP-4166; reissued as SP-3113

''Warm'' (1969) SP-4190

''The Brass Are Comin''' (1969) SP-4228

''Greatest Hits'' (1970) SP-4245

''Summertime'' (1971) SP-4314

''Solid Brass'' (compilation) (1972) SP-4341

''Foursider'' (compilation) (1973) SP-3521

''You Smile - The Song Begins'' (1974) SP-3620

''A Treasury of the Award-Winning Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass plus selections from the Baja Marimba Band'' (1974) Longines Symphonette LWS-500-505

''Coney Island'' (1975) SP-4521

''Just You and Me'' (1976) SP-4591

''Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' (compilation) (1977) SP-4627

''Herb Alpert/Hugh Masekela'' (1978) Horizon/A&M; SP-728

''Main Event Live!'' (1978) SP-4727

''Rise'' (1979) SP-4790; reissued as SP-3714

''Beyond'' (1980) SP-3717

''Magic Man'' (1981) SP-3728

''Fandango'' (1982) SP-3731/AyM Discos SP-30001 (Latin market counterpart to A&M; SP-3731)

''Blow Your Own Horn'' (1983) SP-4949

''Noche De Amor'' (1983) AyM Discos SP-37006 (Latin market counterpart to A&M; SP-4949)

''Bullish'' (1984) SP-5022

''Bravio'' (1984) AyM Discos SP-37009 (Latin market counterpart to A&M; SP-5022)

''Wild Romance'' (1985) SP-5082

''Classics Volume 1'' (TJB compilation) (1986) CD-2501

''Classics Volume 20'' (solo compilation) (1987) CD-2518

''Keep Your Eye on Me'' (1987) SP-5125

''Under a Spanish Moon'' (1988) SP-5209

''My Abstract Heart'' (1989) SP-5273

''North on South St.'' (1991) 75021 5345-2

''The Very Best Of Herb Alpert'' (compilation of Tijuana Brass and solo material) (1991)A&M;/PolyGram 82839 7165/2

''Midnight Sun (Herb Alpert album)'' (1992) 75021 5391-2

''Second Wind'' (1996) Almo Sounds AMSD 80005

''Passion Dance'' (1997) Almo Sounds AMSD 80014

''Colors'' (1999) Almo Sounds AMSD 80025

''Definitive Hits'' (compilation of Tijuana Brass and solo material) (2001) A&M;/Universal 06949 0886/2

''Lost Treasures'' (2005) Shout! Factory

''Whipped Cream & Other Delights Rewhipped'' (2006) Shout! Factory

''Rise'' (reissue) (2007) Shout! Factory

''Anything Goes'' (& Lani Hall) (2009) Concord Jazz CJA-31441-02

''I Feel You'' (& Lani Hall) (2011) Concord Jazz 088072327573

Compositions

Herb Alpert's compositions include "A Quiet Tear (Lagrima Quieta)", "Acapulco 1922", "Struttin' With Maria", "Tijuana Sauerkraut", "Sugar Cane", "Side Steppin'", "Rendezvous", "Drivin' Home", "Sneakin' In", "Behind the Rain", "1980", "Slick", "Plucky", "Bean Bag", "For Carlos", "T.K.O.", "Passion Dance", "Slinky", "Apasionado" with Stan Getz and Eddie Del Barrio, "Carmine", "You Smile-The Song Begins", "Make a Wish", "Love Without Words", "Until We Meet Again", "Our Song", "Cat Man Do", "Life Is My Song", "North On South St.", "Rocket to The Moon", and "Stormy Sunday".

See also

20th century brass instrumentalists

''Herb Alpert: Music for Your Eyes'' documentary (2003)

List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)

List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart

List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)

List of number-one hits (United States)

List of trumpeters

References

Books

Darryl Lyman: ''Great Jews in Music''. J. D. Publishers, Middle Village, N.Y. 1986.

Stanley Sadie, H. Wiley Hitchcock (Ed.): ''The New Grove Dictionary of American Music''. Grove's Dictionaries of Music, New York, N.Y. 1986.

Colin Larkin: ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music''. Third edition. Macmillan, New York, N.Y. 1998.

Michael Cuscuna, Michel Ruppi: ''The Blue Note label. A discography''. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. 2001.

Notes

External links

Herb Alpert: Artist & Musician

The Herb Alpert/Tijuana Brass discography

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As a practising Rastafarian, Macka B's music is based around the political and spiritual message of the religion, with an often light and humorous touch. Working with the Mad Professor, he combined dancehall and dub styles of reggae, although has avoided a more commercial crossover approach. He takes his name from the Judean rebels against the Romans, the Maccabees.

Life

He was born Christopher MacFarlane, in Wolverhampton. As a child Macka B was first impressed by the reggae of the Lord Barley sound-system playing at a blues party next to his parents’ house, but also played violin and sang in the choir at school. He went on to take a technical apprenticeship at the Ever Ready factory. When the factory closed and he was laid off, he began to devote more time to practising his toasting skills, influenced by earlier Jamaican toasters U-Roy, I-Roy, Big Youth, and especially Prince Far I.

Soon Macka B formed the Exodus sound system with friends and became a Rastafarian. His 1982 trip to Jamaica galvanised his commitment to toasting and the following year he won a DJ-ing competition. After this Macka B began to feature on the radio as well as perform with local band Pre-Wax, who had a hit with "Maggie’s Letter". But it was while performing for the Wassifa sound-system that a tape of a sound-system battle between Wassifa and Saxon Studio International which ended up with Fashion Records in London. The record label gave Macka B the opportunity to record his first solo single, "Bible Reader", which was released in 1985.

Macka B’s first album, ''Sign of the Times'', was released in 1986 on the Mad Professor’s Ariwa label. The album was well received and reached the top of the UK reggae album charts. His next few albums were similarly acclaimed: ''We’ve Had Enough'' (1987), ''Looks Are Deceiving'' (1988). In 1988 Macka B visited Jamaica, where he worked with producer Black Scorpio on the tracks "Love It in Jamaica" and "Slow Down Driver".

''Buppie Culture'' in 1989 produced the hit "Dread a Who She Love", a duet with female singer Kofi. Likewise, "Proud of Mandela" from ''Natural Suntan'' (1990) produced another reggae singles chart topper.

Macka B won British Best Male DJ awards in 1991 and 1992. His 1993 record, ''Roots Ragga'' was a live album. ''Here Comes Trouble'' (1994) produced the international hit "Squeeze Me". "Road Rage" from the ''Suspicious'' album was popular on Australian youth radio station Triple J in 1998/9. ''Roots & Culture'' (1999) mixed Macka B's hits with previously unreleased material. In 2004 he signed to the Jet Star label (Charm) label.

He also become the first Reggae artist to tour the former Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia).

He has toured and performed around the world since the 1980s alone and with other reggae stars such as Burning Spear, U-Roy, The Wailers, Lee Perry and many others.

Macka B follows the Rastafarian Ital diet, and is also a vegan.

Discography

''Sign of the Times'' - Ariwa, 1986

''We've Had Enough'' - Ariwa, 1987

''Looks Are Deceiving'' - RAS, 1988

''Natural Suntan'' - Ariwa, 1990

''Peace Cup'' - Ariwa, 1991

''Roots Ragga'' (live) - Fotofon/Ar, 1992

''Jamaica, No Problem'' - RAS, 1992

''Roots Ragga'' (live) - Ariwa, 1993

''Here Comes Trouble'' - Ariwa, 1994

''Discrimination'' - Ariwa, 1995

''Hold on to Your Culture'' - Ariwa, 1995

''Suspicious'' - Ariwa, 1998

''Roots & Culture'' - Ariwa, 1999

''Global Messenger'' - Ariwa, 2000

''Roots Ragga, Vol. 2'' - Ariwa, 2002

''By Royal Command'' - Jet Star, 2003

''Word, Sound & Power'' - Charm, 2004

''Who Likes Macka B Music?'' - Pony Canyon, 2005

''Live Tour 2007''

''More Knowledge'' - Humal Records, 2008

References

External links

Official website

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Coordinates	54°39′″N21°04′″N
name	Herb Ellis
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Mitchell Herbert Ellis
born	August 04, 1921 Farmersville, TexasUnited States
died	March 28, 2010Los Angeles, CaliforniaUnited States
instrument	Guitar
genre	Mainstream jazzBebopSwingCool jazzWest Coast jazz
occupation	Musician
years active	1941–2010
label	Norgran Records
associated acts	Charlie ByrdJohnny FrigoOscar Peterson
notable instruments	Herb Ellis ES-165 }}

Mitchell Herbert "Herb" Ellis (August 4, 1921 – March 28, 2010) was an American jazz guitarist. Perhaps best known for his 1950s membership in the trio of pianist Oscar Peterson, Ellis was also a staple of west-coast studio recording sessions, and was described by critic Scott Yanow as "an excellent bop-based guitarist with a slight country twang to his sound."

Biography

Born in Farmersville, Texas and raised in the suburbs of Dallas, Ellis first heard the electric guitar performed by George Barnes on a radio program. This experience is said to have inspired him to take up the guitar. He became proficient on the instrument by the time he entered North Texas State University as a music major. Ellis majored in music, but because they did not yet have a guitar program at that time, he studied the string bass. Unfortunately, due to lack of funds, his college days were short lived. In 1941, Ellis dropped out of college and toured for 6 months with a band from the University of Kansas.

In 1943, he joined Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra and it was with Gray's band that he got his first recognition in the jazz magazines. After Gray's band, Ellis joined the Jimmy Dorsey band where he played some of his first recorded solos. Ellis remained with Dorsey through 1947, traveling and recording extensively, and playing in dance halls and movie palaces. Then came a turnabout that would change Ellis's career forever. Then, as pianist Lou Carter told journalist Robert Dupuis in a 1996 interview, "The Dorsey band had a six-week hole in the schedule. The three of us had played together some with the big band. John Frigo, who had already left the band, knew the owner of the Peter Stuyvesant Hotel in Buffalo. We went in there and stayed six months. And that's how the group the Soft Winds were born."

The Soft Winds group was fashioned after the Nat King Cole Trio. They stayed together until 1952. Ellis then joined the Oscar Peterson Trio (replacing Barney Kessel) in 1953, forming what Scott Yanow would later on refer to as "one of the most memorable of all the piano, guitar, and bass trios in jazz history".

Ellis became prominent after performing with the Oscar Peterson Trio from 1953 to 1958 along with pianist Peterson and bassist Ray Brown. He was a somewhat controversial member of the trio, because he was the only white person in the group in a time when racism was still very much widespread.

In addition to their great live and recorded work as the Oscar Peterson Trio, this unit served as the virtual "house rhythm section" for Norman Granz's Verve Records, supporting the likes of tenormen Ben Webster and Stan Getz, as well as trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, and Sweets Edison and other jazz stalwarts. With drummer Buddy Rich, they were also the backing band for popular "comeback" albums by the duet of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.

The trio were one of the mainstays of Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts as they swept the jazz world, almost constantly touring the United States and Europe. Ellis left the Peterson Trio in November 1958, to be replaced not by a guitarist, but by drummer Ed Thigpen. The years of 1959 through 1960 found Ellis touring with Ella Fitzgerald.

The three provided a stirring rendition of "Tenderly" as a jazz improvisational backdrop to John Hubley's 1958 cartoon ''The Tender Game'', Storyboard Film's version of the age-old story of boy falling head over heels for girl.

With fellow jazz guitarists Barney Kessel, Charlie Byrd and Tal Farlow, he created another ensemble, the Great Guitars.

Ellis gave cartoonist and The Far Side creator Gary Larson guitar lessons in exchange for the cover illustration for the album ''Doggin' Around'' (Concord, 1988) by Ellis and bassist Red Mitchell.

Ellis died of Alzheimer's disease at his Los Angeles home on the morning of March 28, 2010, at the age of 88.

Discography

As leader

''Ellis in Wonderland'' (1956)

''I Love John Frigo...He Swings'' (1957)

''Nothing But the Blues'' (Verve, 1957) with Eldridge, Stan Getz, Peterson, Ray Brown, Stan Levey, Gus Johnson

''Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre'' (1959)

''Thank you Charlie Christian'' (1960)

'' Softly... But With That Feeling (1962)

''The Midnight Roll'' (Epic, 1962), with Ray Bryant, Israel Crosby, Jimmy Rowser, Gus Johnson, Roy Eldridge, Frank Assunto, and Buddy Tate

''Jazz/Concord'' (Concord, 1972) with Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Jake Hanna

''Seven, Come Eleven'' (1973)

''Two for the Road'' (1974)

''Soft Shoe'' (Concord, 1974) with Harry Sweets Edison, George Duke

''Hot Tracks'' (Concord, 1975) with Sweets Edison, Plas Johnson, Monty Budwig, Jake Hanna

''Hello Herbie'' (PA USA, 1981) with Oscar Peterson

''Doggin' Around'' (Concord, 1988) Duo with Red Mitchell

''Roll Call'' (Justice, 1991) with Melvin Rhyne

''An Evening with Herb Ellis'' (Jazz Focus, 1995) with Chuck Israels

''Joe's Blues'' (Laserlight, 1998) with Joe Pass

As sideman

With Mel Brown

''Chicken Fat'' (Impulse!, 1967)

With Stan Getz

''For Musicians Only'' (1956)

With Gábor Szabó

''Wind, Sky and Diamonds'' (Impulse!, 1967)

Honors

1994 — Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame

Nov 15, 1997 — Honorary Doctorate, University of North Texas College of Music

References

External links

Herb Ellis at Find a Grave

Herb Ellis on the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame website

Another Bio

Obituary – Los Angeles Times

Obituary – New York Times

Herb Ellis - Daily Telegraph obituary

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Coordinates	54°39′″N21°04′″N
name	Emily Remler
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
born	September 18, 1957Manhattan, New YorkUnited States
died	May 04, 1990SydneyAustralia
instrument	Guitar
genre	Jazz fusion
occupation	Musician
years active	1976–1990
notable instruments	Borys B120 Gibson ES-330 }}

Emily Remler (September 18, 1957 - May 4, 1990) was an American jazz guitarist who rose to prominence in the 1980s. She recorded seven albums of hard bop, jazz standards and fusion guitar.

Early Life and Influences

Born in New York City, Remler began to play the guitar at the age of ten. Initially inspired by rock artists such as Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Winter as well as other popular styles of music, she experienced a musical epiphany during her studies from 1974 to 1976 at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. She began to listen to such legendary jazz greats as Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Charlie Christian, Miles Davis and John Coltrane and took up jazz with a ferocious intensity, practicing almost constantly and never looked back. After graduating Berklee at age 18 she started her professional career touring around the USA.

Career

Remler's first significant and formative step as a fledgling professional musician was to settle in New Orleans where she played in blues and jazz clubs working with bands such as FourPlay and Little Queenie and the Percolators before beginning her recording career in 1981. She was championed by guitar great Herb Ellis, who referred to her as "the new superstar of guitar". Ellis introduced her to the world at the Concord, CA Jazz Festival in 1978.

In an interview with People magazine, she once said of herself: "I may look like a nice Jewish girl from New Jersey, but inside I’m a 50-year-old, heavyset black man with a big thumb, like Wes Montgomery." ~People Mag. 1982~

Recorded for the famous Concord label, Remler's albums showcase the diverse influences of a fast-developing artist who quickly attained a distinctive jazz style on the guitar through her interpretations of jazz standards and her own compositions. Her first album as a band leader, ''Firefly'', won immediate acclaim and her bop guitar on the follow-up, ''Take Two'', was equally well-received. ''Transitions'' and ''Catwalk'' traced the emergence of a more individual voice, with many striking original tunes, while her love of Wes Montgomery shone through on the stylish ''East to Wes''.

When the rhythm section is floating, I'll float too, and I'll get a wonderful feeling in my stomach. If the rhythm section is really swinging, it's such a great feeling, you just want to laugh —Emily Remler

In addition to her recording career as a band leader and composer, Remler played with artists as diverse as Larry Coryell, with whom she recorded an album entitled ''Together'', and the singer Rosemary Clooney. She played on Broadway for the Los Angeles version of the show 'Sophisticated Ladies' from 1981 to 1982 and produced two popular guitar instruction videos. She also toured for several years in the early eighties as guitarist for Astrud Gilberto. In 1985, she won the ‘Guitarist Of The Year’ award in Down Beat magazine’s international poll. In 1988, she was 'Artist in Residence' at Duquesne University and, in 1989, received Berklee's Distinguished Alumni award.

She married Jamaican jazz pianist Monty Alexander in 1981, the marriage ending in 1984.

Her first guitar was her elder brother's Gibson ES-330, and she played a Borys B120 hollow body electric towards the end of the 1980s. Her acoustic guitars included a 1984 Collectors Series Ovation and a nylon string Korocusci classical guitar that she used for playing bossa nova.

When asked how she wanted to be remembered she remarked:

"Good compositions, memorable guitar playing and my contributions as a woman in music…. but the music is everything, and it has nothing to do with politics or the women’s liberation movement."

She appealed to all audiences with her wide understanding of all forms of jazz. She gained respect from fellow musicians and critics because of her dedication, enthusiasm and remarkable skill.

Remler, who was a heroin addict, died of heart failure at the age of 32 at the Connells Point home of musician Ed Gaston, while on tour in Australia.

Two tribute albums were recorded after her death, ''Just Friends'' volume one and two, featuring contributions from Herb Ellis, David Benoit, Bill O'Connell and David Bromberg among many others. In 2006 the Skip Heller Quartet recorded a song called "Emily Remler" in her memory.

Discography

Studio Albums

1981: ''Firefly''

1982: ''Take Two''

1983: ''Transitions''

1984: ''Catwalk''

1985: ''Together'' - with Larry Coryell

1988: ''East to Wes''

1990: ''This is Me''

Compilations

1991: ''Retrospective, Volume One: Standards''

1991: ''Retrospective, Volume Two: Compositions''

References

All about Emily Remler

External links

allthingsemily.com

Emily Remler (in Dutch)

Emily Remler Guitar Tabs

Emily Remler: a musical remembrance

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