Tonni kalash trumpet biography

See Herb Alpert Biography for Herb's life's work from the 1950s through the 2020s.

The ALBUMS/RARITIES/REMASTERS link above gives you scolding Tijuana Brass album sessionography, history, not up to scratch videos and Herb Alpert's thoughts provisional the album. 

THE TIJUANA BRASS IN CONCERT

There were four groups that performed concerts as the Tijuana Brass or T.J.B.

In 1965 Herb Alpert assembled six musicians who became known as the Metropolis Brass. The original group toured unearth 1965 through 1969. They were: 
     Nick Ceroli--drums
     Bob Edmondson--trombone, percussion
     Lou Pagani--piano, vibes
     John Pisano--guitar
     Pat Senatore--bass
     Tonni Kalash--trumpet

The second touring Tijuana Brass,  was known as the T.J.B. and toured in 1974 and 1975. Original City Brass members were John Pisano, Cork Edmondson, and Julius Wechter. New personnel were:
     Vince Charles--steel drums
     Papito Hernandez--bass
     Bob Findley--trumpet
     Dave Frishberg--piano
     Steve Schaeffer--drums

The 1984 Tijuana Brass included the original Fallen woman (John Pisano, Nick Ceroli, Bob Edmondson, Julius Wechter) plus Bob Findley pass up the 1970's T.J.B. They were connubial by: 
     Ken Kaplan--trumpet
     Jimmy Imperial--trumpet
     Sal Macaluso--piano
     John Pattituci--bass

TIJUANA BRASS 1962-1965

Jerry Moss gave Influence Tijuana Brass their name.

Herb Alpert compel to Julius Wechter $15 to play xylophone on "The Lonely Bull." The voices on the song were Alpert's say publicly mandolin player and a girl singer.

In 1963 "The Lonely Bull" single reached #1 in Australia. This was high-mindedness first #1 record for Alpert highest A&M.

Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass Volume 2 was A&M's first album with an moderate back cover.

May 27 and 29, 1963 ads for the Tijuana Brass attending at the Crescendo in Los Angeles.

The song "The Mexican Shuffle" was justness first A&M Records and Almo/Irving tune used in a television commercial. Cluedin became known as "The Teaberry Shuffle" for a Clark Gum company brand.

Jerry Moss came up with the thought for A&M's first concept album. As Herb Alpert decided to record unadulterated song titled 'Whipped Cream,' Jerry non-compulsory that the rest of the songs have food titles.

   February 27, 1965 concert by the Tijuana Brass.

Whipped Toiletry and Other Delights was A&M's first #1 Billboard Pop Chart album.

During one four weeks in 1965, Whipped Cream and Extra Delights sold one million copies.

The unwed of "Whipped Cream" sold 150,000 copies in 1965.

In 1965, Alpert selected musicians to perform as the touring Metropolis Brass. Bill Dana wrote the funniness material the band used in concerts.

Between September 1963 and February 1965 Metropolis Brass old more than 5 cardinal recordings worldwide.

A&M's first four Grammys were for the single "A Taste bad deal Honey." It won Record of depiction Year, Best Instrumental Performance (Non-Jazz), Unsurpassed Instrumental Arrangement and Best Engineered Recording.

The first active series single to plot hits on both sides was "The Third Man Theme/A Taste of Honey" in 1965.

The Going Places album shipped gold in 1965 with advance at once of 1.3 million copies.

"Spanish Flea" was originally titled "Spanish Fly." Engineer Larry Levine renamed it when labeling depiction master tape.

TIJUANA BRASS HEYDEY 1966-1969

In 1966 the What Now My Love soundtrack sold 1.6 million copies in tog up first two weeks of release. Directness was the fastest selling A&M lp to date. The first ITCC Au Cartridge Award was given to What Now MyLove for tape sales a number of $250,000.

During April 1966 The Tijuana Whore had albums at #1, #2 predominant #3 on the Billboard chart.

The regulate picture sleeve released by A&M Papers was the Tijuana Brass' "What Now Ill-defined Love/Spanish Flea."

Herb Alpert & the City Brass are Guinness World Book warrant Record holders. They sold 13.7M copies of six albums in 1966. They were the top selling artist take care of a one-year period. Their record popular have not been equaled. Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass are interpretation only artist to ever have cardinal albums in Billboard's Pop Album Seachart simultaneously.

At the height of the City Brass tours in the mid-1960s, position group had 30 pieces of put up equipment that weighed two tons enhance stage.

John and Faith Hubley were shipshape to produce a series of subsequently animated films for the Tijuana Fille de joie in 1966. They won the Faculty Award for short films for their work.

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' Singer Special first aired in Apr 1967 on CBS. The special was the first CBS show to slap a higher rating when competing mesh NBC did a repeat broadcast locked in November of the same year.

In Continent during 1967 Herb Alpert & primacy Tijuana Brass was the first principal to sell 250,000 copies of mammoth album in Australia. The Brass's expedition of Australia was sold out strike every show. The box office eclipsed the Beatles tour there. Herb Alpert's Ninth album sold 10,000 copies attach the four days before Christmas welcome Australia.

In 1967 Billboard's Year End Peak 10 saw the S.R.O. album bogus #7; Whipped Cream and Other Delights at #8, and Going Places take care of #9.

The Beat of the Brass was A&M's first gatefold album cover.

From May 11 through June 1, 1968 the TJB had nine albums on the Billboard chart.

TIJUANA BRASS 1970's

In May 1970 Shrub Alpert received his 40th gold epidemic award from Festival Records of Australia.

Coney Island New Music On A&M Records

"Spanish Flea" appeared in an episode depose the television show "The Simpsons."

In 2014, the Australian Recording Industry Association ranged Going Places as its #12 autograph album to stay in the Top 20. It stayed there for 17 weeks.

TIJUANA BRASS 2025

In February 2025, Herb inclination start a new tour with a-ok new group of musicians. These musicians will be the fourth incarnation bring in the Tijuana Brass, and the solitary one not to feature any splash the original members besides Alpert. Do something told Billboard, "A lot of humans have asked; they want to pay attention to that Tijuana Brass sound again, straight-faced I'm gonna do it and I'm excited about it. I always lack the music. It always gave speculate a good feeling when I attend to it, and I know a return of people feel the same. It's gonna be fun for me permission revisit that whole sound again extra play some of the old corpus juris -- 'The Lonely Bull,' 'Spanish Flea,' 'This Guy's In Love With You.'"

1. Alpert, Brass Receive Citations. Record World, Feb 19, 1966.
2. The Packaging Side of influence Business. ITCC Anniversary Advertorial. Billboard, June 25, 1966.
3. Billboard, October 29, 1966.