Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass

Album ID:
T-034(a)
Publisher:
Capitol T2596
Date of issuance:
1966
Language:
English
Provenance:
Gift of Jerry Wasserman in memory of his father, Mark Wasserman, November 2001
Genre:
Instrumental/ Brass
Where produced:
New York, NY
Comment:
Take off on Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, reminisicent of Mickey Katz
Number of tracks:
12
Copyright information:
1966
Additional notes:
Pop songs rearranged in klezmer style and/or with klezmer riffs thrown in; Yiddish-inflected random commentary.

Contents

Downtown
Author:
Hatch, Anthony Peter
Genre:
Pop
On album:
T-034(a) (Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass)
Track ID:
32986
Commentator, Band Leader?:
Jacobi, Lou
Orchestra:
Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass
Music Direction, Arrangement:
Butler, Artie
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Incidental announcing/comedic commentary.
Style:
Instrumental/Mariachi Brass/Novelty
Strangers in the Night
Author:
Kaempfert, Bert
Genre:
Pop
Subject:
Romantic Rendezvous
Additional song notes:
Author and composer data is not definitive.
On album:
T-034(a) (Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass)
Track ID:
32987
Commentator, Band Leader?:
Jacobi, Lou
Orchestra:
Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass
Music Direction, Arrangement:
Butler, Artie
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Incidental announcing/comedic commentary.
Style:
Instrumental/Mariachi Brass/Novelty
What Now My Love (French)
Author:
Delanoe, Pierre
Author:
Sigman, Carl
Composer:
Becaud, Gilbert Francois
Genre:
Pop
Additional song notes:
Delanoe wrote French lyrics, Sigman the English.
On album:
T-034(a) (Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass)
Track ID:
32988
Commentator, Band Leader?:
Jacobi, Lou
Orchestra:
Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass
Music Direction, Arrangement:
Butler, Artie
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Incidental announcing/comedic commentary. Riffs from "Lena from Palestina."
Style:
Instrumental/Mariachi Brass/Novelty
Never on Sunday
Author:
Hadjidakis, Manos
Author:
Towne, Billy
Genre:
Pop
On album:
T-034(a) (Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass)
Track ID:
32995
Commentator, Band Leader?:
Jacobi, Lou
Orchestra:
Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass
Music Direction, Arrangement:
Butler, Artie
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Incidental announcing/comedic commentary. Albume additionally credits Larue.
Style:
Instrumental/Mariachi Brass/Novelty
People
Author:
Merrill, Bob
Genre:
Pop
On album:
T-034(a) (Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass)
Track ID:
32996
Commentator, Band Leader?:
Jacobi, Lou
Orchestra:
Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass
Music Direction, Arrangement:
Butler, Artie
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Incidental announcing/comedic commentary.
Style:
Instrumental/Mariachi Brass/Novelty
Chicken Fat
Author:
Butler, Artie
Genre:
Pop/Humor
Subject:
Flab/Overweight
On album:
T-034(a) (Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass)
Track ID:
32997
Commentator, Band Leader?:
Jacobi, Lou
Orchestra:
Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass
Music Direction, Arrangement:
Butler, Artie
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Incidental announcing/comedic commentary.
Style:
Instrumental/Mariachi Brass/Novelty
It's Not Unusual
Author:
Mills, Gordon
Author:
Reed, Les
Genre:
Pop
Subject:
Infidelity
On album:
T-034(a) (Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass)
Track ID:
32994
Commentator, Band Leader?:
Jacobi, Lou
Orchestra:
Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass
Music Direction, Arrangement:
Butler, Artie
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Incidental announcing/comedic commentary.
Style:
Instrumental/Mariachi Brass/Novelty
Malaguena
Author:
Banks, Marian
Genre:
Spanish Song
Additional song notes:
English lyrics by Marian Banks
On album:
T-034(a) (Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass)
Track ID:
32989
Commentator, Band Leader?:
Jacobi, Lou
Orchestra:
Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass
Music Direction, Arrangement:
Butler, Artie
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Incidental announcing/comedic commentary.
Style:
Instrumental/Mariachi Brass/Novelty
Peter Gunn
Genre:
TV Show Theme Song
On album:
T-034(a) (Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass)
Track ID:
32990
Commentator, Band Leader?:
Jacobi, Lou
Orchestra:
Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass
Music Direction, Arrangement:
Butler, Artie
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Incidental announcing/comedic commentary.
Style:
Instrumental/Mariachi Brass/Novelty
Tsena Tsena — צאנה צאנה
Author:
Miron, Issacar — מירון, ישׂשׂכּר
Composer:
Khagiz, Yechiel — הגיז, יהיאָל
Genre:
Israeli
Subject:
Girls/Soldiers/Courting
Origin:
Alb O-001(d)/DeRoy 48
Transliteration:
G-005(a)/Alb O-001(d)
Translation:
Alb O-001(d)
On album:
T-034(a) (Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass)
Track ID:
32991
Commentator, Band Leader?:
Jacobi, Lou
Orchestra:
Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass
Music Direction, Arrangement:
Butler, Artie
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Incidental announcing/ comedic commentary. Riffs from "American Patrol."
Style:
Instrumental/Mariachi Brass/Novelty
Yellow of Rose of Texas
Additional song notes:
Music and lyrics appear to be traditional, American folk.
On album:
T-034(a) (Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass)
Track ID:
32992
Commentator, Band Leader?:
Jacobi, Lou
Orchestra:
Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass
Music Direction, Arrangement:
Butler, Artie
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Incidental announcing/comedic commentary. Album credits Booker & Feinerman
Style:
Instrumental/Mariachi Brass/Novelty
Taste of Honey
Genre:
Pop
On album:
T-034(a) (Al Tijuana and his Jewish Brass)
Track ID:
32993
Music Direction, Arrangement:
Butler, Artie
Commentator, Band Leader?:
Jacobi, Lou
Orchestra:
Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Incidental announcing/comedic commentary.
Style:
Instrumental/Mariachi Brass/Novelty