Midnight Sun

Personnel: Herb Alpert (vocals, trumpet); Larry Carlton, John Pisano, Barry Zweig (guitar); Stan Getz (tenor saxophone); Frank Collett, Eddie del Barrio (piano); Monty Budwig (bass); Harvey Mason, Jeff Hamilton (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Bernie Grundman.
With 1992's MIDNIGHT SUN, Herb Alpert indulges himself with vintage standards. A strong jazz feel imbues the relaxed atmosphere. The soloist's treatments of "All the Things You Are" create a cool and mellow version of the Hammerstein-Kern classic. Alpert reprises his 1965 hit, "A Taste of Honey," with a blue jazz feeling.
After pop concerns dominating his work for the previous 30 years, it's refreshing to hear this CD of timeless songs. MIDNIGHT SUN is not so much concerned with finding a hit through today's trends but rediscovering an appreciation of the great music that's been forgotten.