Midnight Sun is an album of late-night jazz standards recorded by Herb Alpert. This was Alpert's final release of newly recorded music for A&M Records in 1992. It would also mark the 30th anniversary of A&M Records.
Featured tracks include "Friends" (an original composition featuring a duet with the late Sax legend Stan Getz recorded in 1990), as well as an orchestral arrangement of the hit "A Taste of Honey". Alpert offers two vocal efforts, "Someone to Watch Over Me", and a new version of "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face". The album closes with "Smile", co-written by Charlie Chaplin, whose legendary lot became the home of the A&M Studios back in 1966.
Contents
Track listing
"Midnight Sun" (Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer) - 6:05
"All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 3:53
"Someone to Watch Over Me" (George & Ira Gershwin) - 5:16
"In the Wee Small Hours" (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) - 5:53
"Friends" (Eddie del Barrio, Herb Alpert) - 4:21
"A Taste of Honey" (Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow) - 6:52
"Mona Lisa" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) - 5:46
"I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) - 5:07
"Silent Tears and Roses" (Eddie del Barrio) - 3:50
"Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons) - 4:13
Personnel
Herb Alpert – trumpet, vocals
Frank Collett – grand piano (1–4, 6–10)
Eddie del Barrio – grand piano (5), arrangements and conductor
Larry Carlton – guitars (1–4, 6–10)
John Pisano – guitars
Barry Zwieg – guitars (1–4, 6–10)
Monty Budwig – bass
Harvey Mason – drums (1–4, 6–10)
Jeff Hamilton – drums (5)
Stan Getz – tenor saxophone (5)
Bill Hughes – string contractor
Production
Herb Alpert – producer
Steve Smith – engineer
John Aguto – assistant engineer
Greg Goldman – assistant engineer
Ed Goodreau – assistant engineer
Eric Rudd – assistant engineer
Thom Russo – assistant engineer
Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
Roland Young – art direction
Jürgen Reisch – photography
Kip Cohen – management, direction