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Topic: jazz song on mannix
Posted By: keystone
Subject: jazz song on mannix
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2016 at 2:26pm
i was watching an episode of mannix called to the swiftest death and i thought i heard them playing a herb alpert song...can anyone tell me the name of that song?...if you go to 32:02 into the show the song will start...link below..thanks


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz441W6lsGI" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz441W6lsGI



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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2016 at 6:11pm
Thats either Herb Alpert, or the Baja Marimba Band, which was a spin off group from Alpert.
I own a lot of those records and might be able to find the song, but it may take a while.
Let me know if you already have found out the name so I don't search in vain.


Posted By: keystone
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2016 at 6:14pm
thank you very much..i would definitely love to know the name of the song ..i haven't been able to find much info on it


Posted By: js
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2016 at 7:04pm
okay, I'll see what I can do. In the meantime, you can also search for the song using the album samples provided on amazon.com


Posted By: js
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 9:55am
I have some time to work on this day, later I will list albums that it does not show up on so as to narrow the selection.

In the Mannix scene, she is a bull fighting fan killed with a bull fighting sword, so possibly the song is about bull fighting.
Did you check out any samples on amazon?


Posted By: keystone
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 10:10am
yes....i have checked everywhere online including you tube.. i appreciate you taking the time to look for me..thank you


Posted By: js
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 10:45am
Here is a website with his discography. If you click on the albums, you can hear samples.
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/herb-alpert-mn0000674332/discography

In the meantime, I'll go through what I have. So far you can exclude:
"Whipped Cream"
"Going Places"
"South of the Border"
"What Now My Love"
 "Herb Alperts' Ninth"
"America"
"Casino Royale"
"The Beat of the Brass"
"Volume 2"
I'll list others in this post as I go through them.


Posted By: keystone
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 2:01pm
thank you..i'm checking the link you sent also


Posted By: keystone
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 2:21pm
its not in albums
lonely bull
south of the border
whipped cream and other delights
i cant get samples on albums:
herb alperts Tijuana bras vol 2 or ..1963
Tijuana brass..1966




Posted By: js
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 3:10pm
I put Volume 2 on my list above.

Its very possible that this song is actually the Baja Marimba Band. You might want to check their allmusic page next.
I also have some of their albums too.


Posted By: keystone
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 3:15pm
someone on another forum suggested richard markowitcz may also be the artist


Posted By: js
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 5:31pm
^ thats possible, Markowitz scored some Mannix episodes. 
I'm going through some Baja Marimba records now, I'll post the results.


Posted By: js
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 6:25pm
I did some more research and I now think that it is Markowitz imitating Herb Alpert. First of all, Markowitz did score that episode.

When they show the record label during that scene, it obviously is not an Alpert album (that would be an A&M label) since they were blatantly using the song, they had no need to hide what record it was, which makes me think the record they are showing is just a mock-up while Markowitz's dead on imitation plays in the background.

Also, I think there is some humor at work here. The murdered woman was a bull fighting fan and was killed with a bull fighting sword. Due to Alpert's frequent references to bull fighting in his music, it made for a sort of sarcastic joke to have a faux Alpert tune playing while Mannix finds the sword and the murder.




Posted By: keystone
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 6:28pm
yes..if it was herb alpert i think we would have found it by now...if it was markowitz how would i go about finding it..i cant find much on him


Posted By: js
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 6:51pm
From what I saw, he appears on some soundtrack collections possibly, or maybe a few soundtracks of his own.

Since the song on Mannix is never allowed to play in its entirety, it may have never been released outside this episode. The complete song may exist only in his personal collection.
Possibly an attempt to contact him personally would be your only shot at getting that song.

In the meantime, I'm going to see if I can make out what that faux record label says.
Also, while looking at Mannix trivia, I ran across the episode where there is a topless female sunbather for a couple seconds. Shocked


Posted By: keystone
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 7:00pm
lol...gotta love mannix....


Posted By: js
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 7:21pm
The record label says "Modern Rhythm" in big cursive print with a couple of large musical notes, its all a spoof.
Which music site had a site member that tipped you in the right direction? If you have a link to the thread, I'd like to check it out.


Posted By: keystone
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 7:49pm
http://forum.amcorner.com/threads/herb-alpert-song-in-mannix-episode.15335/#post-155645


Posted By: js
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 8:14pm
Yeah, that guy knows his stuff, closed case.


Posted By: keystone
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 8:19pm
thanks...i do appreciate your help


Posted By: js
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 8:44pm
Songs like these are sometimes released on sound library collections. Italian and French labels sometimes lean this way. I own some of these collections, and Herb Alpert imitations are not uncommon.

If you listen closely to the Mannix tune, the production is not near as smooth as Herb Alpert, but the tune itself and the chord changes hold up well against some of Herb's best, its a very clever imitation, sure had me fooled.


Posted By: keystone
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 8:51pm
i downloaded the mannix episode as an mp3..then cut just the song out so i have the song..but i cant figure out how to get the sound even on it..it goes up and down through the song..i'm using wavepad software for editing..has anyone had an experience doing this?


Posted By: js
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 8:58pm
Using compression will even it a bit, but volume differences that big will be hard to get entirely even.


Posted By: keystone
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 9:02pm
anything would be better than it is



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