Steppin' Out (Herb Alpert album)

Steppin' Out
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 19, 2013
GenreJazz
LabelShout! Factory
ProducerHerb Alpert, Randy "Badazz" Alpert, Jeff Lorber, Lani Hall
Herb Alpert chronology
I Feel You
(2011)
Steppin' Out
(2013)

Steppin' Out is an album by Herb Alpert, released by the record label Shout! Factory on November 19, 2013.[1] In the United States, the album reached a peak position of number fifteen on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart,[2] and earned Alpert a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards on January 26, 2014.

Track listing

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  1. "Puttin' On the Ritz" (Irving Berlin) - 3:02
  2. "Jacky's Place" (Herb Alpert, Bill Cantos, Jeff Lorber) - 4:14
  3. "Our Song" (Art Pepper) - 5:03
  4. "Green Lemonade" (Alpert, Cantos, Lorber) - 4:04
  5. "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren)- 3:29
  6. "Good Morning Mr. Sunshine" (Rubén Fuentes) - 4:01
  7. "Oblivion" (Astor Piazzolla) - 4:26
  8. "What'll I Do?" (Berlin) - 3:31
  9. "Côte d'Azur" (Alpert, Cantos, Lorber) - 4:03
  10. "La Vie en Rose" (Édith Piaf, Louis Guglielmi) - 2:42
  11. "It's All in the Game" - 3:18
  12. "Europa" (Carlos Santana, Tom Coster) - 4:44
  13. "And the Angels Sing" (Johnny Mercer, Ziggy Elman) - 3:07
  14. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mercer) - 4:34
  15. "Migration" (Alpert, Cantos, Lorber) - 3:51
  16. "The Lonely Bull" (Sol Lake) - 4:39

Personnel

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  • Herb Alpert – trumpets, vocals
  • Lani Hall – vocals
  • Coco Triuisonno – bandoneon
  • Jeff Lorber – keyboards (2, 4, 9, 15), guitars (2, 4, 9, 15)
  • Bill Cantos – keyboards (3, 5, 8, 12, 16), arrangements (6, 7, 11, 13, 14), orchestrations (7, 14)
  • Eduardo del Barrio – keyboards (3, 5, 8, 12, 16), orchestrations and arrangements (3, 5, 12, 16)
  • Ramón Stagnaro – acoustic guitars
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – additional guitars (2, 4, 9, 15)
  • Hussain Jiffry – bass
  • Mike Shapiro – drums, percussion
  • Mari Falcone – orchestrations and arrangements (14)
  • Nick Glennie-Smith – conductor

Production

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  • Herb Alpert – producer, cover art
  • Randy "Badazz" Alpert – producer (1)
  • Jeff Lorber – producer (2, 4, 9, 15)
  • Lani Hall – co-producer (2, 4, 9, 15), producer (3, 5–8, 10–14, 16)
  • Iggy Elizabesky – engineer
  • Hussain Jiffry – engineer
  • Alan Meyerson – engineer, string recording, mixing (16)
  • Mick Guzauski – mixing (1–15)
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
  • Meryl Pollen – design
  • Roland Young – design

References

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  1. ^ Collar, Matt. "Steppin' Out". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  2. ^ "Steppin' Out: Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 27, 2014.