Steppin’ Out

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Catalog: Shout! Factory 826663-14605

Produced by Herb Alpert and Lani Hall
* – Produced by Randy Badazz Alpert and Herb Alpert
** – Produced by Jeff Lorber and Herb Alpert, Co-Produced by Lani Hall

Tracks:

1. Puttin’ On The Ritz (Irving Berlin) – 3:01*
2. Jacky’s Place (Herb Alpert/Jeff Lorber/Bill Cantos) – 4:15**
3. Our Song (Art Pepper) – 5:03
4. Green Lemonade (Herb Alpert/Jeff Lorber/Bill Cantos) – 4:05**
5. I Only Have Eyes For You (Harry Warren/Al Dubin) – 3:29
6. Good Morning Mr. Sunshine (Ruben Fuentes Gasson) – 4:02
7. Oblivion (Astor Piazzolla) – 4:27
8. What’ll I Do? (Irving Berlin) – 3:31
9. Côte D’Azur (Herb Alpert/Jeff Lorber/Bill Cantos) – 4:04**
10. La Vie En Rose (Luis Guglielmi/Edith Piaf) – 2:41
11. It’s All In The Game (Carl Sigman/Charles Dawes) – 3:18
12. Europa (Thomas J. Coster/Carlos Santana) – 4:44
13. And The Angels Sing (Ziggy Elman/Johnny Mercer) – 3:07
14. Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer) – 4:35
15. Migration (Herb Alpert/Jeff Lorber/Bill Cantos) – 3:52**
16. The Lonely Bull (Sol Lake) – 4:39

Musicians:
Herb Alpert – Trumpet and Vocals
Lani Hall – Vocals
Bill Cantos – Keyboards, Arrangements (6, 7, 11, 13, 14), Orchestra (7, 14 [w/Mari Falcone])
Hussain Jiffrey – Bass
Michael Shapiro – Drums and Percussion
Jeff Lorber – Keyboards and Guitar (2, 4, 9, 15)
Eduardo del Barrio – Keyboards, Arrangement & Orchestra (3, 5, 8, 12, 16)
Coco Triuisonno – Bandoneon
Ramon Stagnaro – Acoustic Guitar
Paul Jackson, Jr. – Guitar (2, 4, 9, 15)

Orchestra conducted by Nick Glennie-Smith

Engineers: Hussain Jiffry and Alan Myerson
Mixed by Mick Guzauski, except “Lonely Bull”, mixed by Alan Myerson
Mastering Engineer: Bernie Grundman
Iggy Elizabesky – Studio and Engineer
Cover Art: “Tango Americano” by Herb Alpert
Design: Meryll Pollen/Roland Young

This music is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend Gil Friesen


Released in 2013, Lani Hall joins Herb on yet another post-millennium album, not only on vocals but gets a co-producer credit on 11 of the songs. STEPPIN’ OUT won Herb yet another Grammy® for his collection. This one won in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category, and the song “Steppin’ Out” rose up the Billboard® Jazz Charts.