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Midnight Sun
Studio album by Herb Alpert
Released	1992
Recorded	1991-1992
Genre	Easy listening, jazz
Length	51:16
Label	A&M
Producer	Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert chronology
North on South St. (1991) Midnight Sun (1992) Second Wind (1996)

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AllMusic	[1]

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.

Track listing

1. "Midnight Sun" ( Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer) - 6:05
2. " All the Things You Are" ( Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 3:53
3. " Someone to Watch Over Me" ( George & Ira Gershwin) - 5:16
4. " In the Wee Small Hours" ( Bob Hilliard, David Mann) - 5:53
5. "Friends" ( Eddie del Barrio, Herb Alpert) - 4:21
6. " A Taste of Honey" ( Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow) - 6:52
7. " Mona Lisa" ( Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) - 5:46
8. " I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" ( Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) - 5:07
9. "Silent Tears and Roses" ( Eddie del Barrio) - 3:50
10. " 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

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