#2702 Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights

Bubbly little Latin ditties, the kind of thing you might find in cowboy-movie Mexico, or backing a Tarantino / Soderbergh mini-montage. It's enjoyable, but man, this is the epitome of melody, written-and-performed, polished squeaky clean until it sounds like library music. There's no vestige of jazz left, no soul left to lose. What's cowboy music good for without that friction? 3/5