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The Baja Marimba Band was an American musical group led by marimba player Julius Wechter.Formed by producer Herb Alpert after his own Tijuana Brass, [1] the Baja Marimba Band outlasted the Tijuana Brass by several years in part due to TV producer Chuck Barris, who included the group's music on his game shows in the 1970s.
Exceptions include the Bach piece "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," and a traditional Hispanic number, "Las Mañanitas." The latter song's arrangement, provided by marimbist Julius Wechter, is near identical to one used by Wechter's Baja Marimba Band several years earlier, on their 1965 album For Animals Only. The songs's title literally means ...
Julius Wechter (May 10, 1935 – February 1, 1999) was an American musician and composer who played the marimba and vibraphone. He also played various percussion instruments. He composed the song "Spanish Flea" for Herb Alpert and was leader of the Baja Marimba Band.
Julius Wechter was a percussionist in Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, most notably on marimba. "Spanish Flea" was one of several songs he wrote for the group. It was released as an instrumental on the B-side to the single "What Now My Love" from their 1965 album Going Places.
Julius Wechter & the Baja Marimba Band; We Five; Tim Weisberg; Cory Wells; West End one of a series of aliases for producer Eddie Gordon, all under dance label AM:PM; West End Girls (A&M Canada) Caron Wheeler (Perspective/A&M) Barry White; David Wilcox; Paul Williams; Shanice Wilson; Paul Winter; Bill Withers; Gary Wright; Bill Wyman; will.i.am ...
Ervan F. "Bud" Coleman (July 7, 1921 – May 26, 1967) was an American guitar and mandolin player. A member of Baja Marimba Band he also worked with Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass and wrote the hit track "Tijuana Taxi" for the band.
[citation needed] Julius Wechter and the Baja Marimba Band covered the song on their 1971 album Julius Wechter and the Baja Marimba Band's Back under the title "Anytime of the Year (Bashana Haba'ah)". [7] Claudine Longet recorded it in 1971 as "Anytime of the Year," but with the Hebrew lyrics. [8]
Marimbist and vibraphonist Julius Wechter was the leader of a popular 1960s Latin-flavored band called Baja Marimba Band. Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass made frequent use of the marimba. [37] Ruth Underwood played an electrically amplified marimba in Frank Zappa's The Mothers of Invention. [38]