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Does Herb Alpert play trumpet on any tracks on Burt Bacharach's A&M albums?  Lots of the tunes feature trumpet, and many times, the trumpet does not sound like Herb, but on a few tunes, the Herb detector registers.  

The albums don't list any credits.

I know that Herb occasionally did things like this, for example, playing the trumpet solo on the Carpenters' "Close to You."

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I would rule nothing out...Bacharach did a conduction gig here a few decades ago, and the guy who played the trumpet solos ton the ballads old me that Bacharach was rather...intense about how he wanted them to be played...the best I can remember was that he said he wanted them to be"...wispy, like smoke, like....HERB ALPERT".

Now, I don't think that Alpert plays on the Dionne sides, I think those were all East Coast dates, but since you're talking about did Alpert get a few spots on records on his own label...I would not try to dissuade you from that notion, not at all. It seems pretty synergetic, actually.

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