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Vol. 5: Tropical Sunrise

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  1. Footprints In The Sand (Huellas en la Arena)
  2. Dreams (Suenos)
  3. Your Move (Tu Moviemento)
  4. Andorihna Preta (Brazilian Love Song)
  5. Tropical Sunrise
  6. Cachaca Mecanica
  7. Jump In The Line
  8. Shades Of Love (Sombras de Amor)
  9. Wave
  10. Canto de Ossanha
  11. Swing And sway
  12. Island In The Sun (Wo meine Sonne scheint)
  13. Tahitian Sunset
  14. Moon Over Baja
  15. In The Everglades
  16. Malaysian Melody
About this album: 

Includes four bonus tracks: Tahitian Sunset, Moon Over Baja, In The Everglades and Malaysian Melody.

Sound Engineer: Peter Klemt
Concept & Text: Bert Kaempfert Music, Hamburg
Translation: Angela Schumacher
Design: LOGICON HAMBURG

Compact Disc availability: 

Polydor 533 905-2 (deleted)

Liner Notes: 

Biography

Bert Kaempfert's great breakthrough came in 1960 with his No. 1 hit in the USA, Wonderland By Night, which went on to conquer the world. He was the first German bandleader to be awarded a gold record in the USA. DJs in the American music magazine Cash Box voted his orchestra "Band of the Future."

In 1968 Bert Kaempfert won no less than five of the annual BMI awards in New York in the category of "most played compositions" for Lady, Spanish Eyes, Strangers In The Night, Sweet Maria and The World We Knew.

In 1974 "Mr. Invisible" received triumphant applause at his first two live concerts in London's Royal Albert Hall. At the early age of 56, Bert Kaempfert died of a stroke on 21 June 1980. That his music and compositions have a firm place in international music life is emphasized by numerous posthumous awards. In June 1993 he was elected to "The Songwriters' Hall of Fame" in New York - the first German to receive this most prestigious of all international awards.

Tropical Sunrise

After the great success of THAT LATIN FEELING in 1964, Bert Kaempfert produced a further album entitled TROPICAL SUNRISE which was also devoted exclusively to the rhythms of Latin America and released in 1977. Accompanied by exquisite harmonies and instrumental sounds, listeners were once again transported to exotic regions.

The original recording contained six numbers composed by Bert Kaempfert together with Herbert Rehbein. The title Footprints In The Sand even received an award in Argentina. In addition, such evergreens as Andorinha Preta (Brazilian Love Song) and Island In The Sun (sung by Harry Belafonte in the film of the same name in 1957 and famous in Germany as Wo meine Sonne scheint with Caterina Valente) were included in the compilation. Titles such as Wave, a hit by Antonio Carlos Jobin, composer of the Girl From Ipanema, and Canto de Ossanha by the legendary Brazilian guitarist Baden Powell catered for a "modern touch."

Of course such pieces call for all manner of South American percussion instruments such as the apito (whistle), bell tree, cabaza, claves (pair of hardwood sicks), conga (drumpplayed with the hands), cowbells, cuica (friction drum), pandeiro (tambourine), reco-reco (scraper), timbales, triangle and even a donkey's jaw bone. In addition to Rolf Ahrens on the drums, Nippy Noya, Max Raths, Hans Bekker and Manfred Sperling were engaged as percussionists, with Herb Geller (flute), Ack van Rooyen (trumpet), Jiggs Whigham (trombone) and Jürgen Schröder (guitar) performing the solos.

Bert Kaempfert's love for distant countries is reflected in many of his melodies and arrangements. Four such compositions have been added here as a special bonus: Tahitian Sunset from 1966, Moon Over Baja and In The Everglades, both recorded in 1974, and - to carry us away to the Far East - Malaysian Melody, set down in 1968.