The Mariachi Brass

Country: United States
Comments: Chet Baker-fronted studio outfit, essentially a me-too version of the Tijuana Brass. Their four album recordings, arranged by the legendary Jack Nitzsche, feature some of L.A.'s finest session musicians.

Chet Baker fans have dismissed these albums for decades because of their pop appeal, the fact that The Mariachi Brass was one of many brass oriented groups thrown together by a record company to capitalize on the success of Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass in the mid-60s, and also because it has been widely speculated that Baker only agreed to record these LPs to get money to support his drug habit.