Herb Alpert – Rise

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Rise is a 1979 album by Herb Alpert.

The album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and at No. 6 on both the Billboard 200 and R&B album chart, selling more than three million copies.

Track listing:
Side one
“1980” (Herb Alpert) – 2:25
“Rise” (Andy Armer, Randy “Badazz” Alpert) – 7:37
“Behind the Rain” (Herb Alpert) – 5:34
“Rotation” (Andy Armer, Randy “Badazz” Alpert) – 5:12
Side two
“Street Life” (Joe Sample, Will Jennings) – 5:01
“Love Is” (Bill Withers, Paul Smith) – 4:28
“Angelina” (Pete Sinfield, Gary Brooker) – 4:13
“Aranjuez (Mon Amour)” (Joaquín Rodrigo) – 6:42

Personnel:
Herb Alpert – trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals, orchestrations (1, 8)
Michel Colombier – acoustic piano (1, 8), synth bass (1), orchestrations (1)
Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming (1)
Andy Armer – Fender Rhodes (2), acoustic piano, Rhodes piano, clavinet, synthesizers
Mike Lang – acoustic piano (2)
Joe Sample – acoustic piano
Pete Jolly – accordion (8)
Carlos Rios – guitars (1, 3-8)
Tim May – guitars
Chris Pinnick – guitars
Jay Dee Maness – slide guitar (7)
Tommy Tedesco – lute (8), balalaika (8)
James Jamerson Jr. – bass
Bob Magnusson – acoustic bass (1)
Abraham Laboriel – bass (2), acoustic guitar (8)
Louis Johnson – bass (6)
Jerry Knight – bass (8)
Randy “Badazz” Alpert – drums, Moog drums, percussion, tavia, insanities
Harvey Mason – drums
Steve Schaeffer – drums (2), percussion
Manolo Badrena – percussion
Julius Wechter – marimba
Emil Richards – percussion (8)
John Bergamo – percussion (8)
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – alto trombone (1)
Bob Findley – trumpet (1)
Tom Scott – Lyricon (8)
Tom Tom 84 – string orchestrations (3, 5)
Gene Page – orchestrations (8)
Benjamin Barrett – string contractor (3, 5)
Paul Shure – concertmaster (3, 5)
Harry Bluestone – concertmaster (8)