On a typical Saturday night, thousands of American teenagers flood Tijuana’s Revolucion Avenue in search of the kind of fun they can’t find at home. The legal drinking age here is 18, not that anyone ...
During his nearly 70 years in show business, Herb Alpert has learned that giving the people what they want is paramount for success. So it’s not surprising that the idea for bringing back his band the ...
It’s been 53 years since Herb Alpert scored his first hit with The Tijuana Brass, 1962’s “The Lonely Bull (El Solo Torro),” but the Los Angeles-born trumpeter and band leader is still experimenting ...
Legendary musician, artist, record label executive, and philanthropist Herb Alpert has announced he will reform his iconic Tijuana Brass Band for the first time in over 40 years for a string of US ...
Legendary recording artist Herb Alpert is the kind of guy who gives you keen, friendly marriage advice just because he cares. He’s kind and smooth and insightful. Alpert’s Tijuana Brass sound took ...
Years of secondhand ubiquity make it odd to hear Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in a format other than used vinyl and on a label other than A&M. It seems every middle-class household in Sixties ...
For the first time in over 40 years, Alpert is reforming his iconic Tijuana Brass band (with an all-new lineup!) to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the iconic album “Whipped Cream & Other Delights ...
Not neglected by the record-buying public, of course, because Alpert’s string of Tijuana Brass albums in the 1960s made him the top-earning act in the USA for a three-year period. In 1966, four of ...
Herb Alpert laughs when he says that his sister Mimi — who at 98 is nine years his senior — often asks him, “Why are you doing these concerts? Why are you traveling? Why do you want to do that?” But ...
HERB ALPERT, 81, is the trumpeter whose band Tijuana Brass won six Grammy awards. His best known solo hit was This Guy’s In Love With You in 1968. He also co-founded A&M Records. Albums from his back ...
Herb Alpert’s list of accomplishments is longer than, well, a trombone. He is the composer, arranger, trumpet player and leader of the famed Tijuana Brass, as well as a record producer (he and partner ...