There can be few sounds in pop music over the last fifty years as instantly recognizable as the smooth trumpet and playful, Latin-tinged tunes of Herb Alpert—trumpeter, composer, bandleader, record company co-founder, visual artist, philanthropist... and as I kidded him in a phone conversation we had a few weeks ago, “chief bottle washer.” “Gardener... I also take out the garbage... I’m in charge of a lot of stuff!” adds Alpert with a laugh. With the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert recorded songs in the 1960s such as “A Taste of Honey,” “Tijuana Taxi,” “The Lonely Bull,” and the title song from the soundtrack of the Peter Sellers version of Casino Royale . Now 81 years old, he’s still at it, recording and touring nationally with his wife Lani Hall, who was involved with another iconic 1960s group as one of the lead vocalists for Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66. Alpert and Hall will bring their national tour to the Gillioz Theatre in Springfield on Saturday September 30 at 8:00pm. Herb Alpert
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