The nine-time Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Herb Alpert is performing at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta on Monday, Dec. 5. Beginning in the 1960s, Alpert was the bandleader of the Tijuana Brass and co-founder of A&M Records, one of the most influential independent record labels in the world. His extensive career earned him 15 gold albums and 14 platinum, even outselling the Beatles at one point. In 2012, President Obama awarded him the National Medal of the Arts. Before he hits the stage in Atlanta with his wife, the Grammy Award-winning vocalist Lani Hall, Alpert joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom for a conversation about his love for the trumpet and for cultivating fellow musicians.
Interview highlights:
On discovering the trumpet:
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