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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jason Hanna can walk from his home in I.B. to the beach where, on a clear day, he can see the bullring where Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass made one of the first music videos — for “Lonely Bull,” ...

The Lonely Bull made music history when it was originally released in 1962. It marked the beginning of the very successful A&M Records (Alpert & Moss) and both the title track and the album hit the ...

“While I was mixing it,” says Alpert, who turned 81 in March, “this lady who was mopping up, the maintenance lady, opened the door and said, ‘What are you listening to, honey?’ I said, ‘This is my new ...

The crowd shoehorned into Manhattan’s Basin Street East last week was itching for action. “Ole!” they shouted. “Ole! Ole!” Thus encouraged, the Tijuana Brass let loose with its patented version of The ...

I GIVE you three toe-tapping, era-evoking, culturally corrupt yet ultimately irresistible words: the Tijuana Brass. This band -- well, this idea of a band -- was born in Southern California in 1962, ...

Did you watch The Queen's Gambit, the Netflix mini-series about the female chess champ, starring Anya Taylor-Joy? Whether you did or didn't, there's a scene in episode 4 ("Middle Game") where lead ...