Herb Alpert might be best known for kitschy ’60s instrumentals with The Tijuana Brass, like “Spanish Flea,” “Tijuana Taxi” and “A Taste of Honey” and “”The Lonely Bull,” but he’s led a fascinating ...

This holiday season inevitably brings to mind all the classic Christmas songs that have been written by Jews. Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” is the big blini, of course, having been covered more ...

Dec. 3: Herb Alpert’s reputation as a full-throttle trumpeter stems from his days leading the hitmaking Tijuana Brass. A few decades on, his horn has cooled down, making it the perfect accompaniment ...