will be at the Wednesday, and WKSU鈥檚 Kabir Bhatia recently spoke with the legendary musician and entrepreneur.
Herb Alpert still practices the trumpet every day. The man who once outsold the Beatles, who discovered acts ranging from The Carpenters to The Police, whose music has appeared everywhere from 鈥溾�� to 鈥溾�� is hitting the road with wife in support of two and a major reissue campaign. Why does he keep making music?
鈥淚 try to put on positive music," he said. "I think we鈥檙e going through a very strange time in this country, and I want that music to be upbeat. And when you leave our concerts, most people always feel better for the experience than when they walked in.鈥�
Alpert is the only person to hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts both and a trumpet player, and said he鈥檒l be doing both during his upcoming tour. For him 鈥� as a businessman and a musician 鈥� it鈥檚 all about self-expression.
鈥淟ouis Armstrong did that; his personality came right through the horn," he said. "I just want to be me; I don鈥檛 want to line myself up with Miles Davis or any of the great trumpet players. You never really get to where you want to go as a musician."
"Dizzy Gillespie was a good friend of mine and he used to say, 鈥楾he closer I get, the farther it looks.鈥� I love that expression,鈥� Alpert said.
Alpert sold A&M in the late 1980s, and he and business partner Jerry Moss were inducted into the Rock Hall in 2006.
The entire interview with Herb Alpert is below:
