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Herb Alpert On 'Song Travels'

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Song Travels

Herb Alpert On 'Song Travels'

The jazz legend joins host Michael Feinstein for an instrumental duet of "When Sonny Gets Blue," and singer Lani Hall (Alpert's wife) performs "That Old Black Magic" with Feinstein's accompaniment.

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Electronic Exotica: Alpert and Mendes, Remixed

Herb Alpert and Sergio Mendes, giants of 1960s music, are back. Alpert collaborated with electronica musicians to remix his hits. And rap and soul stars have turned Mendes' work into a variety of new songs... with some mixed results.

Electronic Exotica: Alpert and Mendes, Remixed

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Herb Alpert Remembers Stan Getz

Two years before his death from cancer in 1991, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz entered the studio with producer Herb Alpert. The tapes were shelved at the time in favor of a more ambitious project; they were only recently found. Alpert speaks to NPR's Liane Hansen about his friendship with Getz and the '89 session, now on the CD Bossas and Ballads.

Herb Alpert Remembers Stan Getz

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