Thursday, March 26, 2009

HERB ALPERT & LANI HALL - ANYTHING GOES

Concord Records has just announced the signing of music icon and legendary trumpeter and bandleader, Herb Alpert, and his wife, the internationally renowned singer, Lani Hall. The celebrated duo's Concord debut Anything Goes is a live collection of beautifully reinterpreted standards, and marks the first complete project that Herb and Lani have recorded together. Anything Goes is slated for release on May 26, 2009.

Throughout his illustrious career Herb Alpert has sold more than 72 million albums worldwide as a musician and bandleader of the groundbreaking Tijuana Brass. He has won seven Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year for "A Taste of Honey," and had three of his recordings--the early TJB hit "Whipped Cream," 1966's "What Now My Love," and his 1979 solo hit "Rise"--honored with inclusion in the Grammy Awards Archive Collection.

In 1962, Alpert and Jerry Moss founded A&M Records, which became one of the world's leading independently owned record labels and home to such renowned artists as The Police, The Carpenters, Carole King and Janet Jackson among others. During this time Herb produced the likes of Stan Getz, The Baja Marimba Band, Gato Barbieri, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, and his wife of more than thirty years, Lani Hall. Lani's own Grammy-award winning career as a songstress stretches from 1960s where she amassed hits as lead singer with Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, leading into a string of solo albums in English, Portuguese and Spanish that began with 1972's "Sun Down Lady."

Herb and Lani kick-off their first week of their US tour in support of the new release on April 16, 2009:
April 16 – Newport News, VA @ Ferguson Center for the Arts
April 17 – Philadelphia, PA @ Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
April 18 – Annapolis, MD @ Rams Head On Stage
April 19 – Tarrytown, NY @ Tarrytown Music Hall
April 21 – New York, NY @ Rose Hall
April 22 – Boston, MA @ Berklee Performing Center
April 23 – Troy, NY @ TSB Music Hall
http://www.herbalpert.com

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