NPR: Jazz legend Herb Alpert releases his 50th album

NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with a legend of jazz, Herb Alpert, who has just released his 50th album. It is called “50.”

SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

Herb Alpert has a new album that brings together lessons he says he’s learned from playing the trumpet for over 80 years, specifically those times in which he says, a-ha.

HERB ALPERT: I had problems playing the trumpet. I started stuttering through the instrument. I couldn’t get the first note outright. So I met this trumpet teacher in New York City. His name was Carmine Caruso. And he was called The Troubleshooter. I said, Carmine, what am I doing wrong? He said, let me tell you something, kid, this trumpet is just a piece of plumbing. That’s all it is. It’s a series of pipes, and you’re the instrument. That sound comes from deep within you.

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