Herb Alpert joins host Stephen Kallao

Recording icon Herb Alpert’s latest album, 50, marks a significant milestone, it’s his 50th full-length recording. The Tijuana Brass bandleader, A&M Records Co-founder, and philanthropist joins the Cafe to look back on his weighty career, including stories about Quincy Jones and The Carpenters. Plus, when it comes to writing songs, why it’s all about the melody.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy” Blue Lines
Herb Alpert “Sh-Boom” 50
Herb Alpert “Dancing Down 50th Street” WC Recording
The Carpenters “(They Long To Be) Close To You” Close To You
Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass “A Taste of Honey” Whipped Cream & Other Delights
Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass “Ladyfingers” Whipped Cream & Other Delights
Herb Alpert “Rise” Rise
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass “Ladyfingers” Whipped Cream & Other Delights
The Police “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic” Ghost In The Machine
Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun” Superunknown
Captain & Tennille “Love Will Keep Us Together” Love Will Keep Us Together
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass “Spanish Flea” Going Places
Supertramp “Breakfast In America” Breakfast In America
The Go-Go’s “Vacation” Vacation

Hour Two
Phish “Gotta Jibboo” Farmhouse
The Dare “All Night” What’s Wrong With New York?
Macy Gray “I Try” On How Life Is
Father John Misty “She Cleans Up” Mahashmashana
Cassandra Lewis “So Bad” Lost in a Dream
Keane “Sea Fog” WC Recording
They Might Be Giants “Birdhouse In Your Soul” WC Recording
Rhiannon Giddens “Freedom Highway” WC Recording
The Cure “A Fragile Thing” Songs of A Lost World
Suzanne Vega “Solitude Standing” Solitude Standing
Paris Paloma “labour” Cacophony
Emily King “Can’t Hold Me” WC Recording
Orla Gartland “Little Chaos” Everybody Needs A Hero
Roxy Music “Avalon” Avalon
Florence + The Machine “Dog Days Are Over” Lungs