After a two year delay due to the pandemic, legendary artists Herb Alpert & Lani Hall finally landed in Toronto to a loyal appreciative audience.
Applying the tag ‘legendary’ to both Alpert & Hall should not be taken lightly — the impressive reality is both have made an enormous impact musically and socially to the fabric of the music industry and philanthropy respectively.
Over six decades with record sales of over 70 million, A&M Records label founder with an elite resume of who’s who, including his band The Tijuana Brass, Burt Bacharach, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, James Bond, The Carpenters, Janet Jackson, Quincy Jones, Humble Pie, Styx and the list literally goes on and on (and on) …
“Sound comes from within…”
Herb Alpert, Toronto, May 2023
SETLIST
What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong cover)
The Work Song / What Now My Love / Besame Mucho
Rise / Whipped Cream / The Lonely Bull / Casino Royale / Spanish Flea / Route 101 / Mexican Shuffle / Tijuana Taxi / A Taste of Honey / A Banda
This Guy’s in Love With You (Burt Bacharach cover)
The Look of Love / Fool on the Hill / Like a Lover / Never Say Never Again / Mas Que Nada
I’m Yours (Jason Mraz cover)
Ain’t No Sunshine (Bill Withers cover)
Puttin’ On the Ritz (Irving Berlin cover)
We’ve Only Just Begun (The Carpenters cover)
Copacabana (at the Copa) (Barry Manilow cover)
Supported by accomplished bassist Hussain Jiffry, pianist Bill Cantros and percussionist Tiki Pasillas — the band were impeccably tight — flexing various musical styles withe ease.
