Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Blow Into the Byham (Mon, 5/12/25)

We humans keep pushing the bounds of what is possible. A sub-2-hour marathon now seems within reach. Last year, a female athlete deadlifted over 700 pounds. And in the category of musicians of yesteryear continuing to tour, we have Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass. Alpert recently celebrated his 90th birthday. He’s so old that as a young trumpeter starting out in music, he played in a U.S. Army band during the Korean War. After military service, the multitalented Alpert returned to his hometown of Los Angeles and worked as a songwriter and vocalist. Then in the 1960s he shot to fame as a musician-slash-bandleader. (And by the way, there’s nothing exclusively Tijuana-ish about the Tijuana Brass. Alpert chose the name to be on theme with his first hit single, “The Lonely Bull,” the title of which was inspired by a bullfight he’d seen in Tijuana.) Over the years Alpert has recorded dozens of albums, both with and without the Brass. His honors range from a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to a National Medal of Arts award. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass visit Pittsburgh for a concert at the Byham Theater. The show is sold out, so try your secondary ticket sources. 7:30 p.m. 101 6th St., Cultural District. (M.V.)

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