Herb Alpert & Lani Hall – World Café Live – Philadelphia, PA – April 23, 2018 – Photo by Jim Rinaldi © 2018 Herb Alpert & Lani Hall – World Café Live – Philadelphia, PA – April 23, 2018 World Café Live took a Tijuana taxi south of the border the other night when legendary trumpeter Herb Alpert and his long-time wife Lani Hall (who used to be the lead singer of Sergio Mendes and Brazil ‘66) shared many of the swinging jazzy compositions from their 50-year plus careers. Two of

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