Q & A.(SCENES AND SIGHTINGS FROM THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUMS AND BEYOND)(Herb Alpert)(Interview)

HERB ALPERT donated $300,000 to the Smithsonian Institution to support Jazz Appreciation Month each April through 2009. The famed trumpeter, bandleader (The Tijuana Brass) and record-company founder (A & M Records) spoke with the magazine's David Zax.

THE COVER OF YOUR 1965 ALBUM, WHIPPED CREAM AND OTHER DELIGHTS--A WOMAN CLAD ONLY IN A FROTHY CREAM--BECAME A POP CULTURE ICON. When my partner and I saw it, we thought maybe it was pushing it a little too much. But it seemed like a lot of people bought the album just for the cover. I think it's one of my best albums. It sold 14 million copies, and I think it was the breakthrough album. It had "A Taste of Honey" on it. …