So the next time you are getting ready to complain the Herb Alpert doesn't "play the way he used to" remember, he can't. And most importantly, doesn't want to.
I don't agree with that; he "played the way he used to" when he recorded new trumpet tracks for some of the LOST TREASURES tunes.
It's pretty obvious even listening casually that the whole "relearning" thing happened sometime between THE BRASS ARE COMIN' and RISE. Listen to the difference in trumpet sounds between those two albums. It's like night and day. I think he can play any way he wants to.