Herb Alpert

Lani Hall Featuring Herb Alpert: Seasons of Love

by Nicholas F. Mondello
April 22, 2022

Vocalist and author Lani Hall has not released an album of her own in 20 years. That is our loss, for sure. Her last effort--not counting her work with husband Herb Alpert on his tours and on a number of his fine Grammy-winning sessions--was in 1998. With Seasons of Love Hall's stepping out in front shows nothing has changed. She still has an outstanding voice with plenty of walloping emotional impact. She “returns" with this effort, delivering ten fine songs—most ...

Herb Alpert

by Joseph Vella
April 16, 2021

The legendary Herb Alpert visits with Tom. The two friends discuss Herb's start into the music business, songwriting, Sam Cooke, the evolution of the Tijuana Brass, that famous cover featuring whipped cream, A&M Studios, and the power of music as it pertains to life. ...

Herb and Lani Alpert: Truth-Telling, the Arts and Heart

by Nicholas F. Mondello
April 30, 2019

It's been nearly four years since we last spoke to Herb Alpert. Now in his early 80s and about to go on tour performing with his wife, Lani Hall, Alpert continues to be a dynamic—and vital—force in both the music and art world. His philanthropic efforts on behalf the arts and music education are unparalleled and distinguish him as a true humanitarian. All About Jazz: Herb, on behalf of All About Jazz, thanks for taking time.

Herb Alpert: Come Fly with Me

by Nicholas F. Mondello
August 22, 2015

With his latest recording, Come Fly with Me, legendary award-winning trumpeter, producer, artist and overall Renaissance Man, Herb Alpert takes the listener on a melody-rich, groove-embellished artistic journey, offering marvelous musical perspectives and insights with both familiar and exciting new sonic landscapes. All About Jazz: Herb, on behalf of all About Jazz, it's great speaking with you again. Thanks for taking time to speak with us about Come Fly with Me. Herb Alpert: My pleasure, Nick. ...

Herb Alpert: In the Mood for Excellence

by Nicholas F. Mondello
February 4, 2015

While he has been bestowed endless awards--nine Grammys, a presidential Medal of the Arts, enshrined in the Rock Hall of Fame--and has sold over 72 million records, Herb Alpert is a trumpet player at heart and an artist in his soul. What emanates from that trumpet and its player's mind is pure creative expression. And, in addition to the love of his life, the incredibly talented vocalist/author Lani Hall, Herb Alpert is deeply enamored with melody and with the Muse ...

Herb Alpert-Lani Hall Quintet at Musical Instrument Museum

by Patricia Myers
March 28, 2014

Herb Alpert-Lani Hall Quintet Musical Instrument Museum Phoenix, Arizona March 17, 2014 Trumpeter-vocalist Herb Alpert and vocalist Lani Hall performed a lively and captivating concert that linked their past triumphs to their newest collaborations. The uber-professionalism of this concert conveyed the ambience of a New York City cabaret show, an informal and relaxing mode that brimmed with rich talent. The California couple wove their vast catalog of standards, pop hits and Brazilian songs ...

Herb Alpert: On The Record

by Telly Davidson
March 29, 2011

It was no less than Miles Davis who once opined, “You don't have to hear but three notes before you know it's Herb Alpert." True enough, while Alpert's name isn't often mentioned in the same sentence as the other icons of West Coast jazz (many of whom appeared on records produced by his and Jerry Moss' A&M label), his trumpet has one of the most recognizable and iconic voices in postwar instrumental performance. While Latin rhythms had already gotten their ...

Sorting Out the Tijuana Sound

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
December 10, 2020

Did you watch The Queen's Gambit, the Netflix mini-series about the female chess champ, starring Anya Taylor-Joy? Whether you did or didn't, there's a scene in episode 4 ("Middle Game") where lead character Beth Harmon and her step-mom fly down to Mexico City to a tournament. In the background was the brilliant use of Mexican Highway as background music Following the episode, I must have received two dozen emails from readers begging to know what Herb Alpert & the Tijuana ...
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Trumpet Icon Herb Alpert Returns To Cafe Carlyle, March 10-21

Source: Matt Gross
February 5, 2015

Creator and innovator, musician and producer, artist, entrepreneur and philanthropist; Herb Alpert is a man with a profound passion empowering his every endeavor. He makes his return to Café Carlyle along with his wife, GRAMMY Award-winning vocalist Lani Hall, in a two-week run of shows, March 10-21. The pair arrives with the New York premiere of all-new show following the release of Herb’s latest album, In The Mood (Shout! Factory, September
 2014), which premiered at #2 on Billboard’s Traditional Jazz ...
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Herb Alpert: Christmas Album

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
December 8, 2014

For the past seven years, I have devoted a December post to a favorite vintage sleeper Christmas album. As readers know, I love the genre and how albums from different decades capture not only the season but also the feel of a decade and moment in time. My pick this year is Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass: Christmas Album. Released in 1968, this one has it all—hip choir vocals arranged by Shorty Rogers, tight trumpets arranged by Herb and ...
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Jazz Icon Herb Alpert is "Steppin' Out" with New Album November 19

Source: Rogers & Cowan
October 18, 2013

Grammy®-winning jazz great Herb Alpert is Steppin’ Out on November 19 with a new album on Shout! Factory. Combining pop instrumentals and timeless jazz along with Latin-influenced rhythms reminiscent of the Tijuana Brass, Steppin’ Out explores standards from the American Songbook as well as Alpert’s own catalog, and features his wife, the Grammy®-winning vocalist Lani Hall, on several tracks. Steppin’ Out includes 16 songs, including a contemporary version of Irving Berlin’s “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” a video for which has ...
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Herb Alpert's 'Whipped Cream Lady' now 76, living in Longview and looking back

Source: Michael Ricci
August 21, 2012

The Whipped Cream Lady who is the model on the memorable LP cover of the 1965 Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' “Whipped Cream & Other Delights" is 76 now and living in Longview. Dolores Erickson wants to tell all you teen dreamers, “Enjoy the memories." Guys, the girl of your teen dreams now is 76. Her name is Dolores Erickson and she has been living in Longview for around 35 years, after a career that included being an Eileen ...
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Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss Curate 3-CD Set for 50th anniversary of A&M Records

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 18, 2012

It’s an archetypal story of the modern record business – two guys with a dream running their nascent label out of a West Hollywood garage in the summer of 1962. The label quickly gains momentum and eventually becomes one of the most important record companies the world has ever seen. The two guys were Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, the “A” and the “M” in A&M Records. By the way, it was Alpert’s garage and that first hit was “The ...
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The Herb Alpert Foundaiton Funds The ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards 2012

Source: Bobbi Marcus
April 30, 2012

New York, NY: Paul Williams, President of The ASCAP Foundation, announces that The ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composers Awards (an annual program for jazz composers) has received a major, multi-year financial commitment from The Herb Alpert Foundation. To honor that commitment, the program, established in 2002, has been renamed the Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards. Selection of the winning scores is made by a panel of leading ASCAP jazz composer members. The winners receive cash awards. Original compositions are ...
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Herb Alpert Educational Village Celebration November 4

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
October 28, 2011

On November 4th, at 10 AM, members of the New Roads School community, together with the New Visions Foundation, benefactor Herb Alpert, supporters, and education and community leaders, will mark a significant milestone in the creation of The Herb Alpert Educational Village, as they celebrate completion of steel framing for the centerpiece Performing Arts and Leadership Center. Located at 3131 Olympic Boulevard (the current site of New Roads High School and Middle School, Santa Monica campus) and named for its ...
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Herb Alpert's sculptures, like visual jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
July 25, 2010

The famed trumpet player's abstract works are on display in Beverly Hills. Standing in a forest of sinuous, black totems spiraling into the lofty heights of the main room at Ace Gallery Beverly Hills, Herb Alpert is surrounded by an art form he has practiced for the last two decades--sculpture. By his account and that of those who know him, he's a man who lives on the right side of his brain--he percolates on the creative and the intuitive. “I ...
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Herb Alpert and Lani Hall

Source: All About Jazz
February 1, 2010

Herb Alpert's inner jazzman has always been integrated within something more significant: a haunting, personal trumpet signature riding atop a melange of American and/or Latin components.

Yet lately, his jazz roots have finally emerged into full view with a new CD, “Anything Goes" (Concord Jazz), and an intimately-scaled show with Alpert's wife, singer Lani Hall, and a small combo. “Anything Goes" is a multiple landmark for Alpert - his first mainstream jazz album, his first album of any kind in ...
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