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1956 - 62: BEFORE THE TIJUANA BRASS

In 1956, Herb Alpert began writing songs with Lou Adler. Herb Alpert and Lou Adler were signed to an exclusive production agreement with Madison Records and in 1960 were running the label's West Coast office. Adler and Alpert managed Jan and Dean, Dean Hawley, Dante and the Evergreens, the Untouchables.

The 1956 recording of "Sweet Georgia Brown" featured Johnny "Guitar" Watson playing the organ.

During 1959-1961, Herb Alpert and Lou Adler owned a small record label named Shar-Dee.  Sharr-Dee released six singles that were distributed by London Records. Three of the singles were by singer Lou Rawls. These were Rawls first singles as a recording artist. The remaining singles were by The Valiants and The Roosters. Alpert was credited as the arranger on "My Heart Belongs to You" by Lou Rawls Shar-Dee 702-2 and the team of Alpert and Adler produced "Chicken Hop" and "Fun House"  by The Roosters Shar-Dee 45-704 and Lou Rawls "Kiddio" and "Walkin' (For Miles)" Shar-Dee 45-705.

In 1960, Alpert signed with RCA Records as vocalist Dore Alpert.

Carnival 701 was released on July 25, 1962. Also released in July 1962 was Carnival 702 "Love Is Back in Style" by Charlie Robinson. Both singles were produced by Alpert and Moss and printed at their expense. Upon learning the label name Carnival was being used by another company, Alpert and Moss renamed their label A&M Records.

HERB ALPERT SINGLES BEFORE THE TIJUANA BRASS

SOURCES: 
Madison Signs Adler, Alpert. Billboard, September 26, 1960, 20. 
Top 40 Democracy: the Rival Mainstreams of American Music. Eric Weisbard. University of Chicago Press. 

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SHAR-DEE RECORDS GALLERY

1962: THE LONELY BULL

The single of "The Lonely Bull" was recorded in August-September 1962. The album version of the song was recorded in October 1962. The single was released in late September 1962. In the U.S. the single peaked at #6 on the Billboard and Cash Box charts. In Australia the song was #1 for five consecutive weeks. 

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THE LONELY BULL SESSIONOGRAPHY

THE LONELY BULL HISTORY

Released in December 1962 on vinyl album, cassette, 8-track and open reel tape. First CD issued in 1988.

The monaural and vinyl copies of the album have a different mix on "Acapulco 1922"and a different arrangement of "Crawfish."

"The Lonely Bull"was #1 in Australia for six weeks in 1962.

In Britain, EMI acquired "The Lonely Bull"for release on Stateside Records. 

On January 19, 1963, Billboard had "The Lonely Bull"on its Honor Roll of Hits at #26.

On March 16, 1963, Billboard reported "The Lonely Bull"was #6 in Israel. 

By April 1964, The Lonely Bull sold 125,000 copies and the title track single sold over 60,000 copies.

Billboard's Top LP's for 1966 included The Lonely Bull at #14. 

Billboard's Top LP's for 1967 included The Lonely Bull at #21. 

In 1966, The Lonely Bull was certified gold by the R.I.A.A. 

In 1977 the R.I.A.A. began issuing platinum album certifications. The Lonely Bull was certified.

In 2005, The Lonely Bull was remastered and released as part of the Herb Alpert Signature Series. 

The Lonely Bull remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released. 

SOURCE: 
International News Reports. Billboard, December 8, 1962, 39. 

HERB ALPERT ON THE LONELY BULL

Alpert told Joe Smith, "In those days for a couple of hundred bucks, you could make a record, have it pressed, put a label on it, and put it out. If somebody bites, you either turn it over for distribution or you try to hold it for yourself and get paid for the distributors, which was pretty impossible...."The Lonely Bull" was one of those rarities. It took off....Basically, we were just trying to hang on.....distributors were crying out for us to put out The Lonely Bull album....However, before a distribuor received one album, Jerry made sure they were all paid up on the single. That gave us operating cash, and essentially that was the beginning of A&M Records."

[The Lonely Bull] was one of those melodies that get hold of you. If you'd heard it once, you'd wake up singing it. To me, it lent itself perfectly to trumpets playing in thirds--the Mariachi sound.

I think instrumental music has to paint pictures. 'The Lonely Bull' took you to that bullring whether you lived in San Diego or Fargo, North Dakota.

SOURCES:
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Tour Book 1966.
A&M Records press release for Rise album, 1979.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF THE LONELY BULL SONGS

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1963: TIJUANA BRASS VOLUME 2

TIJUANA BRASS VOLUME 2 SESSIONOGRAPHY

HERB ALPERT'S TIJUANA BRASS VOLUME 2 HISTORY

"Struttin' with Maria"became a Billboard Regional Breakout single on March 23, 1963. 

The first Tijuana Brass concert took place at the Cow Palace in San Franciso, CA. The group participated in Chubby Checker's Limbo Party.

Billboard's Top LP's for 1966 included Volume 2 at #34.

In 1966, Volume 2 was certified gold by the R.I.A.A. 

In 1977 the R.I.A.A. began issuing platinum album certifications. Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass Volume 2 was certified.

Volume 2 was the first A&M album to have two different back covers.

Volume 2 remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released. 

SOURCES: 
1. Page One Singles. Billboard, March 23, 1963, 1. 

HERB ALPERT ON VOLUME 2

One time I recorded a tune called "Mexican Drummer Man" and I had the kitchen sink in it. I had two drummers, two bass players, two guitars and I thought I would just load it up with sound and groove and pulse and it was very contrived. It didn't happen at all.

That sound didn't quite work. I was using a studio I wasn't quite happy with; I thought the sound was a little metallic; and it didn't sound like the other albums.

SOURCES:
Larry King Show, June 7, 1982.
Herb Alpert Albums Remastered and Reissued, Rarities Revisited and Released. Gillian G. Garr. Discoveries, January 2006.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES FROM VOLUME 2

MEXICAN DRUMMER MAN

The single of "Mexican Drummer Man" was recorded on October 10, 1963 at Western Recorders. 

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1964: SOUTH OF THE BORDER

SOUTH OF THE BORDER SESSIONOGRAPHY

SOUTH OF THE BORDER HISTORY 

Released in February 1964 on vinyl album, 4-track, 8-track and open reel tape. 

The maintenance people at Gold Star Studios sang on "Hello Dolly."

"Numero Cinco" has a spoken word intro on the monaural album but not on the stereo album. 

Bob Edmondson was the first member of the touring Tijuana Brass to play on a recording session led by Herb Alpert. The session was for a Baja Marimba Band session that included the songs "Maria's First Rose"and "Pedro's Porch, Part 2."

The second Tijuana Brass concert took place in San Francisco on February 17, 1964. 

Billboard's Top LP's for 1966 included South of the Border at #11.

In 1966, South of the Border was certified gold by the R.I.A.A. 

In 1977 the R.I.A.A. began issuing platinum album certifications. South of the Border was certified.

Billboard's Top LP's for 1967 included South of the Border at #34.

The "Mexican Drummer Man"single was #19 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles on April 18, 1964 and on the Hot 100 chart for four weeks.

At the end of 1964, Herb Alpert created a new arrangement and recording of "Mexican Shuffle"for the Clark Gum Company. The song was used in Clark Teaberry Gum television ads with actors dancing the Teaberry Shuffle. 

South Of The Borderl remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released.

HERB ALPERT ON SOUTH OF THE BORDER

[The Clark Gum Company's use of the "Mexican Shuffle" for its Teaberry Gum] really helped a lot. I don't know if that was the catalyst, but it certainly didn't hurt. After The Lonely Bull there was somewhat of a lull--the records didn't catch on the same way The Lonely Bull did. I did an album called South of the Border and on it was the "Mexican Shuffle" tune. I got a call from the ad agency handling the account and they wanted to use it as the centerpiece for a commercial. So I agreed to arrange it for them and with that exposure people started to hear that sound and more got accustomed to the Tijuana Brass sound.

South of the Border, while I was mixing the album, I had one of those feelings. I had people knocking on the windows and coming in the doors. 'What's that record?' 'That's the Tijuana Brass. Remember us?' So I had a feeling something might be up with that record.

We did rather well with South of the Border and then it started to grow.

SOURCES:
Man with a Golden Horn. Richard Harrington. Washington Post, September 1, 1984.
Star Track Profile 87-24, June 8, 1982.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF SOUTH OF THE BORDER SONGS

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1965: WHIPPED CREAM AND GOING PLACES!

WHIPPED CREAM & OTHER DELIGHTS SESSIONOGRAPHY

WHIPPED CREAM ALBUM HISTORY

Released in April 1965 on vinyl album, cassette, 8-track and open reel tape. First CD issued in 1988.

Whipped Cream and Other Delights was the first A&M Records album to be released in Brazil. 

Whipped Cream and Other Delights was on the Billboard Pop Album chart for 185 weeks--more than three years. It peaked at #1 on November 27, 1965 and held the position for eight straight weeks; in the Top 10 for 61 weeks and in the Top 40 for 141 weeks. 

Whipped Cream and Other Delights was NARM's Best Selling Album for 1965 and the Tijuana Brass the Best Selling Instrumentalist. 

"A Taste of Honey"not only charted on Billboard's Top 100, it was #1 for five weeks beginning October 30, 1965 and on the Hot 100 Discotheque Records chart in November 1965. 

Billboard's Top Sellers in Top Markets reported "A Taste of Honey"peaking in these U.S. cities: 

Internationally, "A Taste of Honey" was ranked #31 on Foreign Hits of Japan. Billboard reported it as the #5 best seller in Argentina on December 18, 1965.

On July 3, 1965 "Whipped Cream" was the #2 best seller in Mexico according to Billboard. 

In addition to "Whipped Cream's" appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, it peaked at #13 on the Middle-Road Singles chart on May 1, 1965.

Billboard's Top LP's for 1966 ranked Whipped Cream and Other Delights at #1.

Billboard's Top LP's for 1967 ranked Whipped Cream and Other Delights at #8.

The albums Whipped Cream & Other Delights and Going Places were given gold album certificates from the R.I.A.A.

On December 20, 1965, "The Dating Game"television show premiered. It featured "Whipped Cream" during the bachelorette introductions, "Spanish Flea"for the bachelor introductions and "Lollipops and Roses" as the winner's theme. “Those were chosen by the producers of the show,” said Alpert. “It was a phone call from them to our publishing company. Because they were played on that show, a lot of records were sold." 

By January 1967, Whipped Cream and Other Delights sold 4.5 million copies.

In 1977 the R.I.A.A. began issuing platinum album certifications. Whipped Cream & Other Delights was certified:

In 2005, the album was remastered and released as part of the Herb Alpert Signature Series.

A limited edition picture disc was released on January 20, 2009.

On November 20, 2015, Whipped Cream and Other Delights was released on vinyl and CD on the Herb Alpert Presents label. 

Whipped Cream & Other Delights remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released. 

The Tijuana Brass performed for the President's cabinet members and their families.

The first touring Tijuana Brass made its first concert appearance on February 27, 1965 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The TJB was the opening act for the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

The first time the touring Tijuana Brass recorded together was July 6, 1965 on the "Zorba the Greek" session.

HERB ALPERT'S ON THE WHIPPED CREAM ALBUM

While I was working on [the Whipped Cream & Other Delights] album, the one song that stuck out, for me, was Taste of Honey. It just kept haunting me. I liked the melody. There was something about it. It was like a nice cross between jazz and pop and whatever. When it came time to release a single from the album, when we took a survey, nobody liked Taste of Honey. It was one of those records that, you know, if you analyze it, everyone usually came up with it's too long, you can't really dance to it, it stops and starts in the middle, it's not right. It's not right for radio. I said I don't know if it's not right for radio but I like it, I like the feeling of it. So we released it as Taste of Honey on the back side of the single of Third Man Theme. Well, Taste of Honey became Record of the Year, became a huge record, and that was the catalyst. From that point on, I organized the Tijuana Brass and we started traveling as a group.

Taste of Honey was the record that I chose to release as a single 'cause I felt when you work on a product for two, three, four, five months, this was the song I kept singing while taking a shower in the morning and at odd times it would just pop into my head. And most of the feedback that I got from playing this record to friends in the business, they felt it was not a hit record because it stopped in the middle and you couldn't dance to it and it didn't adhere to some of the rules they were looking for but yet I felt emotionally that it was a good record. Well, we put it out, and it became a huge record. In fact it won the Record of the Year ®.

Right after [the Clark Teaberry Gum commercial] came a song called Whipped Cream which was a moderate hit. It was a tune that was written for Al Hirt. Al Hirt turned it down and the publisher called me; played it over the phone for me from New Orleans. I liked it very much. He sent it the next afternoon. I recorded it and my partner got the idea of taking a collection of food titles and putting them in one album.

New Playtapes in June 1968: Whipped Cream and Other Delights (Vols. 1 and 2).

Whipped Cream & Other Delights was NAMM's Best Selling Album for 1966.

On May 16, 1966 Whipped Cream & Other Delights won four Grammys, the most for a West Coast record label.

SOURCES:
Star Track Profile 87-24, June 8, 1982.
Larry King Show, June 7, 1982.

GOING PLACES SESSIONOGRAPHY

GOING PLACES HISTORY 

Released in 1965 on vinyl album, cassette, 8-track and open reel tape. First CD issued in 1988. The album uses cold song endings rather than fadeouts.

The first time the touring Tijuana Brass recorded together was July 6, 1965 on the "Zorba the Greek" session. The track "Mae" was the first time a Tijuana Brass song used strings. 

Released in September 1965 on vinyl album, cassette, 8-track and open reel tape.

Going Places had advance orders for 1.2 million copies. The pilot of the biplane on the cover was Jerry Moss. 

Billboard named Going Places its #3 top album for 1966. On its Top Easy Listening list "Zorba the Greek" was ranked 14th, "Spanish Flea" was #55, and "Tijuana Taxi" was #78.

Billboard named Going Places its #9 top album for 1967. 

The Tijuana Brass had caught on in Mexico, Canada, Australia and Britain. Because the group had not yet caught on in Europe, Going Places was initially released only in Britain. 

Going Places produced singles that were on the Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening Chart. "Zorba the Greek" peaked at #5 on January 30, 1966; "Tijuana Taxi" at #9 on the same date; "Third Man Theme" at #7 on October 2, 1965 and "Mae"at #26 on July 10, 1965. 

"Third Man Theme" was the only single to chart on Billboard's Top Sellers in Top Markets chart. It peaked at #30 in Cleveland, #17 in Detroit, #35 in Seattle and #34 in St. Louis. 

Imported copies of the "Third Man Theme" saturated Australian radio airplay. In response, Festival Records rush-released the single. 

The November 7, 1965 appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show started the Billboard chart climb of all five albums. On the show the Brass played "A Taste of Honey" and "Zorba the Greek."

The Brass ended 1965 with a total of 4 million albums sold in the U.S. 

Animated film makers John and Faith Hubley created a 6-minute movie titled "Tijuana Brass Double Feature" that used "Spanish Flea"and "Tijuana Taxi" by the Tijuana Brass. In 1966, it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. 

New Playtapes in June 1968: Going Places (Vols. 1 and 2).

In 1977 the R.I.A.A. began issuing platinum album certifications. Going Places was certified.

In 2014, the Australian Recording Industry Association ranked Going Places as its #12 album to stay in the Top 20. It stayed there for 17 weeks. 

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF GOING PLACES SONGS

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1966: WHAT NOW MY LOVE AND S.R.O.

WHAT NOW MY LOVE SESSIONOGRAPHY

WHAT NOW MY LOVE HISTORY

Released in April 1966 on vinyl album, cassette, 8-track and open reel tape. There were two versions of the album. The variations are most noticeable on "Plucky" as one take had a "strip tease" rhythm inserted and one had an additional marimba part; "What Now My Love" with less reverb on the lead trumpet; "So What's New" with less echo on the whistled part, and "Brasilia" without a trombone that begins the song.

Billboard named What Now My Love its #5 top album in 1966 after it had been #1 on the Top LP chart for nine weeks. On its Top Easy Listening Singles of 1966 the single "What Now My Love" was ranked #36.

Billboard's Top LP's for 1967 included What Now My Love at #11. 

In 1966, The Lonely Bull, Volume 2, South of the Borderand What Now My Love were certified gold by the R.I.A.A. 

New Playtapes in June 1968: What Now My Love (Vols. 1 and 2).

In 1977 the R.I.A.A. began issuing platinum album certifications. What Now My Love was certified.

In 2005, the album was remasterd and released as part of the Herb Alpert Signature Series.

What Now My Love remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. The CD was released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label.

SOURCES: 
Hits of the World. Billboard, June 18, 1966, 36. 
A&M Putting Cameras on Alpert with Eye on TVer. 
ITCC Supplement. Billboard, June 25, 1966, ITCC-12. 
ARD Putting Alpert Film on Television. Billboard, 40. 
Hits of the World, Billboard, January 29, 1966, 32. 
Hits of the World. Billboard, July 9, 1966, 46. 
Music Capitals of the World. Billboard, October 29, 1966,, 36. 
Tape Cartridge Tips. Larry Finley. Billboard, December 24, 1966, 12. 
Top Records of 1966. Billboard, December 24, 1966, 34. 
Baja Marimba to Play 'LBJ Room.' Billboard, December 24, 1966. 
Grammy TV'er Backing Urged. Billboard, May 14, 1966, 4. 
Double-Sided Hits Turn Into Winning 1-2 Punch. Billboard, May 14, 1966, 10. 
Alpert & Tijuana Brass Going Places in England. Billboard, January 22, 1966, 6. 
From the Music Capitals of the World. Billboard, October 15, 1966, 41. 
From the Music Capitals of the World. Billboard, June 11, 1966, 36. 
From the Music Capitals of the World. Billboard, December 31, 1966, 35. 
Attendance record (photo). Billboard, December 17, 1966, 22. 
Billboard Top Albums Ad. Billboard, December 15, 1984. 
Top 10 Albums 1956-1983. Billboard, December 15, 1984. 
Mamas and Papas in Raceway Show. Billboard, June 3, 1967, 24. 
Hits of the World. Billboard, March 5, 1966, 34. 
From the Music Capitals of the World. Billboard, February 5, 1966, 36. 
1967 International Talent Directory. Billboard, 13.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF WHAT NOW MY LOVE SONGS

In the U.S., Herb Alpert had three double-sided hit singles--six hit songs on three singles.

In 1966, Herb Alpert sold over 13 million records and had five albums in Billboard's Top 20 on the album chart. On April 2, 1966, four of those albums were in the Top 10.

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was NAMM's Best Selling Instrumentalist for 1966.

A&M Records filmed the Carnegie Hall concerts and the European tour.

On March 25 the Tijuana Brass performed at The White House at the Correspondents' Dinner. For the first time in the history of the dinner, the musical artists received a standing ovation.

A&M planned the first tour of Britain for March 1966.

The Tijuana Brass U.S. tour set some attendance records, including one at the University of Illinois for which Alpert received a commemorative plaque.

The Tijuana Brass was the pre-race entertainment at the Indianapolis 500.

The Tijuana Brass flew to Britain on March 11 and stayed for 70 hours to film their show for the BBC.

On May 16, the Tijuana Brass performed on the Grammy Awards. Whipped Cream & Other Delights won four Grammys, the most for a West Coast record label.

Senator Thomas Kuchel of California made a statement on the floor of the Senate praising the Tijuana Brass for its contribution to "international understanding and [promoting] cordial relations with peoples around the globe."

First extended European tour in September and October 1966. The tour increased album sales. Concert dates and television were also planned for Sweden in November.

For the Brass's European tour, a promotional recording with excerpts of the group's hit songs was released in Belgium.

In October, the Brass taped a show for French television called "Tilt Magazine."

On October 1, 1966, the U.S. Commander in Berlin, Germany recognized Herb Alpert as A Guardian of Berlin's Freedome.

In early November the Tijuana Brass taped "Rendevous am Rhein" on Lake Constance then toured U.S. military bases in Germany.

Herb Alpert won Billboard's Music Man of the Year Award for 1966 and was also its Top LP Artist of 1966.

Billboard ranked Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass #6 on its Top Singles Artists of 1966. Billboard reported "During the first 10 months of the year, the Brass sold more than twice the number of LP's as the Beatles and more than all the soundtracks combined." From October 1966 through February 1967, the Brass was Billboard's Best Selling Artist on college campuses that were surveyed.

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass won the Music Operators of America award as the most popular instrumental group on jukeboxes.

The Tijuana Brass performed for the President's cabinet members and their families.

John and Faith Hubley created animated short films featuring the Tijuana Brass songs.

Billboard's Top LP's for 1967 included What Now My Love at #11.

The Lonely Bull, Volume 2, South of the Border and What Now My Love were certified gold by the R.I.A.A.

S.R.O. SESSIONOGRAPHY

S.R.O. HISTORY

Released December 8, 1966 on vinyl album, cassette.

"The Work song was recorded in a single take. 

On Billboard's Top Easy Listening Singles of 1966, "The Work Song" was #31 and "Flamingo" was #62. 

S.R.O. was released in December 1966. It spent 38 weeks in Billboard's Top 40 and received an RIAA gold certification one month after its release. 

In December, ITCC announced that S.R.O. was its best selling tape cartridge. 

Billboard ranked its Top LP's for 1967 with S.R.O. at #7 and the Alpert-produced Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 was #14. 

S.R.O., Sounds Like... and Herb Alpert's Ninth received gold album certifications from the R.I.A.A. 

In 1977 the R.I.A.A. began issuing platinum album certifications. S.R.O. was certified.

S.R.O. remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF S.R.O. SONGS

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1967: SOUNDS LIKE...,
HERB ALPERT'S NINTH,
THE BEAT OF THE BRASS

SOUNDS LIKE... SESSIONOGRAPHY

SOUNDS LIKE... HISTORY

Sounds Like... was released on May 8, 1967 on vinyl album, cassette, 8-track and open reel tape. 

In 2005, the album was remastered and released as part of the Herb Alpert Signature Series. 

Sounds Like... remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF SOUNDS LIKE... SONGS

HERB ALPERT ON SOUNDS LIKE...

Bacharach called and said he wasn't happy with the way things were going while he was in London working on Casino Royale. And so he asked me if I'd put a horn on it. He sent me the tape, and it was a rush deal. I had to finish everything within three days, which I did, and rushed it back to him. And that was the theme song of Casino Royale.

In 1977 the R.I.A.A. began issuing platinum album certifications. Sounds Like... was certified.

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was Billbord's top instrumental recording artist and ts best selling instrumental artist for 1967. By early 1967, the Brass had sold over 18 million albums in the U.S.

By March 1967 Tijuana Brass album sales were over 18 million.

In Australia, Herb Alpert received a logie award from Radio Station 3XY in Melbourne because the Tijuana Brass was the most programmed album artist of 1966. He was also awarded eight gold record album certifications for sales of over 300,000 copies. The president of Festival records thought this was the first time that eight gold records were presented simultaneously.

The Tijuana Brass toured Australia to sold out audiences at every venue in the spring of the year. The tour also included New Zealand. Billboard reported that the Brass' box office receipts eclipsed those of the Beatles.

The Tijuana Brass was the ranked as No. 8 for jukebox playmaker from February 1966 to February 1967.

The TJB toured the U.S.

The Tijuana Brass performed at the 1967 San Remo Festival.

The Brass was invited to perform at the Moscow Film Festival, however the Soviet Minister of Culture refused to allow them because it thought the performance "would tend to tip the scales in favor of the Americans." If the TJB had performed, they would have been the first U.S. pop group to give a concert in Moscow.

A&M International planned a Tijuana Brass tour of Italy.

Herb Alpert received the Chici Viola Award because "El Presidente" was the best selling disk of the year on a Brazilian television station.

The MIDEM International Trophy for North and South America was presented to Herb Alpert.

Ampex Stereo Tapes presented its Artistry in Sound Award to Herb Alpert for bringing a new dimension in sound to the music world, for his originality in concept and orchestration and for consistent quality in performance.

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was NARM's Best Selling Instrumentalist for 1967.

At Chicago's first F.A.N. Awards Congress, the Tijuana Brass were names Star of the Year.

Billboard's Top Easy Listening Singles 1967 included these Tijuana Brass recordings: "Casino Royale" at 9 and "A Banda" at 16.

The first Tijuana Brass television special was originally aired in the U.S. in April 1967 and reached 57 percent of television viewers. The show ultimately aired in sixteen countries outside the U.S. in 1968 and 1969.

American Airlines had an A&M Records channel on its flights.

HERB ALPERT'S NINTH SESSIONOGRAPHY

HERB ALPERT'S NINTH HISTORY 

Herb Alpert's Ninth was released in December 1967 on vinyl album, cassette. 

The album spent 18 weeks in Billboard's top 40 albums. 

"Carmen" was recorded in New York City and mixed by Phil Ramone.

A&M's Christmas promotion for Herb Alpert's Ninth included a standup display with a Christmas message by Herb for retail stores. 

Herb Alpert's Ninth sold more than 10,000 copies in the four days before Christmas in Australia. The sales qualified the album for a gold record, Alpert's tenth gold record in Australia. The preceding eight records had all gone gold and Alpert received a special cold record for being the first artist to sell over 250,000 albums in Australia. 

In 1977 the R.I.A.A. began issuing platinum album certifications. Herb Alpert's Ninth was certified.

In 2005, the album was remastered and released as part of the Herb Alpert Signature Series.

Herb Alpert's Ninth remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF HERB ALPERT'S NINTH SONGS

THE BEAT OF THE BRASS SESSIONOGRAPHY

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1968: THE BEAT OF THE BRASS AND CHRISTMAS ALBUM 

THE BEAT OF THE BRASS SESSIONOGRAPHY

THE BEAT OF THE BRASS HISTORY 

Released in April 1968 on vinyl album, casssette, 8-track and open reel tape. First CD issued in 1988.

A&M launched its first big campaign for Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. To support the release of The Beat of the Brass and the second television special, A&M created a special record rack, mobile and floor displays, Tijuana Brass posters, a Herb Alpert poster, "The Beat of the Brass" buttons and sweatshirts for retail. There were also two Herb Alpert posters from Ampex, assorted Tijuana Brass photos, easel back album covers, slick books and special order forms.

"The Beat of the Brass" television show was shown again in Britain on March 19, 1969 by BBC 1. The show was number one in the Nielsen all-time multi-network area rating between April 22 and May 5, 1968.

The album was remastered and released as part of the Herb Alpert Signature Series in 2005.

The Beat Of The Brass remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label.

HERB ALPERT ON THE BEAT OF THE BRASS

The director [of my television special] Jack Haley, Jr., asked me to sing a song on the show. So I called Burt Bacharach and I asked him-this is a question I typically ask to a lot of great composers-is there a song you've written in the past that either has been recorded that didn't have the right record or a tune that's tucked away in your drawer someplace that you have a special feeling for. He thought about it, called me back the next day and handed me This Guy's in Love with You. It didn't quite fit the mood of the show. The lyric content didn't so I called Hal David and we made some changes and it was on the show and it got enormous response. 

It has a magical lyric. It says, 'Who looks at you the way I do?' I mean, that covers a lot of territory and you can't say that through a trumpet.¹

An opinion of my own voice? Well, I guess I sing like I play-kinda natural. I've never analysed even when I play trumpet. It's just natural. It's just what comes out.²

By the usual standards, I don't have a great instrument as a vocalist. But maybe there is a basic truth that comes across. If you choose good material and are honest about the arrangement and recording, you can get closer to what people are understanding today than if you just sing in a beautiful voice.³

SOURCES: 
April Alpert Month; New LP, Tver Due. Record World, April 16, 1968.
Brass' Real Special. Record World, June 1, 1968.
Larry King Show, June 7, 1982. 
My "Guy" called for No Great Vocal Pipes. Alan Smith. New Musical Express, August 3, 1968. 
Alpert Awaiting Vocal Followup. Mary Campbell. Associated Press, 1968.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF BEAT OF THE BRASS SONGS

Between 1962 and 1968, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass were #1 on the Billboard Pop Singles charts for 32 weeks.

In January, Polydor, A&M's European distributor, released the first Tijuana Brass cassette. It had a retail price of $2.25.

A&M International planned a summer tour of Europe. The Tijuana Brass toured Great Britain and Europe in the fall of 1968.

Herb Alpert Presents Pete Jolly released in April 1968.

The Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass television special was nominated for four Emmy Awards for outstanding musical or variety special, achievement in electronic camera work, individual achievement in electronic production and directorial achievement.

The Tijuana Brass appeared at Record Gala in Berlin, Germany on March 15. Record Gala was produced by the German record industry and television companies.

The music book "Swinging Sounds of Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass" was among the Best Selling All Organ Folios in December 1968.

Herb Alpert and Ollie Mitchell developed the trumpet book "Know Before You Blow" with Herb performing on a 7-inch flexidisc.

Herb Alpert joined ASCAP's songwriters roster and ASCAP gave Herb Alpert a cash award as one of its writers.

Festival Records, A&M's Australian distributor, won the 1968 MIDEM International Trophy and the 1968 MIDEM Australia trophy for greats number of recordings sold in Australia by an artist from July 1966 to July 1967 for the Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass recordings.

Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss were named men of the year by the Conference of Personal Managers, West.

At the Ninth Argentine Festival of International Music, the Tijuana Brass won the award for Best Recordings of International Music for Dancing.

In a rare cancellation of a concert, Alpert decided not to perform at Brigham Young University after university officials refused to have the Checkmates Ltd. as the opening act because the group was interracial.

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was NARM's Best Selling Instrumentalist for 1968.

"This Guy's In Love With You" sold over 250,000 copies in England and was awarded a Silver Disc.

Herb Alpert was named one of the judges for "Take Time for Talent," a television show to spotlight minority talent.

Chicago radio station WLS named the Tijuana Brass the best instrumental group in its Hit Parade Awards.

CHRISTMAS ALBUM SESSIONOGRAPHY

CHRISTMAS ALBUM HISTORY 

Recording for Christmas Album began in June 1968. 

Released in November 1968 on vinyl album, cassette, 8-track. 

Christmas Album was Billboard's No. 1 on its Best Bets for Christmas and was in Billboard's top 10 albums.

The Brass made a seven-minute film performing two songs from Christmas Album which was shown on American Airlines flights. The films was originally shot to be aired on The Ed Sullivan Show on December 1. 

In 2005 the album was remastered and released as part of the Herb Alpert Signature Series.

Christmas Album remastered for CD was released October 23, 2015 and the digital was album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label.

HERB ALPERT ON CHRISTMAS ALBUM

We've got a 16-piece chorus, the first time we've used professional voices. There are pop tunes, with only one religious, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" and an original by Burt Bacharach that should transcend the two weeks that radio stations play Christmas carols. 

I mixed it several times. I go through that with every album. I mix it once and let it sit a couple of days and listen again. I make some adjustments. After I finally put it out, I listen and say, "Oh, why did I do that?"¹

SOURCE: 
1. Alpert Awaiting Vocal Followup. Mary Campbell. Associated Press, 1968.

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1969: WARM AND THE BRASS ARE COMIN'

WARM SESSIONOGRAPHY

WARM HISTORY

Released in June 1969 on vinyl album and cassette.

Australia was the first country to release "Zazueira" in March.

The Tijuana Brass began its final tour of the U.S. at Tarrant Coliseum in Ft. Worth, TX on October 4. The group toured Europe in November and the November 14 concert at Royal Festival Hall in London sold out within two hours. 

Warm was ranked #92 on Billboard's Top LPs of 1969. 

In 1977 the R.I.A.A. began issuing platinum album certifications. Warm was certified.

Warm remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF WARM SONGS

The Tijuana Brass began its final tour of the U.S. at Tarrant Coliseum in Ft. Worth, TX on October 4. The group toured Europe in November and the November 14 concert at Royal Festival Hall in London sold out within two hours.

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass won the NARM Award for Best Selling Instrumentalist and A&M Records the NARM Scholarship.

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was NARM's Best Selling Instrumentalist for 1969.

Germany's Schallplatte music magazine named Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass the top international orchestra.

THE BRASS ARE COMIN' SESSIONOGRAPHY

THE BRASS ARE COMIN' HISTORY 

"The Maltese Melody" was rated number 6 in Japan's Foreign Hits of 1970. The single sold over 200,000 copies.

"The Maltese Melody" was #5 on the Japan singles chart on May 23, 1970. 

The Brass Are Comin' remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF THE BRASS ARE COMIN'

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1970: SUMMERTIME

SUMMERTIME SESSIONOGRAPHY

Herb was a presenter at the Fifth Annual Awards Presentation of the International Academy of Country & Western Music on April 13.

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1971: SUMMERTIME

SUMMERTIME SESSIONOGRAPHY

SUMMERTIME HISTORY

Released in June 1971 on vinyl album, cassette, 8-track and open reel tape. It sold 59,000 cassettes, 184,000 8-tracks and 250,000 vinyl albums. 

The "Jerusalem" single was released around October 1, 1970 in the U.S. 

"Jerusalem" was #47 in Britain on December 19, 1970.

Summertime remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released.

Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss were NARM's Presidential Award Winners for sustained contributions to the music industry.

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1973: YOU SMILE--THE SONG BEGiNS

YOU SMILE--THE SONG BEGINS SESSIONOGRAPHY

You Smile the Song Begins Official Biography

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1974:YOU SMILE--THE SONG BEGINS AND CONEY ISLAND

YOU SMILE--THE SONG BEGINS SESSIONOGRAPHY

YOU SMILE--THE SONG BEGINS HISTORY 

Released: May 1974 on vinyl album and cassette. 

Toured in support of the You Smile--the Song Begins album in both the U.S. and Great Britain and Europe. The European tour began in September. 

In England, the album was supported by ads on four television stations, radio ads, plus two front panels on 100 London transport buses and buses in 16 towns and cities. There were retail displays in 500 record shops.

You Smile--the Song Begins remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released.

November 19, 1974 was declared Herb Alpert Day by Metropolitan Dade County, Florida.

ASCAP gave Herb Alpert a special award as a writer/member.

World Records presented A&M Records, Ltd. with a silver disc for over 50,000 sets of a six-disc Alpert collection.

HERB ALPERT ON YOU SMILE--THE SONG BEGINS

It was a lonely album, put together piece by piece in my imagination, done over a long period of time during which I was playing the trumpet with one arm tied behind my back. I forced myself to play; I forced myself to do that album. It was kind of a painful experience, but there was no other way to get to where I am now.

SOURCE:
A&M Records press release for Coney Island album, 1975.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF YOU SMILE--THE SONG BEGINS

THE YOU SMILE--THE SONG BEGINS TOURING BAND 

Herb Alpert--trumpet 
Nick Ceroli--drums 
Bob Edmondson--trombone, percussion, timpani, temple block 
Bob Findley--trumpet 
Vince Charles--percussion, steel drums 
Julius Wechter--marimba 
Dave Frishberg--piano 
John Pisano--guitar 
Ernie McDaniels--bass 
Lani Hall--vocals

CONEY ISLAND SESSIONOGRAPHY

CONEY ISLAND HISTORY 

Released: April 1975 on vinyl album, cassette 
Singles: Whistle Song (Whistlestar)/Carmine--Whistle Song was only released as a 7-inch single

We were playing this nameless tune in concert last Summer. We were playing at Springfield, Illinois at the fair outside. While we were playing the tune there was a carnival going on and somebody in the group said, 'It sounds like Coney Island here.' That gave birth to the title of the song and we even considered putting the sound effects of the carnival over it but decided against it.¹

We were recording and the drummer started playing a rhythm. The bass player chimed in and 'Sweet Georgia Brown' just came to mind. We had never played it before as a group and since, by the way. I went over to the piano player. I said, 'Do you know 'Sweet Georgia Brown'?' He started plunking out some chords. He wasn't quite sure where he was going. The bass player chimed in and I just picked up the horn and started playing. We recorded this whole album live in the studio. 'Sweet Georgia Brown' came out the first time.¹

When I was producing good albums with the Brass, each was a potpourri of things. This album has that same dimension, but with the additional difference of being done several years later. This dimension has different colors to it, colors I've never been in before. 

It has guts. It's very spontaneous. It's not "assembled"from my producing experience; it was recorded live in three days. It's real, it has real things that actually happened, it's much much much freer. 

It's not a compromise. It's purely how I'm feeling today. Good or bad, that's the way it is. I feel like I'm finally getting in there, doing what I can do. When I listen to it, it sounds like a step to me, but I know I have a lot more to say musically before I finish.²

Coney Island remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released.

CONEY ISLAND OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES

THE CONEY ISLAND TOURING BAND 

Herb Alpert--trumpet 
Nick Ceroli--drums 
Steve Schaeffer--drums 
Bob Edmondson--trombone, percussion, timpani, temple block 
Bob Findley--trumpet, flugelhorn, flugelbone 
Vince Charles--percussion, steel drums 
Ken Kaplan--trumpet, flugelhorn, synthesizer 
Dave Frishberg--piano 
Peter Woodford--guitar 
Papito Hernandez--percussion 
Lani Hall--vocals

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1975: CONEY ISLAND AND JUST YOU AND ME

CONEY ISLAND SESSIONOGRAPHY

HERB ALPERT ON CONEY ISLAND

We were playing this nameless tune in concert last Summer. We were playing at Springfield, Illinois at the fair outside. While we were playing the tune there was a carnival going on and somebody in the group said, 'It sounds like Coney Island here.' That gave birth to the title of the song and we even considered putting the sound effects of the carnival over it but decided against it.

We were recording and the drummer started playing a rhythm. The bass player chimed in and 'Sweet Georgia Brown' just came to mind. We had never played it before as a group and since, by the way. I went over to the piano player. Isaid, 'Do you know 'Sweet Georgia Brown'?' He started plunking out some chords. He wasn't quite sure where he was going. The bass player chimed in and I just picked up the horn and started playing. We recorded this whole album live in the studio. 'Sweet Georgia Brown' came out the first time.

When I was producing good albums with the Brass, each was a potpourri of things. This album has that same dimension, but with the additional difference of being done several years later. This dimension has different colors to it, colors I've never been in before.

It has guts. It's very spontaneous. It's not "assembled" from my producing experience; it was recorded live in three days. It's real, it has real things that actually happened, it's much much much freer.

It's not a compromise. It's purely how I'm feeling today. Good or bad, that's the way it is. I feel like I'm finally getting in there, doing what I can do. When I listen to it, it sounds like a step to me, but I know I have a lot more to say musically before I finish.

Coney Island Official Biography

JUST YOU AND ME SESSIONOGRAPHY

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1976

JUST YOU AND ME SESSIONOGRAPHY

Just You and Me New Music On A&M Records

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1977: HERB ALPERT & HUGH MASEKELA

HERB ALPERT & HUGH MASEKELA SESSIONOGRAPHY

HERB ALPERT & HUGH MASEKELA HISTORY 

Released: January 1978 on vinyl album, cassette, 8-track tape. Reissued on CD in 1988 

The album was remastered and released as a CD and digital on February 24, 2017.

In June, Herb Alpert received his star on the Hollywood Blvd. Walk of Fame.

Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss won a NARM Award.

On August 8, 1977, New Orleans, LA made Herb Alpert an Honorary Citizen.

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1978: HERB ALPERT & HUGH MASEKELA AND MAIN EVENT LIVE

HERB ALPERT ON ALPERT & MASEKELA ALBUM

We were both somewhat turned on by the idea [of playing together], but at the same time we didn't know if it would work out.

[The intent was to] create a dialogue between two musicians. We didn't want it to be a contest, but two people wanting to express themselves and spinning off each other.

I felt there was a meeting ground somewhere. We're both very spontaneous players, which always leads to the unknown. I guess I've always been a frustrated jazz musician and I just reached a point where I really wanted to explore that side of my talent, and meeting Hugh opened a new door for me.

I like the album a lot and I see it as a huge stepping stone. I think if it is valid for people musically, it's just the start of something. We were really just experimenting and exploring, so there are a number of directions we can pursue in the future.

I really feel that I'm onto something, or better yet, let's say I got a lot of satisfaction out of working with Hugh. I really feel good about it and I can have egg all over my face and fall on my ass but I'll get up and do something else and keep at it!

I know a lot of people are asking, 'What the hell are these two guys doing together?' but all I know is that it feels right.

We started rehearsing. It was fun. No formal plan, just fun. We found the musicians we felt were right to work with us and finally went into the studio to do the album. We recorded it in three successive nights. For the most part we did it live right in the studio. It's not one of those battle of the horns things. Hugh and I found that we were really sympathetic to each other's feelings.

SOURCES:
A&M Records press release for Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela album, 1978.
Alpert Is Back with New Sound and a Partner. Jack Lloyd. Inquirer Entertainment News, 1978.

MAIN EVENT LIVE SESSIONOGRAPHY

MAIN EVENT LIVE HISTORY 

Released in 1978 on vinyl album, cassette and 8-track tape.

Single: Foreign Natives/Mama Way (edited version)

Main Event Live remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released.

ALPERT'S THOUGHTS ON MAIN EVENT LIVE

Hugh and I wanted to continue the spontaneity we experienced on our first album. And because of the concerts and audience response, we didn't feel we could create that same atmosphere in the studio. It seemed natural that we should record a live album.

SOURCE:
A&M Records press release for Main Event Live! album, 1978.

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1979: RISE

RISE SESSIONOGRAPHY

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RISE HISTORY

Released: September 25, 1979 
Original Formats: vinyl album, cassette 
Reissue Formats: vinyl album, cassette, 8-track tape and compact disc 

"Rise" was #19 on the Australia singles chart on December 8, 1979.

"Rise", both album and single, were certified as gold records by the R.I.A.A.

The Rise album was certified platinum by the R.I.A.A.

In 2007, the album was remastered and released as part of the Herb Alpert Signature Series. 

Rise remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released.

"When I did ‘Rise’ in 1979, and it was used on ‘General Hospital’ (in the infamous Luke and Laura Campus Disco scene). That just catapulted the sales of that song.”

The first running of the Herb Alpert 10-K raised $30,000 for the T. J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia Research.

New York City Public Schools presented Herb Alpert with a Certificate of Dedication for The Herb Alpert Sub School.

HERB ALPERT'S THOUGHTS ON RISE

I asked [my nephew] Randy if he had any of his songwriting material around and he showed me 'Rise,' a dance tune he'd worked up with his friend Andy Amer. Most of those dance records were 120 to 130 beats per minute, but I decided this should be much slower than that. I had this vision of people getting tired of dancing that same groove all night, and moving to something slower like 'Rise' at the end of the evening.

The moment I heard it, I had a special feeling for it. It was a very romantic melody. I was looking for a tune that could compete with disco records. I was looking to make a dance record.

If I got a hit record first, I could go into the studio with a lot more confidence. If 'Rise' didn't happen, there wouldn't have been an album. If things don't go right, you get a little gun-shy.

'Rise' gave me the opportunity to go into the studio and make Herb Alpert music.

'Rotation' was written by Randy and Andy [Alpert and Armer]. I thought it was a very unique song. In fact, I was surprised that Rotation wasn't a big record. It might have been a little bit too outside. It didn't have a bass on it.

[The success of Rise] gives me some confidence I'd lost. The competition is tough in the music business. Last year, 4200 albums were released in America. What's happened with 'Rise' gives me the freedom to explore again.

[The album is] a potpourri. I didn't set out to record eight more 'Rises.'

[Aranjuez] was the B-Side of the 'Rise' single. I didn't have anything ready except this. It was cut as an A-Side but I knew that 'Rise' was the track so to prevent dj's from flipping it over I cheated a little on the single mix of 'Aranjuez.' I didn't want it to stand out too much. I've remixed it for the album the way it was originally intended.

SOURCES:
A&M Records press release for Rise album, 1979.
20/20 television interview, 1979.
Rise Raises Herb Alpert's Recording Posture. Ed Harrison. Billboard, 1979.
Portrait of a Legend television show, 1982.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF RISE SONGS

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY:
Alpert_Rise_Bio.pdf
Herb Alpert: Rise

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1981       1982       1983       1984      1985       1986       1987       1988       1989      

1980: BEYOND AND MAGIC MAN

BEYOND SESSIONOGRAPHY

BEYOND ALBUM HISTORY 

Released: June 25, 1980 as a vinyl album, cassette and 8-track tape. 

Beyond remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released.

On Billboard's #1 Awards, Herb Alpert was a multiple winner in these categories:
#19 Album Artist for Rise and Beyond;
#26 Soul Single Artist with five singles from the Rise and Beyond albums;
#40 Disco artist;
#10 Jazz Artist;
#7 Male Artist
#23 Soul Artist
#21 Pop Album Artist
#65 Producer

HERB ALPERT'S THOUGHTS ON BEYOND

'Beyond' is an outward expression of my musical adventure.

SOURCE:
A&M Records press release for Beyond album, June 1980.

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY:

Alpert_Beyond_Bio.pdf

MAGIC MAN SESSIONOGRAPHY

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1981: MAGIC MAN

MAGIC MAN SESSIONOGRAPHY

MAGIC MAN HISTORY 

Released in August 1981 on vinyl album, cassette and 8-track tape. The first CD was rleased in 1988.

NARM created a special award to honor A&M Records 20th Anniversary.

The United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies honored Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss to provide humanitarian aid for all citizens of Israel.

HERB ALPERT'S THOUGHTS ON MAGIC MAN

I've been able to put two art forms together: the making of a record from the producer's standpoint, and the making of a record from the standpoint of the artist.

I'm always trying to hit the ball over the center field wall. That and trying to stretch myself as a musician. That's why I'm enthusiastic about what I'm doing right now. It feels real good again, real comfortable.

The album was remastered and released as digital download on December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released.

SOURCE:
A&M Records press release for Magic Man album, July 1981.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF MAGIC MAN SONGS

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY:
Alpert_Magic_Man_Bio.pdf

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1982: FANDANGO

FANDANGO SESSIONOGRAPHY

FANDANGO HISTORY

The recording of Fandango led to the establishment of AyM Discos, A&M Records' Latin division. It was the first Latin division of any major record label. 

Released in May 1982 on vinyl albu, and cassette. The first CD was issued in 1988.

On February 19, 2013, the remastered Herb Alpert Signature Series version of Fandango was reissued by Shout Factory. 

Remastered and released on CD in 2013.

Fandango remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released.

The recording of Fandango led to the establishment of AyM Discos, A&M Records' Latin division. It was the first Latin division of any major record label.

HERB ALPERT'S THOUGHTS ON FANDANGO

I put myself in the hands of marketing consultants...they did a study on the entire [Fandango] album and their consensus was that Route 101 would be the logical first single.

It [was] 20 years since the Lonely Bull. And I wanted to go down to Mexico City and just say thank you for turning me on 20 years ago to this feeling that I have.

I innocently went down to Mexico just to record four sides for Latin America as a thank you. I was at CBS Studios in Mexico City. I was listening to playback of one of these songs and it struck me while listening, I said, 'I think this is the type of music that some of these people [35-50 year-olds who are not buying records and who think I have retired] have been asking me to do. You know, why haven't you made that Tijuana Brass sound?'

I was just very much revved up by this whole idea that maybe I'm on to something. I realized that I had to get out there and try to sell this album like people hustle their books.

I had a great time doing Fandango with [Jose Quintana]. He doesn't have all the 'American techniques'; he's coming from a Latin point of view. He's very musical, and I can work with anyone who's musical. I can't work with people who think too much, or try and analyzed every last detail.

SOURCES:
Larry King Show, June 7, 1982.
A&M Records press release for Blow Your Own Horn, August 1983.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF FANDANGO SONGS

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1983: BLOW YOUR OWN HORN

BLOW YOUR OWN HORN SESSIONOGRAPHY

BLOW YOUR OWN HORN HISTORY 

Released: August 23, 1983 as vinyl album and cassett. The first compact disc was released in 1988. 

The album was remastered and released as a CD and digital on February 24, 2017. It was on the Herb Alpert Presents label.

Blow Your Own Horn Official Biography

HERB ALPERT ON BLOW YOUR OWN HORN

Blow Your Own Horn has a broader meaning to me than for this album alone. It has a connection to that 'Rise' concept, which is simply that if you want something, go get it. Nobody knows what you can do unless you hang it out there-so blow your own horn.

SOURCE:
A&M Records press release for Blow Your Own Horn, August 1983.

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1984

BULLISH SESSIONOGRAPHY

BULLISH HISTORY 

Released: August 1984 on vinyl album and cassette. The first compact disc was issued in 1988.

The album was remastered and released on CD and as digital download on February 24, 2017 on the Herb Alpert Presents label.

Asked to perform for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Herb Alpert decided to reform the Tijuana Brass. Original members Nick Ceroli, Bob Edmondson, John Pisano signed on as did Julius Wechter. They were joined by Bob Findley (trumpet), Sal Macaluso (piano), Jimmy Imperial (guitar), John Pattitucci (bass), Ken Kaplan (trumpet). The Los Angeles date was expanded into a tour. Lani Hall also sang a short set during the show.

Bullish Official Biography

HERB ALPERT'S THOUGHTS ON BULLISH

I don't think of this album as a backward-looking record. It's very contemporary.

SOURCE:
Alpert Back at Bandstand--for a Bit. Jon Pareles. New Yrk Times, 1984.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF BULLISH SONGS

THE BULLISH TOURING BAND

Herb Alpert--trumpet
Nick Ceroli--drums
Bob Edmondson--trombone, percussion, timpani, temple block
Bob Findley--trumpet, flugelhorn, flugelbone
Jimmy Imperial--guitar
Ken Kaplan--trumpet, flugelhorn, snthesizer
Sal Macaluso--piano
John Patitucci--guitar
John Pisano--guitar
Julius Wechter--marimba, synthesizer, percussion

Lani Hall sang a medley of Brasil '66 hits and selections from her solo albums
Aria Alpert choreopgrahed and danced to "Bullish"

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1985: WILD ROMANCE

WILD ROMANCE SESSIONOGRAPHY

WILD ROMANCE HISTORY 

Released on July 16, 1985 on vinyl album, CD and cassette.

The New York Brass Conference held a "Salute to Herb Alpert" to raise funds for scholarships for struggling brass students.

On May 30, 1986, the State of California honored Herb Alpert for his musical talents, business acumen and community contributions.

On June 13, 1986, Los Angeles County commended Herb Alpert for his dedication to community service.

On June 13, 1986. Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss were the guests of honor at a tribute dinner benefiting the City of Hope National Pilot Medical Center in Los Angeles.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF WILD ROMANCE SONGS

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1986: KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME

KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME SESSIONOGRAPHY

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1987: KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME

KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME SESSIONOGRAPHY

KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME HISTORY 

Released: February 23, 1987 on vinyl album, cassette, compact disc. 

The Keep Your Eye on Me album was certified gold by the R.I.A.A.

Keep Your Eye On Me remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. On September 9, 2016, the CD was released.

On November 18, 1987, Herb Alpert received the City of Los Angeles Commendation.

HERB ALPERT ON KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME

I usually produce or co-produce my own records, so it was a different experience for me. Jimmy and Terry [Jam and Lewis] also get turned on by experiencing new things. I asked them if they'd ever produced an instrumental record. They said no, but they thought it would be an exciting challenge. That sparked it.

They generally start with a rhythm or a bass line. They'll groove on that then gradually develop the chords and melodic structure. It all comes out of the gut.

As it turned out the trumpet and Janet's [Jackson] beautiful voice textures are wonderful together.

In the past, I've usually looked at the voice mainly as another instrumental color; I've salted and peppered my music with vocals. But 'Pillow,' 'Diamonds' and 'Making Love in the Rain' are full-fledged vocal tunes with trumpet as part of the environment. That's what Jimmy and Terry felt that the album needed in order to connect with more people.

I try and let the effect be me. I know I have an identifiable sound with the horn, and my challenge has been to surround it with the elements of today while keeping the trumpet acoustic and honest.¹

Keep Your Eye On Me 1986 A&R Presentation

SOURCE:
A&M Records press release for Keep Your Eye on Me, 1987.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME SONGS

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1988: UNDER A SPANISH MOON

UNDER A SPANISH MOON SESSIONOGRAPHY

UNDER A SPANISH MOON HISTORY 

Released on August 2, 1988 on vinyl album, CD and cassette tape.

On December 9, 1988, the City of Los Angeles honored Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss for their contributions to the Los Angeles Free Clinic.

HERB ALPERT ON UNDER A SPANISH MOON

Sting was mixing his album at A&M and I have a lot of respect for him as a musician and an artist and I asked him if he could write a song for me if he had a chance to think about instrumental music or was there a song that he'd written in the past that for whatever reason he couldn't attach a lyric to. About two weeks later he came back with this song 'Fragile.' I didn't realize it was part of his album as well. He said, 'I have this song and I think trumpets would be nice on it with the melody.' I had a real good feeling for the song, the melody, so I tried doing it several different ways and took some liberties with the chords structure in the bridge. When I came across the arrangement we were using I called him. I told him I was going to rearrange the chord structure on the bridge just a little bit. Does he have a problem with it? And he says, 'No, man. You're Herb Alpert. You can do whatever you like,' 'No man, it's your song. I don't want to do it unless it feels right for you.' But he was real accommodating and I think it's a real sensual song.

Last Summer I played a series of concerts with major symohony orchestras across the country and the composition Under a Spanish Moon was the centerpiece of those concerts. I just thought it would appropriate to put it into an album.

When I hear that first movement, its called Rumba Flamenca...you know hearing it in the studio over and over and then mixing it and hearing it over and over--it's strange like when you hear a piece of music that much like when you do on radio when it becomes a hit, all of a sudden it feels right. To me, I know it's far out upon the first listen, but it sounds a hit record.

SOURCE:
Herb Alpert Today. M. G. Kelly. Westwood One/Mutual Broadcasting System, September 12, 1988.

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY:

Spanish Moon Official U.S. Bio.pdf
Spanish Moon UK Press Release
Symphony Tour Plan

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1989: MY ABSTRACT HEART

MY ABSTRACT HEART SESSIONOGRAPHY

MY ABSTRACT HEART HISTORY

Released in August 1989 on vinyl album, compact disc and cassette.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF MY ABSTRACT HEART SONGS

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY:

Alpert_Abstract_Bio.pdf
My Abstrract Heart Canada press release
My Abstract Heart Publicity Plan

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1991     1992       1993       1994       1996       1997       1999      

1990: NORTH ON SOUTH ST.

NORTH ON SOUTH ST. SESSIONOGRAPHY

Herb Alpert Marketing Plan

1991: NORTH ON SOUTH ST.

NORTH ON SOUTH ST. SESSIONOGRAPHY

NORTH ON SOUTH ST. HISTORY

Released February 12, 1991 on CD and cassette.

The album was remastered and issued as a CD on September 9, 2016. The digital download was released on January 6, 2017.

The University of Southern California's School of Music presented Herb with its Dickens Award.

The Herb Alpert Foundation founded its Excellence In Action program that gave grants to young minority musicians for lessons, tuition or better instruments based on their auditions.

North On South Street Official Biography

HERB ALPERT ON NORTH ON SOUTH ST.

I was interested in seeing if I could blend in with some of those sounds I was hearing--rap artists, hit-hop. I thought that jazz would mix nicely with that kind of music, where you'd get this incessant groove going on and then this free-ish feeling on top. For the most part, that's what we did; combine those two elements.

I'm really excited about it. Every now and then, I listen to my own things for pleasure, and I'm listening to this a lot.

I think that doing something different than what you've done before is the pursuit of any artist. You're not going to reinvent the C-scale--that's already been done. So you try to scramble it up in different ways. I've always been conscious of trying to keep the acoustic properties of the trumpet intact. I'm playing a brass horn--I just try to change what's happening behind me. Rather than pretending to be something I'm not, I just try to respond to what I hear. If what I play touches me, I accept it. If it doesn't touch me, I try something else.

SOURCE:
A&M Records press release for North on South St. album, March 1991.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF NORTH ON SOUTH ST. SONGS

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1992: MIDNIGHT SUN

MIDNIGHT SUN SESSIONOGRAPHY

MIDNIGHT SUN HISTORY

Released on April 23, 1996 on compact disc.

By mid-October, Midnight Sun had sold nearly 100,000 copies and had been on the Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Album Chart for nearly three months. 

Midnight Sun remastered digital album released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. The CD was released on September 9, 2016.

Herb Alpert made his first foray into producing Broadway shows with Jelly's Last Jam. It ran from April 1992 until September 1993. The show was nominated for 11 Tony Awards and won in three categories. At the Drama Desk Awards it won in six of its 11 nominatons.

Midnight Sun Official Biography

HERB ALPERT'S THOUGHTS ON MIDNIGHT SUN

It started with my need to hear songs that have broader melodies. I'm a radio scanner, and it's hard to find songs that have full melodies these days. I was thinking of the songs that stuck to me through the years, the melodies that kept surfacing for whatever reason. Those are the songs we recorded.¹

SOURCE:
A&M Records press release for Midnight Sun album, June 1992.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF MIDNIGHT SUN SONGS

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1993: HERB ALPERT HIGHLIGHTS

As a broadway producer, Alpert's "Angels In America"won the Tony Award for best play.

The Herb Alpert Foundation funded programs to improve attendance, grades and self-esteem for students at Locke High School in Los Angeles.

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1994: HERB ALPERT HIGHLIGHTS

Part two of "Angels In America: Perestroika" won the Tony Award for best play.

The Herb Alpert Foundation and the California Institute of the Arts created the annual Alpert Awards in the Arts. Fellowships of $50,000 were awarded to five artists, one each in dance, theater, music, visual artis and film or video.

Herb Alpert recieved an award during the fourth annual "Celebrate the Soul of American Music"in Los Angeles.

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1995: SECOND WIND

SECOND WIND SESSIONOGRAPHY

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1996: SECOND WIND AND PASSION DANCE

SECOND WIND SESSIONOGRAPHY

SECOND WIND HISTORY

Second Wind released on April 23, 1996.

Alpert toured Britain to support the album. It was his first concert appearance there in 22 years. 

Billboard ranked Second Wind 23 on its list of Top Contemporary Jazz Albums.

The University of Southern California gave its Asa V. Call Achievement Award to Herb Alpert. The award is granted to an alumnus whose achievement brought great honor to the university.

HERB ALPERT'S THOUGHTS ON SECOND WIND

Between A&M and my next project, I wanted some space. I was with the same label for so many years, and I was pigeonholed, which was a problem...I had these ideas of things I didn't want to do. I didn't want to repeat the past or to be corny. I didn't want to feel like some guy who's coming off the canvas and trying to make a hit record. The album is called Second Wind. I just liked the sound of it. I feel like I've kicked into a new gear.

PASSION DANCE SESSIONOGRAPHY

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1997: PASSION DANCE

PASSION DANCE SESSIONOGRAPHY

PASSION DANCE HISTORY

Released on April 29, 1997 on compact disc. 

Passion Dance was released in Great Britain in April 1997. Alpert toured Britain and Europe to support the album.

Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss won the Grammys' Trustee Award.

Herb Alpert won the Billboard El Premio Award for his contribution to the expansion of Latino music around the world. He also performed a Tijuana Brass medley at Billboard's fourth annual Latin Music Awards on April 30. 

The song "Rise"was sampled by Notorious B.I.G. which went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Singles Chart.

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF PASSION DANCE SONGS

Passion Dance U.S. press release 
Passion Dance Tour Itinerary  
Passion Dance German Press Release

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1999: HERB ALPERT & COLOURS

HERB ALPERT & COLOURS SESSIONOGRAPHY

HERB ALPERT & COLOURS HISTORY 

Released: June 15, 1999 on compact disc. 

Herb Alpert's version of "The Look of Love"was nominated for the Best Pop Instrumental Perforamnce Grammy Award.

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY:
Alpert_Colours_Bio.pdf

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2001       2004      2005       2006       2007      2008       2009      

2000: HERB ALPERT HIGHLIGHTS

Berklee School of Music grants an honorary docorate to Herb Alpert in 2000.

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2001: DEFINITIVE HITS

Definitive Hits press release

Alpert established the Alpert Professorship at Berklee in 2001 to allow students to interact with masters of the music industry.

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2004: HERB ALPERT SIGNATURE SERIES

Herb Alpert Signature Series Press Release October 2004

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2005: HERB ALPERT HIGHLIGHTS

Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2005.

Herb Alpert began reissuing the Tijuana Brass catalog. They were released through Almo Properties via Shout! Factory.

Herb Alpert Signature Series press release
Lost Treasures press release
Whipped Cream press release
Christmas Album press release
Rise press release

Herb Alpert Official Biography 2005

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SHOUT! FACTORY CONTINUES THE 
HERB ALPERT SIGNATURE SERIES 
WITH THREE '60s CHART-TOPPING ALBUMS 

GOING PLACES -- WHAT NOW MY LOVE? -- S.R.O

IN STORES JUNE 7TH

LOS ANGELES, CA --- In 1966, four albums - that's right, four different albums - from Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass hit the Top 10, setting an astounding record that still stands to this very day. On the heels of their iconic Whipped Cream & Other Delights (originally released in 1965) followed a trio of hits in rapid succession, pushing Alpert's album sales ahead of every other artist that decade, including The Beatles. On June 7th, these three albums, Going Places, What Now My Love and SRO, will be reissued via Shout! Factory's Herb Alpert Signature Series.

Going Places had the daunting task of following the success of Alpert's notorious Whipped Cream & Other Delights (reissued on April 19th) in 1965. But apprehension was short-lived and the album validated its own title by sticking out six weeks at #1. Going Places revisited the Tijuana Brass' love of mariachi and all things Mexican with songs like "Tijuana Taxi,""Felicia"and "Cinco de Mayo,"but also had a little fun incorporating sounds from other corners of the world including their exuberant "Zorba the Greek."The album's "Spanish Flea"became the highly recognizable bachelor's theme on television's "The Dating Game."

In 1966, What Now My Love held the #1 spot for nine weeks, longer than any of Alpert's other albums. The band expanded their repertoire to include Broadway show tunes and songs from recent films including "If I Was A Rich Man"(from Fiddler On The Roof) and "The Shadow Of Your Smile"(the love theme from the film The Sandpiper).

Later that year, Alpert released SRO, his fourth album to sit in the Top 10 in 1966. SRO found the band experimenting more with classic pop, from the Burt Bacharach/Hal David-penned "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"to "Our Day Will Come."And for the first time, Alpert's jazz flair took center stage on songs like "The Work Song"and "Flamingo."

Alpert went on to sell over 75 million albums, win six Grammy® Awards, and built the legendary A&M Records (home to Sheryl Crow, Sting, Janet Jackson and The Carpenters). In total, Alpert has released over 30 albums, fourteen certified platinum, fifteen gold, and five #1 hit singles. Earlier this year, he partnered with Shout! Factory to create The Herb Alpert Signature Series, dedicated to remastering and reissuing the iconic recordings he made with the Tijuana Brass. Thus far, the series has released The Lonely Bull, South Of The Border, Whipped Cream & Other Delights and Lost Treasures, a compilation of rare and previously unreleased songs.

HERB ALPERT AND SHOUT! FACTORY REVISIT 1967 WITH A TRIO OF REISSUES

SOUNDS LIKE... -- HERB ALPERT'S NINTH -- 
BEAT OF THE BRASS 

      Third Set Of CDs From The Herb Alpert Signature Series In Stores August 16th 

The Brookes Company 
Jolyn Matsumuro 
(310) 558-3000 x202 
jolyn@brookescompany.com 

Annissa Mason 
(310) 558-3000 x204 
annissa@brookescompany.com 

Shout! Factory 
Stacey Studebaker 
(310) 979-5602 
sstudebaker@shoutfactory.com 

LOS ANGELES, CA Shout! Factory rides the next wave of reissues from the Herb Alpert Signature Series with a set of three hit albums from the late 1960s, all due in stores August 16th. Alpert's distinctive Ameriachi compositions shaped Sounds Like..., Herb Alpert's Ninth, and The Beat of the Brass which each attained Gold status by the end of the decade. This trio of albums is the latest to be released via the Herb Alpert Signature Series, launched earlier this year to re-release a line of the most popular albums by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.

In May of 1967, Alpert released the first of his two albums that would dominate the pop charts that year. Finally breaking the Monkees' 31-week stint at #1, Sounds Like... spent one week at the top of the Billboard album charts before Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band took over the world. Sounds Like... became a testament of Alpert's enduring popularity; his mariachi compositions held their own alongside the biggest pop and rock phenomena of the decade. 

At the close of 1967, Alpert issued Herb Alpert's Ninth,revealing his sense of humor as well as artistic depth by incorporating new musical elements into the Tijuana Brass' trademark sound. With dramatic string sections and his reworking of "Carmen,"the album playfully moves back and forth between creative brilliance and outright fun. His cover of The Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends"and the Dozier-Holland penned "The Happening"are lively and exuberant romps.

SOUNDS LIKE...
Catalog Number: DK 32995
Price: $13.98 SRP
Release Date: August 16, 2005

HERB ALPERT'S NINTH
Catalog Number: DK 33466
Price: $13.98 SRP
Release Date: August 16, 2005

HERB ALPERT SIGNATURE SERIES CHRISTMAS ALBUM

MAKING A LIST?... 
BETTER CHECK IT TWICE 

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass' 
CHRISTMAS ALBUM 

The Holiday Favorite Arrives In-Stores Via Shout! Factory October 18th

LOS ANGELES, CA - Just in the Saint Nick of time, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass' long out-of-print Christmas Album makes a holly-jolly comeback with a deluxe reissue from Shout! Factory as part of the acclaimed Herb Alpert Signature Series. First released in 1968, this spirited holiday LP originally shot straight to #1 on Billboard's pop album chart and delivered the #1 single, "The Christmas Song,"TJB's inimitable version of the hearth-warming classic. Brimming with good cheer and timeless charm -- and now wrapped in shiny new Signature Series packaging -- TJB's collection of Yuletide favorites is primed to be one of the year's favorite stocking stuffers. In the spirit of the season, it's priced to fit everyone's twice-checked lists and gift-buying budgets at a very merry $13.98 SRP, in stores October 18th.

On the Christmas Album, the Tijuana Brass' signature sound is embellished with resonant vocals and striking voice and string arrangements from jazz great Shorty Rogers, known for his work with Maynard Ferguson. In addition to TJB's hit version of "The Christmas Song,"the album features sparkling renditions of holiday gems including "Winter Wonderland"and "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" as well as festive takes on "Las Mananitas" and "My Favorite Things." Boasting a jovial album cover with Alpert as a horn-tooting Santa, Christmas Album remains a holiday party perennial with longtime fans and retro-swingers alike. 

In his extraordinary career, Alpert has sold over 75 million albums, won eight GRAMMY® Awards, and built the legendary label A&M Records (home to Sheryl Crow, Sting, Janet Jackson, The Carpenters, and many more stars). In total, as an artist Alpert has released over 30 albums, fourteen certified platinum, fifteen gold, and five #1 hit singles. Earlier this year, he partnered with Shout! Factory to create The Herb Alpert Signature Series, dedicated to remastering and reissuing the iconic recordings he made with the Tijuana Brass. Thus far, the series has released The Lonely Bull, South of the Border, Whipped Cream & Other Delights and Lost Treasures, a compilation of rare and previously unreleased songs. Going Places, SRO and What Now My Love were reissued on June 7th, with Beat of the Brass, Sounds Like and Herb Alpert's Ninth following on August 16th. 

About Shout! Factory:
Shout! Factory is a broad-based audio and home video entertainment company whose cofounders - Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos - share a passion for pop culture of the 20th century and beyond. Video and DVD projects include television programming spanning 75 years, live music concerts, animation and sports collections and special interest documentaries. Audio products from Shout! Factory consist of GRAMMY®-nominated box sets, anthologies and "best of" collections, as well as new music, soundtrack releases, deluxe album reissues and quirky compilations. Shout! Factory's catalog features vintage and legendary performances from some of the greatest - and most eccentric - artists of our time. Shout! Factory products are distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc. www.shoutfactory.com

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HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS: CHRISTMAS ALBUM
Catalog Number:   DK 34411 
Price:                     $13.98 SRP 
Release Date:         October 18, 2005 
Territories:             U.S./Canada (Cadiz Music Limited/Europe & King Record Co./Japan) 

Printed with permission of Shout! Factory.

2006: REWHIPPED

REWHIPPED HISTORY

On March 7, 2006 Rewhipped was released. "Some of [the tracks] worked even better than they did on the original album. I just feel that there is a good, insteresting album here."

Rewhipped remastered digital album released June 3, 2014 on the Shout! Factory label.

HERB ALPERT'S THOUGHTS ON REWHIPPED

"Some of [the tracks] worked even better than they did on the original album. I just feel that there is a good, insteresting album here."

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

Rewhipped_Press_Release.pdf

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2007: HERB ALPERT HIGHLIGHTS

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

RISE: HERB ALPERT SIGNATURE SERIES: 1/18/2007

LOS ANGELES, CA - Shout! Factory, in partnership with music legend Herb Alpert, expands the label's historic Herb Alpert Signature Series reissue program with the fully restored and remastered release of Alpert's disco-infused 1979 masterpiece, RISE.

Alpert's second artistic journey started with the release of "Rise," a down-tempo dance single departing from Alpert's signature Tijuana Brass sound. It climbed to number one on the Billboard charts and became the biggest hit of his career. Alpert also has the distinction of being the only recording artist to have a number one record as a vocalist and a number one record as an instrumentalist. Alpert and his talented nephew Randy (Badazz) Alpert who also co-wrote Rise, and co-produced and created an entire album around the new laid back sound, and RISE - the album - was born, topping the charts and adding to Alpert's already decades-long career.

Every album in the Herb Alpert Signature Series has been meticulously remastered under Alpert's personal supervision, and the expanded CD booklets include new liner notes with reflections from Alpert himself. The 11 previous releases in the series include Whipped Cream & Other Delights, The Lonely Bull, Going Places, rarities collection Lost Treasures and many more, RISE joins the Herb Alpert Signature Series on CD May 29, 2007 with two previously unreased tracks, for the suggest list price of $13.98.

Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, co-founders of A&M Records, will be honored with the President's Merit Award by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Scoences for their contributions to popular music. The ceremony will take place at a post-Grammy reception on February 11, 2006 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

ABOUT HERB ALPERT

Herb Alpert's celebrated career in music began over four decades ago, with early--and extraordinary--success including his 1958 co-write with Lou Adler and Sam Cooke of the evergreen hit "Wonderful World." Today, 75 million+ in record sales down the road, Alpert's versatile talent is legendary. His myriad credits encompass triumphs as a superstar trumpeter and bandleader, label founder, producer, composer, arranger and vocalist...the latter, most notably for his 1968 #1 single with the now-classic track "This Guy's In Love With You," which was also the first #1 hit for the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Among Alpert's many music awards garnered over the years are seven GRAMMYs, including Record of the Year/Best Instrumental Performance (Non-Jazz) for the '65 Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass smash "A Taste of Honey," as well as Best Pop Instrumental Performance wins for the 1966 TJB hit "What Now My Love" and Herb's 1979 solo masterpiece "Rise." Alpert has also been honored with the prized GRAMMY Trustees Award for Lifetime Achievement, which he and longtime music business partner Jerry Moss received jointly in 1997.

In 1962, Alpert and Moss co-founded A&M Records, long the world's leading--and largest--independently owned record label. The company was revered internationally for its artist-driven agenda, and acts that over seceral decades included The Police, Sting, Janet Jackson, Joe Jackson, The Brothers Johnson, Joe Cocker, Bryan Adams, Soundgarden, Supertramp, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, Cat Stevens, The Carpenter, Sheryl Crow, Barry Whilte and Quincy Jones.

In many ways, though, in addition to being one of its founding fathers, Alpert was A&M's signature artist. Immediately after forming the label, he introduced the Tijuana Brass phenomenon, which propelled him, and the A&M name, to global fame. By putting the trumpet out front, Alpert revolutionized the instrumental as a pop radio staple with a trademark sound fusing Latin influences, jazz instincts, and unerring pop sensibilities.

Overall, Alpert recorded over thirty albums for A&M, with the Brass and solo, fourteen of them certified platinum, fifteen gold. He's amassed five #1 Billboard Pop singles, and three of his recordings number among the historic GRAMMY Awards Archive Collegion: All Time Winners ("Whipped Cream," "What Now My Love," and "Rise"). Alpert has produced albums for artists including Stan Getz, The Baja Marimba Band, Gato Barbieri, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, and his GRAMMY-winning wife, Lani Hall. He's still as passionate as ever about his music, and Shout! Factory's 2005 launch of The Herb Alpert Signature Series, presenting deluxe remastered editions of his classic albums, is both a salute to the past and inspiration for the future.

Herb Alpert has also proved himself as a true Renaissance man with endeavors in other realms. The same passion driving his musical genius equally informs Alpert's incarnation as a visual artist, which for 35 years has paralleled his life in the recording and performing arenas. His color-saturated, abstract expressionist paintings have been shown in museums and galleries around the world, and his bold, fluid sculptures, from the minniature to the monumental, are becoming equally acclaimed. On Broadway, Alpert has produced celebrated works including Jelly's Last Jam, Arthur Miller's Broken Glass, and Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning Angles In America. Alpert's ongoing philanthropy has garnered a host of awards, and for almost two decades, The Herb Alpert Foundation has underwritten funding in the areas of the arts, and education.

Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss have donated a number of business papres, photos, promotinoal items, and recordings from the A&M years to UCLA, along with funds to catalog them, preserve them, and make them avalable to researches as The A&M Archives.

© 2007 by Shout! Factory. Reproduced with permission of Shout! Factory.

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2008: ANYTHING GOES

Anything Goes was Herb Alpert's first album in ten years; the first full album with Lani Hall, and the first album for a record label he did not own.

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2009: ANYTHING GOES

ANYTHING GOES SESSIONOGRAPHY

ANYTHING GOES HISTORY

Released August 25, 2009.

The album was remastered and released on CD September 9, 2016 from the Herb Alpert Presents label.

HERB ALPERT & LANI HALL ON ANYTHING GOES

[Alpert asked his engineer to record the 2009 concert tour.] When I heard it back, I thought, 'Hmm, this might make a good CD. That was the concept.... I wanted to have some fun playing and doing some small venues with my wife, and that was it. When we got this tremendous feedback that we were getting from the audience, we decided to put out 'Anything Goes.' 

We heard that Irving Berlin wrote “Let’s Face The Music And Dance” as a reflection of the ‘30s. And the Depression. So when you look at it with that in mind, it’s different. There’s an irony about the lyrics that you didn’t see before. Or at least I didn’t. We wanted that sense of drama and irony in the whole mood of the piece, and it came out very much like a cabaret song. It’s very powerful - I could see the questioning on people’s faces in the audience when we started. It’s really powerful. It’s a powerful arrangement.

SOURCES: 
Herb Alpert Savoring the . Christina Fuoco-Karasinski. SoundSpike, February 10, 2011. 

An Interview with Herb Alpert & Lani Hall. Tony Sachs. Huffington Post, March 18, 2010.

SET LISTS FROM THE ANYTHING GOES TOUR 

HERB ALPERT OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY

March 11, 2009

Herb Alpert Program Bio--Approved by Herb Alpert

Musician. Artist. Producer. Composer. Music executive.

To multitudes of music fans, Herb Alpert is the trumpet-playing icon whose name instantly brings to mind memorable songs that he recorded either as the leader of the legendary Tijuana Brass or as a solo artist yielding 5 #1 hits, 8 Grammy awards, 14 Platinum and 15 Gold albums--totaling 72 million albums sold worldwide.

To a global circle of musicians Alpert's distinct, relaxed instrumental sound makes him a favorite. Trumpet players are especially aware of his unique musical expression. "You hear 3 notes and you know it's Herb Alpert"said Miles Davis. "He gets right to the point of what he's playing,"remarked Wynton Marsalis, "very melodic and nothing extraneous."

To the entire music business A&M Records was the most successful independent record label in the world founded by Herb and his partner Jerry Moss. In 1990 they sold the company as a tide of corporate takeovers swept the industry.

A lover of jazz since childhood Alpert has added his unique style and sound to many of his solo jazz albums over the years. He has worked with such notable musicians as Hugh Masekela, Shorty Rogers and Pete Jolly and has played with the legendary Louis Armstrong. Alpert has also produced and played with Gato Barbieri and the great Stan Getz.

All of these high profile achievements only begin to define the generous extent of Alpert's creative spirit. The litany of Alpert's accomplishments also include:

Abstract expressionist artist of respect and critical renown: his canvases and sculptures are praised for defining a flowing, visual vocabulary of their own.

Broadway producer with a talent for choosing prize-winning theater: He has helped bring to Broadway Tony Kushner's "Angels in America,"Arthur Miller's "Broken Glass,"August Wilson's "Seven Guitars,"and Gregory Hines's "Jelly's Last Jam."

Philanthropist with a hands-on approach: The Herb Alpert Foundation funds arts and education programs and activities selected by Alpert and his wife Lani for their effectiveness and creative spirit.

Tracing Alpert's career a consistent creative imperative serves as the logic and link between a diverse and vast range. When recently asked about his musical inspiration he says, "My love for jazz is rooted in its spontaneity and its never ending search for personal truth and creative freedom. It is with that freedom that we're doing these tours, playing original arrangements of classic American standards with the color of Brasilian music scattered throughout, hopefully creating an exciting and unique musical blend without ever closing the space for spontaneity."

Alpert is a creative force with the spirit of imagination and curiosity that inspires and lifts us to feel the joy and depth of his incomparable musical signature.

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2011: I FEEL YOU

I FEEL YOU HISTORY

Released February 8, 2011 Recorded at Sandbox Studio 2

The album was remastered and released on CD September 9, 2016 from the Herb Alpert Presents label.

HERB ALPERT & LANI HALL ON I FEEL YOU 

One of our goals is to take recognizable songs and do them in our unique way. We always try to put a different spon on songs and make them our own. 

...we try to stay very conscious of the original melody. Basically, what happens is, Lani establishes the song and then everything that's happening behind her, even when we're recording, is pretty much improv. We have the chord structure, the harmonic structure and the general form of the song, but everything that happens within that is up for grabs. It works when you're honest. If you're trying to affect it, trying to be hip or corny or whatever, it's lost. But if you're just trying to be authentic, it works."

This album is filled with a lot of young energy. We recorded it exactly the way we wanted to. We wanted to present songs in a way they haven't been heard before. You can't trample on the Beatles [on 'Blackbird'], for example, because their renditions are the ones to listen to. But you can add a little something here or there and make it just a little different that it becomes something new.

I told the drummer Michael [Shapiro], and he stared at me in disbelief, ‘don’t play any backbeats. I don’t want any backbeats.’ The only place we did use [them] was on one part of “Moondance.”

Our drummer Michael Shapiro came up with this groove, and Lani had an idea how to play it, and all of a sudden [it]"What Now My Love"] felt right. It didn’t sound anything like the TJB recording, which I certainly didn’t want to recreate, so it just kinda fell into place.

Lani Hall: "Sometimes when we’re rehearsing, Michael Shapiro our drummer or Bill Cantos our pianist will start playing an abstract rhythm or a random chord, and suddenly a song will pop into our heads. That’s what happened with “Blackbird.” Bill was playing these unrelated chords, and I suddenly started singing “Blackbird.” As for “Here Comes the Sun,” we had this rhythm we were using on another song, and decided we didn’t like the song but wanted to save the rhythm. Then Michael started playing it one day and we just started doing “Here Comes the Sun.” And, as you can hear on the album, the rhythm never lets up. It’s like a train going through, and just keeps building and building. It’s almost relentless. I thought it was so fitting for that song."

There’s something about June Christy’s version [of "Something Cool"] I always loved, and I adore the melody. We kind of played around with the gender so it would work. Lani produced it. We recorded it three different ways, and the last version we [got in one take].

SOURCES: 
A Man of Many Talents Herb Alpert Follows His Many Artisitic Passions. Aaron Leibel. Washington Jewish Week, February 9, 2011. 
'Creativity is what we need more of, if we're going to survive in this world.' Paul Freeman. San Jose Mercury News, August 17, 2011. 
Alpert Thrives AFter 50 Years of Hit-Making. Miriam Di Nunzio. Chicago Sun-Times, June 9, 2011.
  Herb Alpert & Lani Hall: Together Again for the First Time. Christopher Loudon. JazzTimes.com, February 14, 2011.

SET LISTS FROM THE 2011 TOUR 

Construction began on the Performance Arts and Leadership Center at the Herb Alpert Educational Village. The Village is dedicated to educational advancement and social justice.

The album Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, produced by Herb and Jerry Moss, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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2012: HERB ALPERT HIGHLIGHTS

Herb and Lani performed at the Cafe Carlyle in the Carlyle Hotel in New York, NY from February 28 through March 10.

During the 2012 performances at the Cafe Carlyle were: 

This Guy's in Love with You 
The Lonely Bull 
A Taste of Honey 
Besame Mucho 
Let's Face the Music and Dance 
Laura (sometimes with If I Were a Rich Man) 
La Vie En Rose 
Anything Goes 
Violo Fora de Moda 
Para Raio 
O Pato 
The Look of Love 
Whipped Cream 
Tijuana Taxi 
Moondance 
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face 
The Trolley Song 
I've Got You Under My Skin 
Fever 
Night and Day (sometimes with If I Were a Rich Man) 
Rise 
Agua de Beber 
Til There Was You 
Push and Pull

The Alpert Foundation became a sponsor of the Turnaround Initiative, a new program from The President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities to integrate arts education into some of the nation's worst-performing schools.

On June 13, Herb received the first UCLA Arts Award to recognize his accomplishments and his contributions to the arts and music that actively support the university.

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2013: STEPPIN' OUT

STEPPIN' OUT HISTORY

On June 25, 2013 the single "Puttin' On the Ritz" was released. It was supported by a video and was immediately used as the opening number of "So You Think You Can Dance" as performed by the televion show's cast. 

The album Steppin' Out was released on November 19, 2013. Alpert told the New York Times the album "[is] primarily me. My wife is featured on a couple of songs. They are songs I've always wanted to play, and I used an orchestra."

"Puttin' on the Ritz" peaked at #26 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Songs chart. 

Steppin' Out remastered digital album and CD were released December 4, 2015 on the Herb Alpert Presents label. 

SOURCE:  
New York Times Engages the Renaissance Man Herb Alpert, About Life, Music and His Cafe Carlyle Gig. James C. McKinley, Jr. New York Times (web site), March 4, 2013.

PRESS RELEASES:

Steppin' Out press release 
Steppin' Out press release

Grammy Winner HERB ALPERT to Release New Jazz Album STEPPIN' OUT, 11/19

Grammy-winning jazz great Herb Alpert is Steppin' Outon 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. The album will also be made available on digital platforms on September 24.

Steppin' Out includes 16 songs, including a contemporary version of Irving Berlin's "Puttin' on the Ritz,"a video for which has just been released. The music has an undeniable charm coupled with an energetic and intricate dance routine choreographed by the Emmy award-winning team from So You Think You Can Dance, Napoleon & Tabitha D'umo, creating a magical pied piper-like scene. The video features musicians Lani Hall, Bill Cantos, Hussain Jiffry, Michael Shapiro and dancer Vincent Noiseux alongside corps dancers like Kherington Payne and others from So You Think You Can Dance USA, America's Best Dance Crew, Dancing with the Stars, This is It, and Step Up. The video follows the lead dancer in one single seamless camera shot, without any edits, on a musical journey, motivating everyone he passes to join the promenade. The video can be seen here: "Puttin on the Ritz".

Also featured on Steppin' Out is Alpert and Jeff Lorber's "Jacky's Place,"with lyrics by Bill Cantos, featuring vocals by Lani Hall, Art Pepper's ballad "Our Song,"the chill Alpert/Lorber/Cantos composition "Green Lemonade,"Harry Warren and Al Dubin's "I Only Have Eyes For You,"featuring vocals by Hall, Ruben Fuentes Gasson's "Good Morning Mr. Sunshine,"from the Tijuana Brass' 1969 album The Brass Are Coming, the commanding ballad "Oblivion,"written by Astor Piazzolla, Irving Berlin's "What'll I Do,"featuring vocals by Hall, the Alpert/Lorber/Cantos composition "Cote d'Azur,"a fresh version of Edith Piaf's perennial favorite "La Vie En Rose,"Carl Sigman and Charles Dawes' "It's All In The Game"featuring Hall, Carlos Santana and Thomas J. Coster's "Europa,"Ziggy Elman and Johnny Mercer's "And The Angels Sing,"which originally appeared on Alpert's Going Places, Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael's "Skylark,"and Alpert and Jeff Lorber's "Migration,"with lyrics written by Bill Cantos and vocals by Hall. Closing out the album is the 50th Anniversary version of "The Lonely Bull,"composed by Sol Lake and first released on Alpert's debut album on A&M Records.

HOLLYWOOD BOWL SET LIST

Moondance  
Para-raio  
Besame Mucho  
Fever  
Fly Me To The Moon  
Let's Face the Music and Dance  
Tijuana Brass Medley: This Guy's In Love With You/ 
      Rise/Whipped Cream/Lonely Bull/ 
      Mexican Shuffle/Tijuana Taxi/A Taste of Honey  
Viola/It Might As Well Be Spring  
La Vie En Rose/In the Game  
Puttin' On The Ritz  
I've Got You Under My Skin  
Jobim Medley: Agua de Beber/Corcorvado/  
      Waters of March/One Note Samba 

NEW SONGS IN THE 2013 TOUR

Puttin' on the Ritz 
Fly Me to the Moon (Lani Hall vocal) 
It's All in the Game (Lani Hall vocal) 
And the Angels Sing 
It Might As Well Be Spring 

MUSIC LEGEND HERB ALPERT RECEIVES  
GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR NEW ALBUM AND  
ANNOUNCES NEW YORK ART EXHIBITS 

For Immediate Release: 
Caroline Graham, C4 Global Communications  
December 10, 2013 

Los Angeles, CA December 10, 2013 -- Eight-time Grammy winning music icon Herb Alpert was just honored with a fresh Grammy nomination, "Best Pop Instrumental Album," for his latest album Steppin' Out which explores standards from the American Songbook and features his wife, the Grammy-winning vocalist Lani Hall. The album introduces a contemporary version of Irving Berlin's Puttin' on the Ritz for which a popular dance video was released choreographed by the Emmy award-winning team from So You Think You Can Dance, Napoleon & Tabitha D'umo. The video also features dancers from So You Think You Can Dance, America's Best Dance Crew, Dancing with the Stars, This is It, and Step Up. Viewers are invited on a musical journey in which dancers encourage everyone who passes to join the promenade. Since Herb Alpert first introduced the Tijuana Brass with its signature sound, it has grown into a global phenomenon. He has sold over 75 million records. He is the only artist in history to have a #1 record as a singer and as an instrumentalist.

Watch video of "Puttin' On The Ritz." Alpert is also honored by the Grammys this year as a talented songwriter for his the classic "Wonderful World," which has been named to the GRAMMY Hall of Fame. "Wonderful World," written in 1959 by Alpert, Sam Cooke and Lou Adler and often referred to as its opening line "Don't Know Much About History" was a hit for Sam Cooke (1960), Herman's Hermits, Otis Redding, Art Garfunkel and in 2004 picked by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the 500 Greatest songs of all times.

Herb Alpert will add to his numerous artistic achievements early next year when he opens two exhibits in New York City, January 2013. Celebrating the New Year, three of Alpert’s tall black bronze totems, “Spirit Totems,” will be on exhibit in Dante Park mid–January 2014. “I spent time looking all over New York City for the ideal place for the ‘Spirit Totems.’ I fell in love with Dante Park because it is an open thoroughfare where the sculptures are visible with a connection to jazz at Lincoln Center,” says Herb Alpert. The large totems being transported by truck to Manhattan from Malibu, California, for the exhibition in Dante Park are: Grace 2006 — 15 feet 8 inches, Freedom 2011 — 16 feet 9 inches, and Gratitude 2009 — 17 feet 2 inches.

“The black totem sculptures” says Alpert “are pieces made of bronze with a black patina coating, that began life as 12 inch hand–sculpted clay forms. Gigantic–sized incarnations were then shaped by hand as well, before being molded and cast in bronze. Each piece takes as long as 3 months to complete.” Alpert began work on the series back in 2000, originally inspired by the totem poles of the indigenous tribes of the Pacific Northwest. The totems aesthetic has been described as “frozen smoke,” with Alpert himself comparing the freedom of spontaneity of their design to his improvisational work as a jazz musician.

On June 25, 2013 the single "Puttin' On the Ritz" was released. It was supported by a video and was immediately used as the opening number of "So You Think You Can Dance" as performed by the television show's cast.

The Herb Alpert Center in Harlem, the Harlem School of the Arts was dedicated.

On July 10, Herb Alpert received the National Medal of the Arts from President Obama.

On January 16th the ACA Galleries, High Line, New York, presented a large selection, 14 total, of smaller bronze totems 3 — 4 feet tall, and bronze maquettes created by Herb Alpert. The ACA Galleries exhibit was titled “Totems and Deities” and was a joint exhibit with artist Anita Huffington. The exhibit closed on March 1st, 2014.

The ACA Galleries opened its doors 80 years ago, establishing many giants of American art who were guided by social passion and modern spirit. Alpert’s totems are inspirational works of art, created by an artist who takes the same improvisational approach to his modern art pieces as he does to music.

Herb Alpert’s philosophy as an artist has generally been to create from a purely internal place; “the feel,” as he calls it. “For art to appear,” Alpert likes to say, “the artist must disappear.”

Herb Alpert Biography - Art 2013 Biography by C4 Global Communications

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2014: IN THE MOOD

IN THE MOOD HISTORY 

On July 31, 2014 "Chatanooga Choo Choo"debuted.

On September 30, 2014In the Mood was released.

The album was remastered and reissued on CD and digital download on December 4, 2015 from the Herb Alpert Presents label.
 

SONGS FROM THE 2014 TOUR 

Moondance 
Chattanooga Choo-Choo 
Let's Face the Music and Dance 
Paper Moon/Blue Moon 
Don't Cry 
Fly Me to the Moon 
Tijuana Brass Medley (Rise, Tijuana Taxi, Mexican Shuffle, Whipped Cream, The Work Song, The Lonely Bull, A Taste of Honey)
Up on the Roof/The Look of Love/Fool on the Hill/Never Say Never Again/Mas Que Nada 
Besame Mucho 
Viola (Viola Fora de Moda) 
La Vie en Rose 
Begin the Beguine 
This Guy's In Love With You 
I've Got You Under My Skin 
Puttin' On the Ritz 
Night and Day 
What Now My Love 
Jobim Medley (Agua de Beber, Quiet Night of Quiet Stars)

From January 16 through March 1, Alpert had a shared exhibition of totems at the ACA Galleries, 529 West 20th Street, New York, NY.

From January 23 through April 15 three Spirit Totems went on display in New York City's Dante Park across from Lincoln Center at West 64th Street and Broadway.

January 26, Herb Alpert won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Pop Album for Steppin' Out."

On March 15, Alpert received the 2014 REDCAT Award for "individuals who exemplify the generosity and talent that define and lead the field of contemporary arts and culture." REDCAT is the acronym for Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater.

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2015: COME FLY WITH ME

On September 17, Chicago's Field Museum opened an exhibit with eight of Herb Alpert's Spirit Totems. The sculptures would remain on display for one year.

COME FLY WITH ME OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

HERB ALPERT'S 'COME FLY WITH ME': MIX OF BRAND NEW MUSIC AND BELOVED
CLASSICS OUT SEPTEMBER 25

Herb Alpert's legendary career includes five decades of unprecedented breakthroughs as an artist, record executive and philanthropist. In the past two years alone, he won his ninth GRAMMY for 2013's Steppin' Out and received the National Medal of Arts from President Obama. As impressive as those accolades are, they may soon be overshadowed. Come Fly With Me, his latest studio album (to be released on September 25 via his own label, Herb Alpert Presents) is some of the best work of Herb Alpert's career, rivaling his classic Tijuana Brass output. In the past year, Alpert composed seven original songs for the album, drawn from a diversity of musical influences, with inventive arrangements and lush orchestrations. His stirring new material is wonderfully complemented by fresh interpretations of some of the most indelible melodies of the 20th century.

The exciting original compositions on Come Fly With Me were inspired by everything from a Tito Puente rhythm Alpert fell in love with (the propulsive "Night Ride") to jamming with his world class band in between shows on tour (the fun, reggae-infused "Cheeky"was born of these sessions). On "Walkin' Tall", another track with a punchy reggae beat, Alpert's trumpet melody slinks and slides. Herb's take on one of Frank Sinatra's most famous recordings, "Come Fly With Me,"is set to a groovy bossa nova beat with the surprising addition of a steel drum. His sparse take on George Harrison's "Something" includes the use of an electronic instrument known as an EVI, to play the signature guitar lick from the original recording.

Alpert was always fond of the infectious melody in "Something", and of George Harrison as a person, who recorded on Alpert's A&M Records in the seventies. Alpert co-founded A&M in 1962 and headed the label for thirty years. In that time he mentored generations of pop icons, from The Carpenters and Cat Stevens to Sting and Janet Jackson.

A 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Alpert's albums have sold over 72 million copies, and 29 of his records have reached the Billboard 200. Herb has also dedicated his life to philanthropy, funding music education programs across the country. Through his personal foundation, Herb has helped establish music programs at UCLA and the California Institute of Arts. Both schools have named their programs the Herb Alpert School of Music in his honor. Alpert has also established the Herb Alpert Scholarships for Emerging Young Artists, which help provide tuition to twenty young musicians each year.

Herb and his band will be on tour through January, including dates at the Smothers Theatre in Los Angeles on September 25th and City Winery in Chicago on October 1st.

'Come Fly With Me' track list:
1. Come Fly With Me
2. Blue Skies
3. Got A Lot of Livin' To Do
4. Cheeky
5. Take The A Train
6. Love Affair
7. Windy City
8. Sweet and Lovely
9. Walkin' Tall
10. Night Ride
11. Something
12. On the Sunny Side of the Street
13. Danny Boy

COME FLY WITH ME HISTORY 

CD released on September 25, 2015. Vinyl album released November 20, 2015.

The first album released on the Herb Alpert Presents label.

HERB ALPERT'S 'COME FLY WITH US' TOUR OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

The “Come Fly With Us” concert tour takes off around the USA, with Herb and his wife, the Grammy award–winning singer Lani Hall, and their three–piece band.

Herb Alpert’s legendary career includes five decades of unprecedented breakthroughs as a musician, painter, sculptor, and record executive and philanthropist. In the past two years alone, he won his ninth GRAMMY® for 2013’s Steppin’ Out and received the National Medal of Arts from President Obama.

Come Fly With Me, the latest album on his own label, Herb Alpert Presents, is some of the best work of Herb Alpert’s career, rivaling his classic Tijuana Brass output. In the past year, Alpert composed seven original songs for the album, drawn from a diversity of musical influences, with inventive arrangements and lush orchestrations. His stirring new material is wonderfully complemented by fresh interpretations of some of the most indelible melodies of the 20th century.

The exciting original compositions on Come Fly With Me were inspired by everything from a Tito Puente rhythm Alpert fell in love with (the propulsive “Night Ride”) to jamming with his world class band in between shows on tour (the fun, reggae–infused “Cheeky” was born of these sessions). On “Walkin’ Tall,” another track with a punchy reggae beat, Alpert’s trumpet melody slinks and slides. Herb’s take on one of Frank Sinatra’s most famous recordings, “Come Fly With Me,” is set to a groovy bossa nova beat with the surprising addition of a steel drum. His sparse take on George Harrison’s “Something” includes the use of an electronic instrument known as an EVI, to play the signature guitar lick from the original recording.

Alpert was always fond of the infectious melody in “Something,” and of George Harrison as a person, who recorded on Alpert’s A&M Records in the seventies. Alpert co–founded A&M in 1962 and headed the label for thirty years with his partner Jerry Moss.

A 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Alpert’s albums have sold over 72 million copies, and 29 of his records have reached the Billboard 200. Herb has also dedicated his life to philanthropy and funding music education programs across the country. Herb has also dedicated his life to philanthropy and funding music education programs across the country. Herb has also dedicated his life to philanthropy, funding music education programs across the country. Through his personal foundation Herb is dedicated to the arts and the spirit of giving back.

Herb and his Grammy award–winning wife, vocalist Lani Hall, and their band will be on tour through March, 2016.

Tour dates:
December 2 — Saratoga, CA – Montalvo
December 3 — Saratoga, CA – Montalvo
December 5 — Oakland, CA – Yoshi’s Oakland
December 6 — Oakland, CA – Yoshi’s Oakland
December 7 — Oakland, CA – Yoshi’s Oakland
January 26 — Seattle, WA – Jazz Alley
January 27 — Seattle, WA – Jazz Alley
January 28 — Seattle, WA – Jazz Alley
January 30 — Spokane, WA – Spokane Symphony
February 20 — Arcadia, CA – Arcadia Performing Arts Center
February 29 — Vienne, VA – The Barns at Wolf Trap
March 1 — Vienne, VA – The Barns at Wolf Trap
March 3 – Melbourne, FL – King Center for Performing Arts
March 4 – Jacksonville, FL – Florida Theatre
March 5 — Clearwater, FL – The Capitol Theater
March 6 — Boca Raton, FL – Boca Raton Festival
April 2 — Dallas, TX – Majestic
April 5 — Phoenix, AZ – MIM Music Theater
April 6 — Phoenix, AZ – MIM Music Theater

2015 SET LISTS 

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2016: HUMAN NATURE

Herb Alpert Returns With Electronic And Dance-Infused 'Human Nature' September 30 - Brand New Collection Of Original Works + Classics Reimagined By The Iconic Musician

Herb Alpert's new album 'Human Nature' finds the iconic musician delving into dance grooves and elements of electronic music in a way he has never done before. The new album, his fourth new release in just three years, is out September 30 and features five original compositions and Herb's signature reimagining of classics like Michael Jackson's "Human Nature,"Burt Bacharach's "Alfie"and "Don't Go Breaking My Heart,"and Bacharach and Elvis Costello's "Look Up Again."Herb's legendary career includes five decades of unprecedented breakthroughs as an artist, record executive and philanthropist. In the past three years alone, he won his ninth GRAMMY for 2013's Steppin' Out and received the National Medal of Arts from President Obama.

Lead single and original track "Doodles"is propelled by a deep pocket groove and Herb's iconic phrasing, an earworm melody in his breathless style. "Human Nature,"a Michael Jackson smash hit, gets a Latin tinge, the song stripped to its essentials to let the rhythm and melody shine. The album artwork, of a figure playing the trumpet, is an original sculpture that Herb crafted.

'Human Nature' is available for pre-order on August 5. Fans will receive an immediate download of "Doodles"with each order through iTunes or Amazon MP3.

In September, Herb will also re-release 24 classic albums from his illustrious career on CD with 4 titles to be released on LP. Each title has been remastered from the original analog tape mixes by GRAMMY-winning engineer Bernie Grundman, who was the original mastering engineer for many of these recordings. Several have been out of print for a number of years.

A 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Alpert's albums have sold over 72 million copies, and 29 of his records have reached the Billboard 200. Herb has also dedicated his life to philanthropy, funding music education programs across the country. Through his personal foundation, Herb has helped establish music programs at UCLA and the California Institute of Arts. Both schools have named their programs the Herb Alpert School of Music in his honor. Alpert has also established the Herb Alpert Scholarships for Emerging Young Artists, which help provide tuition to twenty young musicians each year.

TRACK LIST: 

1. Human Nature 

2. Shake It 

3. Alfie 

4. Thalia 

5. Look Up Again 

6. Incognito 

7. Don't Go Breaking My Heart 

8. Mystery Man 

9. Doodles 

For more information, contact Chris Taillie (ctaillie@shorefire.com), Max Lefkowitz (mlefkowitz@shorefire.com) or Matt Hanks (mhanks@shorefire.com) at Shore Fire Media, (718) 522-7171.

SONGS FROM THE SPRING 2016 TOUR

Bittersweet Samba 
Moondance 
Chatanooga Choo Choo 
O Pato 
Fever 
Fly Me to the Moon 
MEDLEY: Rise/Whipped Cream/The Lonely Bull/Spanish Flea/Tijuana Taxi/A Taste of Honey 
This Guy's In Love With You 
Up On the Roof 
MEDLEY: The Look of Love/Upa, Neguinho/The Fool On the Hill/Like a Lover/Mas Que Nada 
Something 
Come Fly With Me 
On the Sunny Side of the Street 
Never Never Land 
Begin the Beguine 
I've Got You Under My Skin 
Puttin' On the Ritz 
Besame Mucho 
MEDLEY: Agua de Beber/Corcovado/So Danco Samba/The Girl From Ipanema/Waters of March/One Note Samba

The Tijuana Brass Medley could also include The Mexican Shuffle and Casino Royale

SONGS FROM THE FALL 2016 TOUR

What Now My Love 
Human Nature 
Moondance 
O Pato 
Besame Mucho 
Fly Me to the Moon 
Medley: Rise/ Whipped Cream/The Lonely Bull/Casino Royale/Spanish Flea/Mexican Shuffle/Tijuana Taxi/A Taste of Honey 
Up On the Roof 
Medley: The Look of Love/Upa, Neguinho/Fool On the Hill/Like a Lover/Mas Que Nada 
Something 
On the Sunny Side of the Street 
Never Never Land 
Come Fly With Me 
Alfie

Human Nature was nominated for the Best Contemporary Instrumental Grammy.

Herb Alpert and Lani Hall donated $10.1 million to the Los Angeles City College to provide all music majors a tuition-free education.

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2017: MUSIC VOLUME 1 AND THE CHRISTMAS WISH

On June 16, Herb Alpert was presented UCLA's highest honor, the UCLA Medla.

Catalog Reissue Press Release

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

Joyful, romantic sounds that stir the soul: that’s the overarching theme of Herb Alpert’s ‘Music Vol. 1,’ the trumpeter and composers’ new work out July 28 (via Herb Alpert Presents).  Alpert’s passion for timeless melodies takes the listener on a voyage that spans genres and generations with surprising twists and turns.  Always exploring and bursting with creativity, he teamed with GRAMMY-winning producer Jochem van der Saag (whose credits include Andrea Bocelli and Destiny’s Child) for the first time, crafting ‘Music Vol. 1’ at van der Saag’s home studio over the past year.

‘Music Vol. 1’ arrives with a brand new song written by Alpert, the infectiously funky “Sugarfoot.”  The euphoric album unfurls with tasteful twists on iconic songs, such as turntable scratches and electronic flourishes on “Unforgettable” and “Cheek to Cheek.”  The inclusion of both “Michelle” and “Imagine” point to the near-endless inspiration that Alpert draws from the music of John Lennon and The Beatles.  In his hands, “Michelle” starts with lush strings and effortlessly shifts into a swinging, Parisian-inspired jazz motif.  Alpert’s lifelong love of Django Reinhardt led him to the classic “C’est Si Bon” and further takes the listener on a trip straight to France, the smell of tulips in the air, lovers walking hand in hand.  Herb also puts a fresh, breezy spin on “Flamingo,” a song he first recorded for 1966’s chart-topper ‘SRO.’

‘Music Vol. 1’ finds Herb Alpert as you’ve never heard him before, and arrives at a busy time.  Last year’s ‘Human Nature’ LP earned him yet another GRAMMY nomination.  He also won a GRAMMY for Best Pop Instrumental Album in 2014 for ‘Steppin’ Out.’  A holiday album will also arrive later this year, with more details to be announced.
* Billboard recently listed Herb at #7 on their Greatest Of All Time Billboard 200 Artists list.
* He remastered and reissued 28 of his classic albums for the first time and released them fall 2016, 13 of which simultaneously debuted in the Top 50 of Billboard’s Catalog Jazz charts.
* Herb is a 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and nine-time GRAMMY winner.
* His albums have sold over 72 million copies, and 29 of his records have reached the Billboard 200.

* In 2013, Alpert received the National Medal of Arts from President Obama.

‘MUSIC VOL.1’ TRACKLIST:
1. Flamingo
2. Unforgettable
3. Michelle
4. C’est Si Bon
5. I’m Yours
6. Cheek to Cheek
7. Just a Gigolo
8. Witchcraft
9. Sugarfoot
10. Strike Up The Band
11. You Stepped Out of a Dream
12. Imagine

OFFICIAL VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF MUSIC VOLUME 1 SONGS

I'm Yours

THE CHRISTMAS WISH HISTORY

"White Christmas" was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella.

Christmas Wish digital booklet
 

HERB ALPERT'S THOUGHTS ON THE CHRISTMAS WISH

When it felt right I struck and I found the right orchestrator and person to work with, Chris Walden, and I got excited about it....I didn’t want to make just another album, I wanted to make something that I thought was special.

The orchestra we had is all professional musicians, and the thirty-two piece choir is all people who work in town and read music. That’s their livelihood.

The album was recorded at Capitol Records Tower in [the] main studio there, the one that Sinatra recorded in. It has a huge history and it’s a really excellent studio.

SOURCE:
The Christmas Wish: A Conversation With Herb Alpert. Mike Ragogna. Huffington Post, December 1, 2017.

THE CHRISTMAS WISH OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

Get In The Holiday Spirit With Herb Alpert's First Seasonal Record In Five Decades, 'The Christmas Wish'

Alpert Kicks Off The Most Wonderful Time Of Year On The Hallmark Channel's 'Home & Family' This Friday November 3
 

'The Christmas Wish' Lands Alpert On Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Chart Top 3 For The Second Time This Year

Herb Alpert will cap off a remarkable 2017 with perhaps his finest moment of the year: a return to holiday music for the first time in five decades. 'The Christmas Wish' features Alpert and a stunning 77-piece symphony and choir lending fresh interpretations to more than a dozen holiday hits. ‘The Christmas Wish’ was tracked at the hallowed Capitol Studios in the heart of Hollywood.

Alpert is supported by a host of legendary friends and collaborators on ‘The Christmas Wish,’ including Richard Carpenter (who joins Herb on celesta for his "Merry Christmas, Darling”), Paul Williams (who penned original lyrics for the brand-new title track), composer/arranger Chris Walden (Aretha Franklin, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder) and engineer Al Schmitt (Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Madonna). Herb’s wife and bandmate Lani Hall joins him for lead vocals on the album’s title track. 'The Christmas Wish' follows up 1968's chart-topping 'Christmas Album,' recently named one of the 15 Greatest Holiday Albums of All Time by MOJO.

'The Christmas Wish' will make its national television debut this Friday November 3 on The Hallmark Channel's 'Home & Family' morning show, where Herb will perform "Santa Baby." The 'Home & Family' performance comes on the heels of a #3 debut on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Album Chart, marking Herb's second top three debut of the year (after his 'Music Vol. 1' topped the same chart this summer). Earlier this year, Alpert was nominated for yet another GRAMMY (his second nomination in three years), interviewed on the Tonight Show by Jimmy Fallon and profiled by the LA Times. His 'Music Vol. 1' record was hailed as "life affirming" by AllMusic and "a new classic" by the Huffington Post, as Billboard dubbed Alpert “more prolific than most artists a fraction of his age.”

Herb and his band are touring through the end of the year, including holiday stands at Yoshi's in the Bay Area and the Blue Note in Honolulu. A full list of dates is below.

NOV 3 – Cerritos Performing Arts Center – Cerritos, CA
NOV 6 – City Winery – Chicago, IL
NOV 7 – City Winery – Chicago, IL
NOV 8 – The Kent Stage – Kent, OH
NOV 10 – Kiawah Island Weekend of Jazz – Kiawah Island, SC
NOV 11 – Manchester Craftsmen Theater – Pittsburgh, PA
NOV 12 – Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts – Annapolis, MD
NOV 13 – Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts – Vienna, VA
NOV 14 – Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts – Vienna, VA
NOV 15 – Sellersville Theater – Sellersville, PA
DEC 5-7 – Yoshi’s – Oakland, CA
DEC 14-17 – Blue Note – Honolulu, HI

‘THE CHRISTMAS WISH’ TRACKLIST:
Joy To The World – Silver Bells (Medley)
Let It Snow – Rudolph (Medley)
Santa Baby
Carol Of The Bells - We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Medley)
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Silent Night
Winter Wonderland
Merry Christmas Darling
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
The Christmas Wish
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
The Christmas Song
White Christmas
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve
Jesu Joy Of Man’s Desire

For more information please contact Chris Taillie (ctaillie@shorefire.com), Mark Satlof (msatlof@shorefire.com) or Max Lefkowitz (mlefkowitz@shorefire.com) at Shore Fire Media, (718) 522-7171

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2018: MUSIC VOLUME 3

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD PRESS RELEASE

Herb Alpert Reminds Us Of Louis Armstrong's Enduring Optimism In Troubled Times With New "What A Wonderful World" Video

Listen To Alpert's Take On The American Classic Via Billboard

Herb Alpert has unveiled an imaginative visual component to his recent cover of good friend and American legend Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World.” In a Q&A with Billboard, Alpert explains he was galvanized to put his own spin on the ubiquitous classic as a reminder of Armstrong’s overpowering positivity in uncertain times.

Struggling with all the ugliness and divisiveness he saw around him, Herb found comfort in an answer Louis Armstrong gave when questioned on the unapologetic optimism of “What A Wonderful World.” Armstrong would say: "it ain't the world that’s so bad, but what we’re doin’ to it. All I’m saying is what a wonderful world it would be if only we’d give it a chance. Love baby, love. That’s the secret." Alpert echoes Louis' exact sentiment in spoken-word form on the front of his “What A Wonderful World” cover. Love baby, love. That's the secret.

Herb’s unique spin on the track incorporates instruments from around the world – Trinidad to Turkey and Japan to Bolivia – as well as an angelic children's choir. Children are particularly important to Alpert, who will donate 100% of proceeds to the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation.

The accompanying video intersperses clips from the recording process with everyday reminders of the beauty in the world and appeals for kindness, honesty and compassion. On his 2018 tour dates, Alpert has been opening his shows with the “What A Wonderful World” video to rave reviews. To experience it in a live setting, check out Alpert’s upcoming show schedule (more to be announced soon).

Herb Alpert Tour Dates

April 28 – Infinity Hall – Hartford, CT

April 29 – Birchmere – Alexandria, VA

April 30 – Diana Wortham Theater – Asheville, NC

May 1 – McGlohon Theater – Charlotte, NC

May 2 – Carolina Theatre – Durham, NC

May 4 – Florida Theater – Jacksonville, FL

May 5 – City Winery – Atlanta, GA

May 24 – Bakersfield College Amphitheater – Bakersfield, CA

May 25 – Harris Center – Folsom, CA

June 13 – San Diego Country Fair – San Diego, CA

August 12 – San Jose Summer Jazz Fest – San Jose, CA

September 15 – Rio Theatre – Santa Cruz, CA

For more information please contact Mark Satlof or Max Lefkowitz at Shore Fire Media, (718) 522-7171
 

Released to media on July 10, 2018, and to the public on July 23, 2018

Wade In the Water and Tour Press Release

Herb Alpert's 'Music Volume 3: Herb Alpert Reimagines The Tijuana Brass' Out Now, Debuted At #1 On Apple Music Jazz, Top 5 At Amazon Jazz

Herb Alpert's iconic career continues with release of 'Music Volume 3: Herb Alpert Reimagines The Tijuana Brass' – which is out now. The album opened at #1 on Apple Music's jazz chart and is currently in the Top 5 on Amazon’s jazz best-sellers list. This is a continuing trend for Alpert: his two 2017 album releases both hit #1 on Apple Music and Amazon and also debuted at #1 on Billboard's jazz chart.

For ‘Music Vol. 3,’ Herb has revisited some of his legendary songs with the Tijuana Brass, and transformed them. This reinvention of historic recordings like “A Taste Of Honey,” “Lonely Bull,” “Spanish Flea” and many more were “scrambled up,” as Herb says. He explored new arrangements, production, new studio takes and in some case even samples of the originals to make them fresh and surprising, and a way for Herb to continue sharing positivity with a world in need of it. The project finds Herb continuing his partnership with producer Jochem van der Saag. 

Several of the songs on ‘Music Vol. 3’ appeared on albums during an unprecedented run in 1966, when four Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass releases were on the Billboard Top 10 at the same time. ‘Music Vol. 3’ begins appropriately with "The Lonely Bull” and includes a surprising mash-up of "Spanish Flea" into "Rise," two famous songs blended together here for the first time. 

Since 2014 Herb has won a GRAMMY (his 9th), and was nominated for an additional two. Herb also performed "A Taste of Honey" as a tribute to Hal Blaine on PBS' Great Performances show, ‘GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends.’ The program aired nationally earlier this month.

Herb will wrap 2018 with a run of holiday shows in December, where he will play selections from ‘The Christmas Wish,’ which he released last year for the holiday season, his first holiday album since 1968. 

DECEMBER HOLIDAY SHOWS

December 6 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Parker Playhouse 

December 7 – West Palm Beach, FL – Kravitz Center – Dreyfoos Hall 

December 8 – Clearwater, FL – Capitol Theatre – w/ Manhattan Transfer 

December 9 – Naples, FL – Hayes Hall - w/ Manhattan Transfer 

December 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Disney Hall w/ Manhattan Transfer 

January 26 – San Luis Obispo, CA - Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center

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2019: OVER THE RAINBOW

Japanese Distributor Press Release
August 23, 2019

Herb Alpert, a heavyweight trumpeter/producer of the American music world, who continues to enthusiastically continue to release new works at a pace of one every year even now at the age of 84, is active. Known as one of the founders of A&M Records, he had a great influence on the music scene, and he is familiar with the theme song "Bittersweet Samba" of "All Night Nippon" here in Japan, but "Rise", "A Taste Of Honey", "This Guy's In Love With You", "The Lonely Bull" etc. With nine Grammy awards and 72 million album sales worldwide, he is a legend in the American music scene. 

His latest work "OVER THE RAINBOW". The album contains 1 original number and 12 songs that are widely known standard numbers covered in a sophisticated arrangement unique to Herb Alpert. Recorded over eight months in the herb studio and in the studio of engineer/arranger/mix engineer Jochem Van Der Saag. The preceding single from the album is the original number "Skinny Dip". Produced by herbs themselves. 

As a cover, he picked up Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine", title track "Over The Rainbow", Barry Manilow's "Copacabana", and Billy Preston's "You Are So Beautiful", EW&F's "Fantasy", etc. In choosing these standard numbers, Herb says: "Original songs have to be playable and have a fun melody, for example a little noisy but fun, like "Skinny Dip". There's a great definitive version of Judy Garland (and other great versions). It's always dangerous to pick up "Somewhere Over The Rainbow," but Michael Shapiro sings the opening refrain and loves the current version of Eduardo del Barrio's beautiful orchestration.)

He also talks about the songs. "Jochem Van Der Saag arranged "Nature Boy" is one of my favorite songs. I personally knew Eden Abez who wrote the song and had an interesting time together. "All Love" by Babic Reichart is a beautiful tribute to the great father, Django Reinhardt, who established his unique gypsy guitar style. And "You Are So Beautiful" is a feeling for Lani (Hall), my wife and my "angel". "Always On My Mind" is a country song that everyone knows, but it feels just as comfortable with the new instrumental arrangement, made by Maurice White and Eduardo del Barrio, "Fantasy" arranged by Eddie has been my favorite song. And "Ain't No Sunshine" has a wonderful version of Bill Withers, but with the song of Hussain Jiffry and his wife, Lani Hall, I added herb alpertishness." 

Perhaps the brightest of the covers is "Wonderful World", a tribute to the jazz trumpet giant Louis Armstrong. When playing this song, herbs do not cover Louis as it is, but rather the influence that song has on the world and the music that would bring light to the world and a tool to better understand each other. He said he wanted to shed light on his power. Herb Alpert's latest work, "OVER THE RAINBOW," sings hymns on life and love, the power of peace and music, and all that. It is one piece that is full of charm that goes beyond generations.

OVER THE RAINBOW PRESS RELEASE

HERB ALPERT
CELEBRATES LIFE, LOVE & MUSIC WITH HIS NEW ALBUM
OVER THE RAINBOW
SET FOR RELEASE ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Malibu, CA: On September 20, 2019, legendary and Grammy winning musician, producer, creator and artist Herb Alpert will release his newest album Over The Rainbow, a 12 song collection that includes one original track and a cadre of classic and well known interpreted tunes performed in a way that only Alpert can deliver.

The pre-order for the album begins today (July 24th) and the first single, “Skinny Dip,” is available as an instant download when you pre-order (on iTunes and Amazon). The second single, “Fantasy,” will be available on August 23rd.

As one of the worlds most renowned and celebrated trumpet players, Alpert has once again broken the mold with a collection of songs that spans decades. “This project started like all of the other albums that I have recorded throughout the years, including the Tijuana Brass projects. I am always looking for good melodies to play and if it is a familiar song that I am working on, I’ll try to do it in a way that it’s never been heard before,” says Alpert. “When choosing songs, I look for something that makes you feel good, I have learned to become an audience to my own music and listen to what creates feelings that stop and call you.”

Recorded at both Alpert’s studio and at famed Grammy winning and multi-nominated engineer, arranger and mixer Jochem van der Saag’s studio, Over The Rainbow was recorded in eight months and boasts a roster of pop, classic and international hits that are familiar to all ages. The first song on the album is “Skinny Dip,” an original co-written and produced by Alpert, followed by 11 others including “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “All Love,” “Fantasy,” “Over The Rainbow,” “Copacabana,” “With You I’m Born Again,” “You Are So Beautiful” “Nature Boy,” “Always On My Mind,” “South Of The Border,” and “What A Wonderful World.”

Reflecting on the choice of songs for the new release, Alpert says, “Original songs must have a melody that is fun for me to play, like ‘Skinny Dip,’ a little quirky, but fun. It’s always a bit dangerous to tackle a song like ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow,’ that has the iconic Judy Garland recording (and many other great recordings,) but I like this version and the way that it starts with Michael Shapiro singing part of the opening refrain and the beautiful orchestration by Eduardo del Barrio.”

“The song ‘Nature Boy’ arranged by Jochem Van der Saag, is also close to my heart, having personally known and spent some interesting times with the composer, Eden Abez, who lived his life as the real nature boy. ‘All Love,’ was written by Babik Reinhart, a beautiful tribute to his incredibly talented father, Django Reinhardt, who had his own, unique, Gypsy guitar style. ‘You Are So Beautiful,’ is how I feel about my wife and ‘angel,’ Lani.

‘Always on my Mind,’ was taking a chance on a familiar country song that just feels good to me in its new setting as an instrumental and ‘Fantasy,’ is a song that I’ve always liked that was written by Maurice White and Eduardo Del Barrio and also arranged by Eduardo. ‘Ain’t No Sunshine,’ is that iconic recording by Bill Withers and I tried to put the Herb Alpert spin on it, with Hussain Jiffry singing along with my wife, Lani Hall.

‘Wonderful World,’ is a tribute to the great, Louis Armstrong. My intention was not to cover his record, but to show how it had an international impact and to highlight the power of music as a tool to help us understand each other and bring more light into the world, so that peace will have a much better chance to survive.”

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass propelled his sound into the pop music limelight at one point outselling the Beatles two to one. In 1966, they achieved the since-unmatched feat of simultaneously having four albums in the Top 10– and five in the Top 20. Herb Alpert also has the distinction of being the only artist in history who has scored a #1 instrumental and a #1 vocal single on the charts.

Some of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass’ fourteen Top 40 singles include; “The Lonely Bull,” “Mexican Shuffle,” “Spanish Flea,” GRAMMY®-winners “A Taste Of Honey” and “What Now My Love,” and the #1 hits “This Guy’s In Love With You” and “Rise.” In 2016 the Herb Alpert Presents record label released 30 deluxe re-masters of the entire TJB catalogue plus all of Herb’s solo albums from the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s. In all, Alpert has recorded over forty albums and produced for many other artists, including Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66, Stan Getz, Michel Colombier, Gato Barbieri and Alpert’s wife, GRAMMY winning vocalist Lani Hall, to name a few.

As an industry leader, Alpert’s commitment to artists with personal vision guided A&M Records (with partner Jerry Moss) from a Hollywood garage operation into one of the most successful independent record labels in music history that started in 1962 with Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Stars including Janet Jackson, Quincy Jones, Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66, Stan Getz, Cat Stevens, Supertramp, The Carpenters, Carole King, Sheryl Crow, Peter Frampton, The Police and scores of others that are evidence of the consistent quality and diversity of the A&M Records family.

In 2006, Alpert and Moss were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in recognition of their accomplishments and are a part of the Grammy Museum’s ”Icons of the Music Industry” series. In 2013 Herb Alpert was awarded The National Medal of Arts Award by President Barack Obama for his musical, philanthropic and artistic contributions.

Over The Rainbow will available on all digital outlets on September 20, 2019.

1. Skinny Dip
2. Ain't No Sunshine
3. All Love
4. Fantasy
5. Over the Rainbow
6. Copacabana
7. With You I'm Born Again
8. You Are So Beautiful
9. Nature Boy
10. Always On My Mind
11. South of the Border
12. What a Wonderful World

FANTASY

Release date: September 9, 2019

Herb Alpert brings you his new single, “Fantasy” from his upcoming album Over The Rainbow (available everywhere September 20)!

“Fantasy”, which was written by Maurice White and Eduardo Del Barrio and famously recorded by Earth, Wind, and Fire, was a long-time favorite of Herb’s and he took the opportunity to record a version for his new album. “I am always looking for good melodies to play and if it is a familiar song that I am working on, I’ll try to do it in a way that it’s never been heard before,” says Alpert. “When choosing songs, I look for something that makes you feel good, I have learned to become an audience to my own music and listen to what creates feelings that stop and call you.”

Recorded at both Alpert’s studio and at famed Grammy winning and multi-nominated engineer, arranger and mixer Jochem van der Saag’s studio, Over The Rainbow was recorded in eight months and boasts a roster of pop, classic and international hits that are familiar to all ages. The first song on the album is “Skinny Dip,” an original co-written and produced by Alpert, followed by 11 others including “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “All Love,” “Fantasy,” “Over The Rainbow,” “Copacabana,” “With You I’m Born Again,” “You Are So Beautiful” “Nature Boy,” “Always On My Mind,” “South Of The Border,” and “What A Wonderful World.”

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2020: HERB ALPERT IS...

“I think the ups and downs of my life can inspire others.”

-Herb Alpert

Herb Alpert is a multi-faceted man, a man of many passions.

Short Synopsis

With his trumpet he turned the Tijuana Brass into gold, earning 15 gold and 14 platinum records; He has won nine Grammys Awards between 1966 and 2014, and received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2012.

Herb co-founded the indie label, A & M Records with his business partner, Jerry Moss, which recorded artists as varied as Carole King, Cat Stevens, The Carpenters, Janet Jackson, Peter Frampton, Joe Cocker, Quincy Jones, Sergio Mendes, and The Police. A&M would go on to become one of the most successful independent labels in history. He has shown his striking work as an abstract painter and sculptor, worldwide. And through the Herb Alpert Foundation, he has given significant philanthropic support of educational programs in the arts nationwide, from the Harlem School of the Arts and Los Angeles City College to CalArts and UCLA.

John Scheinfeld’s documentary Herb Alpert is... profiles the artist, now 85, mostly from the perspective of colleagues like Questlove, Sting, and Bill Moyers. In their words, the shy, unassuming trumpeter is a musical, artistic and philanthropic heavyweight.

Long Synopsis

Herb Alpert was a shy third grader when his music appreciation teacher arranged instruments on a table and encouraged her students to experiment. The 8-year-old picked up a trumpet and effectively found his voice. In 1966, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass outsold the Beatles two to one. Between 1966 and 2014, the musician who wed Dixieland and mariachi styles with jazz and pop, won nine Grammys, a testament to his virtuosity and enduring appeal.

In 1962 he co-founded the indie label, A & M Records with business partner, Jerry Moss, which introduced artists as varied as Carole King, Cat Stevens, The Carpenters, Janet Jackson, Peter Frampton, Joe Cocker, Quincy Jones, Sergio Mendes and The Police. A&M would go on to become one of the most successful independent labels in history. His work as an abstract painter and sculptor has been shown worldwide. Through the Herb Alpert Foundation, he has given significant philanthropic support of educational programs in the arts nationwide, from the Harlem School of the Arts and Los Angeles City College to CalArts and UCLA.

With his #1 record, “Rise” (1979) and romantic ballad “This Guy’s in Love With You” (1968), Alpert is the only solo artist to have number-one singles on both the instrumental and vocal charts. With the Tijuana Brass, Alpert had nine consecutive Gold albums. After it disbanded, he earned six more. In all, he has a total of 15 gold and 14 platinum records.

John Scheinfeld’s Herb Alpert is... paints a portrait of the sensitive artist and self-described “card-carrying introvert” as someone who prefers to let his music, painting and sculpture speak for him.
Thus, Scheinfeld relies on the likes of Burt Bacharach, Richard Carpenter, Bill Moyers, Questlove, and Sting to talk about Alpert’s achievements as a musician and record producer. Others, like Richard Lariviere, president of Chicago’s Field Museum, praises the musician’s expressionistic sculptures that permanently stand in the museum’s gardens, and Eric Pryor, head of The Harlem School of the Arts, testifies to the impact of Alpert’s philanthropy.

Among the other people interviewed are Jerry Moss, Alpert’s long-time partner in A & M Records, (Alpert is the “A,” and Moss the “M”); Lou Adler, legendary producer of Carole King and The Mamas and the Papas, who collaborated with Alpert on songwriting early in their careers, and worked together with the legendary Sam Cooke

and 2 time Grammy Award winning singer, Lani Hall, who first met Alpert when he produced Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66, for which she was the lead vocalist. She wed Alpert in December 1973 and aside from her own, solo, singing career, she has been a vocalist on many of his subsequent albums. He calls her his muse. For the 72 million albums he has sold, Alpert ranks #7 on Billboard’s Top 200.