Trumpet master Herb Alpert has been making music for over 60 years and on September 20 he will release his 50th album he has titled “50”. This year also marks Alpert’s 50th wedding anniversary to his wife Lani.
The first single of the album – “Dancing Down 50th Street” – an original dance tune reminiscent of Alpert’s Tijuana Brass.
Alpert spoke on the new album saying, “I am fortunate to still be exploring and having fun making music. When I first started recording, I had a one-track wire recorder. Today I make music using digital recording with unlimited recording tracks. The one thing, for me, that has always remained the same, no matter one-track, two-track, or 100 tracks, is that it is ALWAYS about finding a great song or melody. A great song or melody recorded on one-track will always be a great song.”
A mix of originals and covers, “50” in a sense is a career spanning album.
The tracklisting for “50”:
“Dancing Down 50th Street”
“Sh-Boom”
“Are You Lonesome Tonight”
“Baubles, Bangles, and Beads”
“Morning Mist”
“Never too Late”
“Where Do We Go from Here”
“Sleep Walk”
“Corcovado”
“Jeannine”
Alpert also has some tour dates lined up; although some of the dates have yet to name the venues.
Aug 22-25 at the Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
Oct 8 at the Harris Center in Folsom, CA
Oct 10 at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, CA
Oct 12 at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, CA
Oct 13 at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts in Scottsdale, AZ
Dec 10 in Nashville, TN
Dec 11 in Chattanooga, TN
Dec 13 in Atlanta, GA
Dec 14 in Metairie, LA
Dec 15 in Houston, TX
Feb 11 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Feb 12 in Sarasota, FL
Feb 13 in Orlando, FL
Feb 15 in Augusta, GA
Feb 16 in Charlotte, NC