[Cover photo credit to Dewey Nicks]

Musician, artist, record label executive, and more, Herb Alpert will mark a milestone in his six-decade music career with the release of his 50th studio album this Fall, aptly titled 50. Out on September 20th, 2024 the album also commemorates another significant landmark as it celebrates 50 years of marriage to his wife, collaborator, and touring partner, Lani Hall, their golden anniversary.

Alpert has shared the album’s lead single “Dancing Down 50th Street,” a dance track mixing the flavor of his Tijuana Brass days with a modern vibe. “Dancing Down 50th Street” is also one of Alpert’s several new original compositions featured on the album.

Alpert says of his career:

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.

50 combines originals and covers from throughout Pop music history, with Alpert’s trumpet melodies leading the action. Many of the songs on 50 date back to the 1950s, and some integrate modern techniques into new renditions of older songs.

For 50, Alpert offers his take on everything from bossa nova (“Corcovado”), Broadway-born standards (“Baubles, Bangles, & Beads”), Surf-Rock mood pieces (“Sleep Walk”), Bop tunes (“Jeannine”) and Elvis hits (“Are You Lonesome Tonight?”).

As for originals, in addition to “Dancing Down 50th Street,” there’s “Where Do We Go From Here,” as well as “Morning Mist.”

Tour Dates:

08/22-08/25 – Seattle, WA @ Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley

10/08 – Folsom, CA @ Harris Center

10/10 – Walnut Creek, CA @ Lesher Center for the Arts

10/12 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Lobero Theatre

10/13 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

12/10 – Nashville, TN @ TBA

12/11 – Chattanooga, TN @ TBA

12/13 – Atlanta, GA @ TBA

12/14 – Metairie, LA @ TBA

12/15 – Houston, TX @ TBA

02/11 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ TBA

02/12 – Sarasota, FL @ TBA

02/13 – Orlando, FL @ TBA

02/15 – Augusta, GA @ TBA

02/16 – Charlotte, NC @ TBA