Herb Alpert Is ‘In The Mood’

One of music’s most accomplished musicians, Alpert’s Tijuana Brass was a regular chart climber during the 1960s with hits such as “The Lonely Bull” and “Spanish Flea.”  What’s more, Alpert and the Tijuana Brass even stirred up a little controversy with the group’s 1965 album cover for Whipped Cream & Other Delights, which showed a model apparently wearing nothing but the dairy product mentioned in the title.  In reality the model was wearing a white blanket that also included dabs of shaving cream, but it was still considered somewhat risqué.

A nine-time Grammy winner and a 2013 recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Alpert also ran a record label, having co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss.

Alpert is touring in support of his In The Mood album which features the vocals of his wife, singer Lani Hall, who will also accompany him on tour.  Hall’s career took off when she sang in Sergio Mendes’ Brasil 66.

“Making music is a natural thing for me to do,” Alpert said.  “I love melodies from standards and I try to present them in a different way that hasn’t been heard before.” 

With that in mind Alpert chose Glen Miller’s “Chattanooga Choo Choo for the album’s opener and closes the disc with “America The Beautiful.”

Beginning with a series of shows at New York City’s Café Carlyle, Alpert will spend some time on the East Coast before heading west.  He’s also managed to squeeze four nights in Tokyo in April.  Here’s the schedule:

March 10 – New York, N.Y., Café Carlyle
March 11 – New York, N.Y., Café Carlyle
March 12 – New York, N.Y., Café Carlyle
March 13 – New York, N.Y., Café Carlyle
March 14 – New York, N.Y., Café Carlyle (two shows)
March 17 – New York, N.Y., Café Carlyle
March 18 – New York, N.Y., Café Carlyle
March 19 – New York, N.Y., Café Carlyle
March 20 – New York, N.Y., Café Carlyle
March 21 – New York, N.Y., Café Carlyle (two shows)
March 25 – Englewood, N.J., Bergen Performing Arts Ctr.
March 26 – Morristown, N.J., Mayo Performing Arts Center
March 27 – Wilmington, Del., Grand Opera House
March 28 – Rockville, Md., Robert E. Parillia Performing Arts Ctr.
March 29 – Lancaster, Pa., American Music Theatre
April 17 – Tokyo, Japan, Blue Note Tokyo
April 18 – Tokyo, Japan, Blue Note Tokyo
April 19 – Tokyo, Japan, Blue Note Tokyo
April 20 – Tokyo, Japan, Blue Note Tokyo
May 7 – Solana Beach, Calif., Belly Up Tavern
May 8 – Ventura, Calif., High School
May 9 – Carmel, Calif., Sunset Cultural Center
June 4 – Costa Mesa, Calif., Segerstrom Center For The Arts
June 5 – Costa Mesa, Calif., Segerstrom Center For The Arts
June 6 – Costa Mesa, Calif., Segerstrom Center For The Arts
Oct. 2 – Rochester, Minn., Mayo Civic Center Presentation Hall

Some shows are already on sale.  Visit HerbAlpert.com for more details.