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Herb Alpert is an American trumpeter who led Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss.



His career as a musician includes recording five No. 1 albums and 28 albums on the Billboard magazine album chart, fourteen platinum albums, fifteen gold albums, and nine Grammy Awards. He has sold 72 million records worldwide.[1] Alpert is the only musician to hit No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love with You", 1968) and an instrumentalist ("Rise", 1979).

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Productions

The Last ShipThe Last Ship
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Producer
Seven Guitars
 
[Broadway, 1996]
Producer
Broken Glass
 
[Broadway, 1994]
Producer
Angels in America: Perestroika
 
[Broadway, 1993]
Producer
Jelly's Last Jam
 
[Broadway, 1992]
Producer

Awards and Nominations

Tony Awards - 1996 - Best Play

Herb Alpert, Seven Guitars


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Tony Awards - 1994 - Best Play

Herb Alpert, Angels in America: Perestroika


winner
Tony Awards - 1993 - Best Play

Herb Alpert, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

Tony Awards - 1992 - Best Musical

Herb Alpert, Jelly's Last Jam

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Listen: Rufus Wainwright Shares New Kurt Weill Tribute Album Photo
Listen: Rufus Wainwright Shares New Kurt Weill Tribute Album
by Josh Sharpe - Nov 21, 2025

Rufus Wainwright has shared I’m a Stranger Here Myself – Wainwright Does Weill, a new tribute album that explores the songbook of German-American composer Kurt Weill. Listen to it now.
Listen: Rufus Wainwright Shares 'Lost in the Stars (Feat. Metropole Orkest)' Photo
Listen: Rufus Wainwright Shares 'Lost in the Stars (Feat. Metropole Orkest)'
by Josh Sharpe - Oct 24, 2025

Rufus Wainwright has shared “Lost in the Stars (feat. Metropole Orkest),” the latest offering from his upcoming tribute album exploring the songbook of German-American composer Kurt Weill. Listen to the track now.
Pacific Jazz Orchestra To Make Blue Note LA Debut With Jane Monheit Photo
Pacific Jazz Orchestra To Make Blue Note LA Debut With Jane Monheit
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 18, 2025

Pacific Jazz Orchestra’s 17-piece big band, led by composer, arranger, and conductor Chris Walden, will make its Blue Note LA debut on Wednesday, October 29, and Thursday, October 30, 2025, with two shows each night at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
THE HEART SELLERS Coming to South Coast Repertory This Month Photo
THE HEART SELLERS Coming to South Coast Repertory This Month
by Michael Major - Oct 2, 2025

South Coast Repertory (Artistic Director David Ivers and Managing Director Suzanne Appel) brings to life one of America’s most produced plays with the heartwarming comedy The Heart Sellers by Lloyd Suh.
Video: Rufus Wainwright Performs 'Mack the Knife' From New Kurt Weill Tribute Album Photo
Video: Rufus Wainwright Performs 'Mack the Knife' From New Kurt Weill Tribute Album
by Josh Sharpe - Sep 26, 2025

Rufus Wainwright and the Pacific Jazz Orchestra have detailed I’m a Stranger Here Myself – Wainwright Does Weill, a new tribute album exploring the songbook of German-American composer Kurt Weill. Check out a new rendition of Weill’s “Mack the Knife' now.
World Premiere of ELECTRICO Comes to CASA 0101 Theater Photo
World Premiere of ELECTRICO Comes to CASA 0101 Theater
by Stephi Wild - Sep 24, 2025

CASA 0101 Theater will present the World Premiere production of Josefina López's latest play, Eléctrico, as part of CASA 0101 Theater's ongoing 25th Anniversary Season. 
THE GROWN-UPS by by Skylar Fox to be Presented at Sunstone Theatre Company Photo
THE GROWN-UPS by by Skylar Fox to be Presented at Sunstone Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 16, 2025

Sunstone Theatre Company will present The Grown-Ups by Skylar Fox and Simone Henriques in September. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!
CASA 0101 Theater Will Celebrate Fernando Valenzuela with FERNANDOMANIA Photo
CASA 0101 Theater Will Celebrate Fernando Valenzuela with FERNANDOMANIA
by Nicole Rosky - Aug 16, 2025

CASA 0101 Theater will present FERNANDOMANIA, A Ten-Minute Play Festival Celebrating the Life and Legacy of the World-Renowned Mexican Major League Baseball Pitcher, Fernando Valenzuela.
Ensemble For These Times Reveals Winners From 2025 Call For Scores With Luna Composit Photo
Ensemble For These Times Reveals Winners From 2025 Call For Scores With Luna Composition Lab Alums
by Stephi Wild - Jul 7, 2025

Award-winning SF contemporary chamber group Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) has announced a second two-year Call for Scores collaboration with Luna Composition Labs, part of Luna Lab's 10th Anniversary celebration.
Dorian Harewood to Present Tribute to Nat King Cole at Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Photo
Dorian Harewood to Present Tribute to Nat King Cole at Herb Alpert’s Vibrato
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 23, 2025

Dorian Harewood, Tony Award Nominee (The Notebook The Musical), Film and Television Star will pay tribute to the legendary Nat King Cole at Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Grill & Jazz. Learn more!
Exclusive: THE BEACH BOYS 40 Greatest Songs - In Honor of the Passing of BRIAN WILSON Photo
Exclusive: THE BEACH BOYS 40 Greatest Songs - In Honor of the Passing of BRIAN WILSON (1942-2025)
by Peter Nason - Jun 11, 2025

Brian Wilson, musical genius and founder of the Beach Boys, died today (Wednesday, June 11, 2025), so in honor of him, here is an article of the 40 greatest Beach Boys songs that I wrote for Broadway World two years ago.  Love & Mercy, Brian!
2025 Herb Alpert Award In The Arts Winners Announced Photo
2025 Herb Alpert Award In The Arts Winners Announced
by A.A. Cristi - May 20, 2025

May 20, 2025 will mark the 31st anniversary of the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA) given to ten risk-taking, mid-career artists - experimenters - who are challenging and transforming art, their respective disciplines, and society.
MAGIC IN ROUGH SPACES NEW PLAY LAB Finalists Announced Photo
MAGIC IN ROUGH SPACES NEW PLAY LAB Finalists Announced
by A.A. Cristi - May 14, 2025

Rorschach Theatre has announced finalists for its annual Magic in Rough Spaces New Play Lab. Get full details for the plays. The final three plays will be announced May 19, 2025 and public readings of those finalists will be on June 14, & 15, 2025.
Hongbo Cai And Devi Majeske Named Recipients Of The 2025 Asian American Arts Alliance Photo
Hongbo Cai And Devi Majeske Named Recipients Of The 2025 Asian American Arts Alliance Van Lier Fellowship For Music
by A.A. Cristi - May 9, 2025

Asian American Arts Alliance has announced the selection of Hongbo Cai and Devi Majeske as the organization’s 2025 Van Lier Fellows in Music. This year’s awards were given to a fellow in one of two categories.
Opera Saratoga To Host SONGS OF TRAVEL At The Mansion Of Saratoga And Festival Artist Photo
Opera Saratoga To Host SONGS OF TRAVEL At The Mansion Of Saratoga And Festival Artist Portraits At Saratoga Winery
by A.A. Cristi - May 2, 2025

This summer's festival will feature two different concert series at beautiful Saratoga venues, with delicious food and drinks. First, on June 1, Opera Saratoga's Festival Artists will perform hits from the Great American Songbook at the Mansion of Saratoga.
Pacific Jazz Orchestra Caps Season With Jazz Vocalist Tierney Sutton & Clarinetist An Photo
Pacific Jazz Orchestra Caps Season With Jazz Vocalist Tierney Sutton & Clarinetist Anat Cohen At The Wallis
by A.A. Cristi - May 1, 2025

Pacific Jazz Orchestra, led by Artistic Director Chris Walden, caps its season with a program spanning jazz, swing, and the Great American Songbook that features two celebrated jazz originals – vocalist Tierney Sutton and Israeli-born jazz clarinetist and saxophonist Anat Cohen, on Thursday, May 29, 2025, 7:30 pm, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.
Herb Alpert Award In Arts Announces 2025 Panelists Photo
Herb Alpert Award In Arts Announces 2025 Panelists
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 23, 2025

On May 2, 2025, the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts will announce ten awards to risk-taking, mid-career artists who are challenging and transforming art, their respective disciplines, and society.
UCLA Names Michael Beckerman New Dean of the Herb Alpert School of Music Photo
UCLA Names Michael Beckerman New Dean of the Herb Alpert School of Music
by Stephi Wild - Apr 22, 2025

Acclaimed higher education scholar and author Michael Beckerman has been named the new dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He will begin his role at UCLA on or before October 1, 2025.
Tapper Lisa La Touche to Join Jazz Power Intiative and Harlem School of the Arts for Photo
Tapper Lisa La Touche to Join Jazz Power Intiative and Harlem School of the Arts for WE GOT THAT SWING
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 21, 2025

For the third year in a row, Jazz Power Initiative (JPI) will partner with the Harlem School of the Arts (HSA) on We Got That Swing a celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month. Learn how to attend.
Tania El Khoury Comes to REDCAT In May Photo
Tania El Khoury Comes to REDCAT In May
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 18, 2025

Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT) will present Tania El Khoury's most recent project, The Search for Power, with performances from May 29 - June 1 and an installation from June 4 - 8. 
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Herb Alpert been nominated for?

Best Play (Tony Awards) for Seven Guitars, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Angels in America: Perestroika, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Best Musical (Tony Awards) for Jelly's Last Jam.

What awards has Herb Alpert won?

Herb Alpert has won the Tony Award for Best Play for Angels in America: Perestroika and also for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches.

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