“60 years ago in late February 1965, I went into Gold Star Recording Studio in Los Angeles to record what would become my 4th album, Whipped Cream & Other Delights,” stated Alpert. “I never went in with the thought of making an iconic album that people would still be listening to in 2025. I approached the making of this album as I do every single time that I record, which is to find great songs that touch me and to then work with really great musicians that can help paint the picture and create the vibe and feel that I am looking for. I have always made music for my own enjoyment. The album's collection of songs touched me and I remember listening in the studio to the final mixes as they were being sequenced into the final album form and thinking, ‘I really love this.’ And, who knew the album cover would be so iconic?”
Originally released in April 1965, Whipped Cream & Other Delights became an instant classic and spent five weeks at #1 on the Billboard Albums Chart in 1965 and three weeks at #1 in 1966. It was supplanted at #1 by Alpert’s follow-up albums Going Places and What Now My Love later that year. From November 1965 to November 1966, his albums held down the #1 spot on the Billboard album chart for 23 weeks. He sold 13.3 million records in the US that year alone, ultimately out-selling The Beatles. Alpert would go on to win five GRAMMY Awards across 1965 and 1966, including Record of The Year (“Taste of Honey”), Best Instrumental Performance (“Taste of Honey” and “What Now My Love”), and Best Instrumental Arrangement (“Taste of Honey” and “What Now My Love”).
The anniversary edition of Whipped Cream & Other Delights arrives after Alpert recently reformed his iconic Tijuana Brass Band for the first time in over 40 years for a series of US tour dates this year. The tour kicked off earlier this month with sold out shows in Florida, Georgia, and Kentucky. Upcoming stops will include Detroit, Buffalo, Boston, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Denver, and more, with several shows already sold out and tickets going fast. With an all-new lineup, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass & Other Delights commemorates over six decades of historic releases, performing hits like “The Lonely Bull,” “Spanish Flea,” “Taste of Honey” and “This Guy’s In Love With You.” The tour will also include back-to-back once-in-a-lifetime performances at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater on March 31st and April 1st celebrating Alpert’s landmark 90th birthday. See below for the full list of tour dates with many more to be announced throughout the year. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased HERE.
Last fall, Alpert marked another extraordinary milestone in his storied music career with the release of his 50th studio album titled 50. 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. 50 debuted at #4 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart, #17 on the Billboard Jazz Chart, and #1 on the Current Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and has continued to claim the top spot for three weeks in a row and counting.
Alpert sat down with The New York Times at his home in Malibu and discussed 50, his iconic career, his marriage to Lani, touring, and his work as an artist/sculptor. Of the new album, they raved “The sound he got from his instrument - clean in tone, tidy in arrangement and joyous in character - also speaks of consistency. From the first note of the opening track, ‘Dancing Down 50th Street,’ his playing evokes the brisk and flirty mood of his ‘60s hits, from ‘A Taste of Honey’ to ‘Spanish Flea,’ a sound that represents midcentury modern culture as eloquently as an Eames chair or an Ossie Clark frock.” 50 also earned critical acclaim from NPR, Billboard, Associated Press, Paste, and Stereogum who raved “The legendary trumpeter Herb Alpert has had one hell of a life in music…He’s still going now. Amazing.”
For almost three-quarters-of-a-century, Alpert has always had the rare gift of being able to reach the greatest possible group of people through inhabiting an inimitable artistic voice. He has maintained and reshaped his sound through constant practice, recording, and performing (he continues to tour internationally, playing dozens of shows every year). With his eye invariably set on the future, Alpert is already turning over ideas for multiple upcoming albums. The sentiment crystalizes how one of popular music’s truest originals continues to find ways to connect and reconnect with himself and his audience. It is through his love of artistic kernels of inspiration—a couple of bars, a chord, a suggestive brushstroke—that seem to cut across time.
Whipped Cream & Other Delights (60th Anniversary Edition) Track List:
SIDE ONE
01) A Taste of Honey
02) Green Peppers
03) Tangerine
04) Bittersweet Samba
05) Lemon Tree
06) Whipped Cream
SIDE TWO
07) Love Potion No. 9
08) El Garbanzo
09) Ladyfingers
10) Butterball
11) Peanuts
12) Lollipops and Roses
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass & Other Delights Tour Dates:
03/25 - Detroit, MI @ Masonic Cathedral Theatre (sold out)
03/26 - Akron, OH @ Goodyear Theater (sold out)
03/28 - Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo State Performing Arts Center (sold out)
03/29 - Boston, MA @ Shubert Wang Theatre (sold out)
03/31 - New York, NY @ Jazz at Lincoln Center - Rose Theater (sold out)
04/01 - New York, NY @ Jazz at Lincoln Center - Rose Theater (sold out)
05/11 - Grand Rapids, MI @ DeVos Performance Hall (low ticket alert)
05/12 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Byham Theater (sold out)
05/13 - Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
05/15 - Philadelphia, PA @ Miller Theater (low ticket alert)
05/16 - Tysons, VA @ Capitol One Hall (sold out)
06/19 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Capitol Theatre (low ticket alert)
06/20 - Las Vegas, NV @ Encore Theater at the Wynn (low ticket alert)
06/22 - Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
06/23 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Pikes Peak Center
08/01 - San Antonio, TX @ Tobin Center for the Arts
08/02 - Dallas, TX @ Winspear Opera House
08/03 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Rose State College Performing Arts Center
08/05 - Kansas City, MO @ TBA
08/06 - St. Louis, MO @ Touhill PAC (low ticket alert)
08/07 - Carmel, IN @ The Palladium (low ticket alert)
08/09 - Chicago, IL @ Harris Theater (low ticket alert)
10/02 - Winnipeg, Canada @ TBA
10/03 - Minneapolis, MN @ TBA
10/05 - Sioux Falls, SD @ TBA
10/06 - Milwaukee, WI @ TBA
10/07 - Omaha, NE @ TBA
11/09 - Seattle, WA @ TBA
11/10 - Portland, OR @ TBA
11/12 - Santa Rosa, CA @ TBA
11/13 - Sacramento, CA @ TBA
11/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ TBA
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