A new slate of festive and reflective music arrived early this holiday season. In the tradition of Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song” and Louisiana's Vince Vance & the Valiants' and Mariah Carey’s ...

As DEI battles and funding shifts roil campuses, music programs from UCLA to Juilliard continue to grow. THR ranks the 20 schools shaping the next generation of composers. By Jeff Bond Conservatories ...

Herb Alpert says he’s returned to holiday music as another thing to do — and for all the right reasons. “I just like making music,” says the iconic trumpeter, composer and record company executive, ...

What do Biggie Smalls, The Dating Game and TikTok have in common? Herb Alpert, proud nonagenarian. The namesake leader of the Herb Alpert & Tijuana Band & Other Delights (the touring ensemble based on ...

Herb Alpert seems to be everywhere. The six-time Grammy-winning trumpeter is recording, performing live and showing his artwork in a Palm Springs gallery. In addition, he owns a jazz club in Bel Air.

While it’s not quite Tijuana, it’s the next best thing! Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass have announced that the final stop of their last tour will be in San Diego on June 17, 2026. The iconic musician ...

Some hit songs are the product of much inspiration and perspiration, labored over and fine-tuned by the writers, performers, and producers for maximum impact. And then there are those that stumble ...

This post was updated Oct. 5 at 8:44 p.m. The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music new chapter has one prevalent theme – unity. Acclaimed educator and musicologist Michael Beckerman was appointed as the ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Oscar-winning documentary short, "The Last Repair Shop," tells the story of the devoted people who help keep 80,000 musical instruments working for students in the Los ...

The LAUSD musical repair shop is getting a $1 million donation from legendary musician, producer and philanthropist Herb Alpert, who got his start playing trumpet in this very school district. Why it ...

At a warehouse in an industrial corridor of downtown Los Angeles, a handful of technicians are hunched over their brightly lit workstations, tinkering with saxophones, violins, and pianos. This ...