Herb Alpert Continues A Holiday Tradition With Forthcoming New Album Christmas Time Is Here
Herb Alpert Continues A Holiday Tradition With Forthcoming
New Album Christmas Time Is Here
Due Out November 7th
Listen To His New Rendition Of The Holiday Classic
“Jingle Bells”
September 26, 2025: Legendary musician, artist, record label executive, and philanthropist Herb Alpert has announced his new holiday album Christmas Time Is Here will release on November 7th. Across twelve tracks, Alpert brings his unmistakable sound to a wide range of material, including classics such as José Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad” and Vince Guaraldi’s title theme from A Charlie Brown Christmas to modern hits such as Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” Alpert shared today the first peek at the album with his rendition of the holiday favorite “Jingle Bells.”
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“Jingle Bells” sets the tone with a rollicking, keyboard-inflected groove and a hustling melody. Alpert’s trumpet rides on top, swinging through the arrangement and punctuated by playful “oohs” and “ahhs.” Driven by a New Orleans bounce with second-line swagger, the track radiates holiday cheer. As Alpert puts it, “Now and then Christmas songs run through my head, and I jot them down to see if I can record them in a way that they haven’t been heard before.” That instinctive approach keeps the song fresh, a version that feels timeless, buoyant, and alive with possibility.
Christmas Time Is Here continues a holiday tradition Alpert first established with 1968’s Christmas Album, which topped the Billboard chart three years in a row (1968–70), with his version of “The Christmas Song” climbing to #3 and remaining in the Top 10 for four weeks. The album remained among the Top 10 holiday sellers well into the 1970s, cementing its place as a seasonal favorite. Nearly five decades later, 2017’s The Christmas Wish achieved similar success, reaching #1 on iTunes for over four weeks, #1 on Amazon’s Holiday Jazz sales chart for three weeks, and earning placements on multiple Billboard charts — including #3 on Contemporary Jazz Albums and #5 on Current Jazz Albums. This new collection takes a more intimate, groove-driven approach. “I pick out the order just by instinct,” Alpert says — an honesty of process that matches the natural ease of his sound.
Above all, Alpert hopes the music connects. “I hope the listeners feel that these holiday songs are presented in a way that they haven’t been heard before… and makes them feel good,” he says. With Christmas Time Is Here, he once again brings invention and generosity to the holiday songbook, adding to a body of Christmas music that has become an enduring soundtrack to the season.
After months of sold-out shows across the country, Alpert’s tour with his iconic Tijuana Brass Band, which has been reformed for the first time in over 40 years, continues on with more dates coming up this fall. He’ll close out the year with back-to-back shows at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre, before picking back up again early next year. Newly added stops in 2026 will include shows in New Orleans, Austin, Nashville, Montreal, San Francisco, and beyond. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit his website HERE.
Christmas Time Is Here follows the release of Alpert’s milestone 50th studio album titled 50, which also commemorates 50 years of marriage to his wife, collaborator, and touring partner, Lani Hall. 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. It was met with critical acclaim from The New York Times, NPR, Billboard, 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.” Alpert also sat down with CBS Mornings’ Anthony Mason to chat about the landmark moment, his remarkable career, and more after celebrating his 90th birthday with back-to-back sold-out performances at New York City’s Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Track Listing:
01) Feliz Navidad
02) Jingle Bells
03) My Favorite Things
04) Christmas Time Is Here
05) Santa Baby
06) White Christmas
07) Greensleeves
08) All I Want for Christmas Is You
09) Winter Wonderland
10) Sleigh Ride
11) The Christmas Song
12) What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass & Other Delights Tour Dates:
10/02 – Winnipeg, Canada @ Burton Cummings Theatre
10/03 – Minneapolis, MN @ The O’Shaughnessy
10/05 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Washington Pavilion
10/06 – Milwaukee, WI @ Bradley Symphony Center
10/07 – Omaha, NE @ Holland Center
11/09 – Seattle, WA @ Benaroya Hall
11/10 – Portland, OR @ The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
11/12 – Santa Rosa, CA @ Luther Burbank Center
11/13 – Sacramento, CA @ SAFE Center
11/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Dolby Theater
11/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Dolby Theater
01/12 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Kravitz Center
01/13 – Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall
01/14 – Jacksonville, FL @ Florida Theatre
01/16 – New Orleans, LA @ The Orpheum
01/17 – Sugar Land, TX @ Smart Centre
01/18 – Austin, TX @ Long Center
03/25 – Brookville, NY @ Tilles Center
03/26 – New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
03/27 – Baltimore, MD @ Lyrics Theatre
03/28 – Charlotte, NC @ Belk Theatre
03/30 – Atlanta, GA @ Symphony Center – Woodruff Arts Center
03/31 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
05/10 – Providence, RI @ TBD
05/11 – Portland, ME @ TBD
05/12 – Rochester, NY @ TBD
05/14 – Montréal, QB @ TBD
05/15 – Toronto, ON @ TBD
05/16 – Toledo, OH @ TBD
06/15 – Reno, NV @ TBD
06/16 – San Francisco, CA @ TBD
06/17 – San Diego, CA @ TBD
06/19 – Albuquerque, NM @ TBD
06/20 – El Paso, TX @ TBD
06/21 – Tucson, AZ @ TBD
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ABOUT HERB ALPERT & THE HERB ALPERT FOUNDATION:
Alpert’s extraordinary musicianship has earned him 9 GRAMMY® Awards (the latest from his 2014 album Steppin’ Out), 15 Gold albums, 14 Platinum albums and has sold over 72 million records. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass propelled his sound into the pop music limelight, at one point outselling the Beatles two to one. Alpert has a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama in 2013. Alpert also has a second career as an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor with group and solo exhibitions around the United States and Europe.
As an industry leader, Alpert’s commitment to artists with personal vision guided A&M Records (with partner Jerry Moss) from a Hollywood garage operation into one of the most successful independent record labels in music history, with stars including Janet Jackson, Quincy Jones, Cat Stevens, The Carpenters, Carole King, Sheryl Crow, Peter Frampton, The Police and scores of others.
Through the Herb Alpert Foundation, Herb and Lani have dedicated their lives to philanthropy, funding programs that help bring creativity to young students and keep creativity alive for all the arts, for artists young and old, including jazz education and programs that teach compassion and well-being. May 2022 marked the 28th anniversary of the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts celebrating 140 awardees over the past 28 years. 2021 also brought the opening of the newly remodeled Harlem School of the Arts at the Herb Alpert Center, funded entirely by Herb and Lani Alpert. During the pandemic, the foundation dramatically increased its emergency funding to artists in need through organizations such as Chrysalis, the Jazz Foundation, the Good People’s Fund and Artists Relief.
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