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[Don Kasper]

Are we living in The Bizzaro World? - Jazz Mu$ician gives $1million to a famou$ Classical conductor!
Dude....really?

DUDAMEL ACCEPTS $1 MILLION FROM JAZZ MUSICIAN​

ORCHESTRAS
Norman Lebrecht

February 27, 2026
El Pais reports that the first winner of the annual Herb Alpert award is to be the outgoing conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel.

For 31 years, Alpert has presented the Herb Alpert Awards, giving five annual prizes of $75,000 each to five different artists, but this time he wanted to go a step further. “And I just thought this gentleman here is the perfect first candidate,” he explains in an exclusive interview.

‘I‘m so honored that this is coming from somebody that embraces this giant idea of music as a tool of social transformation,’ says the music director.

 

[evanrunyon]

Oh good, I reckon Gustavo’s really hurting for cash these days.

 

[matthewbrown]

Herb Alpert has played many roles besides that of a jazz musician for much of his life!

 

[BassBrass]

Herb Alpert has played many roles besides that of a jazz musician for much of his life!

when was he a jazz musician? Pop musician- producer- composer- arranger, entrepreneur, corporate mogul, nice guy, chooser of epic album cover photos but jazz musician? I know what kind of trumpet he played (Chicago Benge) but I never heard him improvise a single chorus... not that he can't...

 

[rickwolff]

Are we living in The Bizzaro World? - Jazz Mu$ician gives $1million to a famou$ Classical conductor!
Dude....really?

DUDAMEL ACCEPTS $1 MILLION FROM JAZZ MUSICIAN​

ORCHESTRAS
Norman Lebrecht

February 27, 2026
El Pais reports that the first winner of the annual Herb Alpert award is to be the outgoing conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel.

For 31 years, Alpert has presented the Herb Alpert Awards, giving five annual prizes of $75,000 each to five different artists, but this time he wanted to go a step further. “And I just thought this gentleman here is the perfect first candidate,” he explains in an exclusive interview.

‘I‘m so honored that this is coming from somebody that embraces this giant idea of music as a tool of social transformation,’ says the music director.

Where's the rest of the article? You're not going to make me go to Snope's, are you Don?

 

[matthewbrown]

when was he a jazz musician? Pop musician- producer- composer- arranger, entrepreneur, corporate mogul, nice guy, chooser of epic album cover photos but jazz musician? I know what kind of trumpet he played (Chicago Benge) but I never heard him improvise a single chorus... not that he can't...

Also a pretty busy visual artist. Herb Alpert Art – The Art of Herb Alpert

 

[marcox]

Here’s an article about the gift.

Dudamel Foundation Receives $1 Million Grant from the Herb Alpert Foundation — Dudamel Foundation

“From the life-changing moment I first picked up a trumpet as a boy in music appreciation class, I’ve understood the profound, transformative power of music,” said Herb Alpert. “Over the years, it has been a privilege to witness Gustavo Dudamel’s groundbreaking work in Los Angeles, where he has brou

www.dudamelfoundation.org

 

[Don Kasper]

Where's the rest of the article? You're not going to make me go to Snope's, are you Don?

That's all there was on the website "Slipped Disc" (a Classical music news site...)
Shrug?
Thx.

 

[Don Kasper]

To be clear - I should have posted this in the "...Humor" Forum.
You know, before this Thread spirals into TB/DB Outrage.
Thanks!

 

[evanrunyon]

Fwiw, I think it’s best we all stay well clear of Slipped Disc. Norman is, at best, a reactionary ragebait gossip artist.

 

[Don Kasper]

Fwiw, I think it’s best we all stay well clear of Slipped Disc. Norman is, at best, a reactionary ragebait gossip artist.

The first time I saw Slipped Disc, I wasn't sure if it was real or the Onion.
Good Advice, evan.
Thx.

 

[Low Main]

I wish that 90 year old Herb Alpert would endow a study to find ways for jazz musicians to live at least half as long as he and a whole bunch of classical musicians have lived.

Call it the Booker Little Council.

When Miles died at 65, I remember thinking: that's like a classical player living to be 95.

For every Sonny Rollins or Roy Haynes, there are a lot of Scott LaFaros.

Actually, now that I think about it, there should also be a study to find ways for rap artists to live at least half as long as jazz musicians.

Rappers drop early and often, it seems.

 

[bass player 53]

I wish that 90 year old Herb Alpert would endow a study to find ways for jazz musicians to live at least half as long as he and a whole bunch of classical musicians have lived.

Call it the Booker Little Council.

When Miles died at 65, I remember thinking: that's like a classical player living to be 95.

For every Sonny Rollins or Roy Haynes, there are a lot of Scott LaFaros.

Actually, now that I think about it, there should also be a study to find ways for rap artists to live at least half as long as jazz musicians.

Rappers drop early and often, it seems.

Scott LaFaro fell asleep at the wheel, and died in a car crash. That could happen to anyone, but I agree with your basic premise.

 

[garrett2]

I wish that 90 year old Herb Alpert would endow a study to find ways for jazz musicians to live at least half as long as he and a whole bunch of classical musicians have lived.

Call it the Booker Little Council.

When Miles died at 65, I remember thinking: that's like a classical player living to be 95.

For every Sonny Rollins or Roy Haynes, there are a lot of Scott LaFaros.

Actually, now that I think about it, there should also be a study to find ways for rap artists to live at least half as long as jazz musicians.

Rappers drop early and often, it seems.

Woody Shaw, Eric Dolphy, MF Doom, Dilla -- so sad. Geniuses all.

 

[Sean Riddle]

I’m sure the other $925,000 could have gone to help support the myriad of schools that bear his name in LA and afar, or add another to his portfolio.