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.

At age 90, he’s doing it all for fun.

“I make music for myself, and it keeps me going,” he said in a phone interview from his home in Malibu.

His 51st album, “Christmas Time Is Here,” will come out on Friday, Nov. 7.

“It’s a bunch of songs that came up in my brain for one reason or another. I don’t have a master plan. I was just thinking about Christmas, and one of my managers said why don’t you do another Christmas album,” he said. “I guess a couple of songs I recorded before. But when I record, in general I try to do something that hasn’t been done quite that way before.”

Those 12 trac

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