Herb Alpert
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A legendary trumpet player, Herb Alpert’s extraordinary musicianship has earned him five #1
hits, nine GRAMMY® Awards, fifteen Gold albums, fourteen Platinum albums and he has
sold over 72 million records worldwide. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass propelled his
sound into the pop music limelight, at one point outselling The Beatles two to one. In 1966,
they achieved the remarkable feat of simultaneously having four albums in the Billboard Top
10 and five in the Top 20.
Herb Alpert also has the distinction of being the only artist who has had a #1 instrumental
(“Rise”) and a #1 vocal record (“This Guy’s In Love With You”). In 2016 the Herb Alpert Presents
record label released 40 deluxe re-masters of the entire TJB catalogue plus all of Herb’s solo
albums from the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s. In all, Alpert has recorded 50 albums and produced records for
many other artists, including Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66, Stan Getz, Michel Colombier, Gato
Barbieri and Alpert’s wife, GRAMMY winning vocalist Lani Hall, to name a few.
In 1962 Herb co-founded, with Jerry Moss, A & M Records, which introduced artists such
as Carole King, Cat Stevens, The Carpenters, Sting, Janet Jackson, Peter Frampton,
Quincy Jones, Joe Cocker, Sergio Mendes, Billy Preston, The Police, Sheryl Crow and
so many other great artists. Herb is also a wonderful abstract painter and sculptor.
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 and for artists young and old, including jazz education and
programs that teach compassion and well-being.
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