Herb Alpert

American trumpeter and recording industry executive (born 1935)

Born: 31 March 1935
Los Angeles
Country: United States
Active: 1957–
Record labels: A&M Records, Durium Marche Estere, Almo Sounds
Discography: 34 albums

Biography

Herb Alpert is a jazz musician who plays trumpet. Herb Alpert was born on 31 March 1935 in Los Angeles. The music is usually filed under jazz, crossover jazz and lounge music. Record labels: A&M Records, Durium Marche Estere and Almo Sounds. The discography here lists 34 albums, from “Just You and Me” (1976) to “Christmas Time Is Here” (2025). Honours include star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1977), Grammy Trustees Award (1997) and Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award (1997).

Herbert Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American musician who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (sometimes called Herb Alpert and the TJB or Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass) in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have appeared on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, five of which reached No. 1; he has been awarded 14 platinum albums and 15 gold albums. Alpert is the only musician to have reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love with You", 1968) and an instrumentalist ("Rise", 1979). Alpert has sold an estimated 72 million records worldwide. His awards have included a Tony Award and eight Grammy Awards, as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2006, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Alpert was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama in 2012.

Read the full article on Wikipedia ↗ · From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Discography

Studio and live albums

Also plays on

Albums where Herb Alpert is credited as a sideman

1973	Crazy Life — Gino Vannelli	producer
1974	Powerful People — Gino Vannelli	producer
1976	Caliente! — Gato Barbieri	producer
1976	There's Music in the Air — Letta Mbulu	producer, flugelhorn
1984	Passion and Fire — Gato Barbieri	producer
1990	Apasionado — Stan Getz	arranger, producer
1996	Ratamacue — Harvey Mason	trumpet
2001	Nice & Slow — Brian Culbertson	trumpet
2006	These Are the Days — Gino Vannelli	producer
2010	Hello Tomorrow — Dave Koz	trumpet
2021	Caliente! — Gato Barbieri	producer