Herb Ohta Herb Ohta Herb Ohta aka Ohta-San is an American Ukulele player born in 1934 in Hawaii who has recorded solo, as a group and with Andre Popp on the A&M Records label, which was co-owned by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. He is also known as "Ohta-San" in Japan and other Asian countries, which is a title of respect for the musician. Ohta was a boy when he was taught his first three chords on the ukulele by his mother. He entered an amateur contest at age 9 and won the $10 first prize. Three years later he met Eddie
Herb Alpert "Steppin' Out", which won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album. Next came "In The Mood" (2014) and "Come Fly With Me" (2015), which peaked at #7 on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart. Also, Alpert formed a new label called "Herb Alpert Presents" in order to release his catalog reissues and his new works. The first reissues were in November 2015 with the Tijuana Brass' "Whipped Cream & Other Delights" and "Christmas Album". Reissues of most of the other Tijuana Brass albums came in September 2016, along with another new album "Human Nature", which was nominated for a 2017 Grammy