Herb Alpert Herb Alpert Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American jazz musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, or TJB. Alpert is also a recording industry executive, the "A" of A&M Records, a recording label he and business partner Jerry Moss founded and eventually sold to PolyGram. Alpert also has created abstract expressionist paintings and sculpture over two decades, which are publicly displayed on occasion. Alpert and his wife, Lani Hall, are substantial philanthropists through the operation of the Herb Alpert Foundation. Alpert's musical accomplishments include five
Warm (Herb Alpert album) songs ever released by the Tijuana Brass running four and a half minutes while the song "Without Her" featured Alpert on vocals. The album received mixed reviews during its initial release but has since become a favorite of many Tijuana Brass fans. Warm (Herb Alpert album) Warm is a 1969 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. It was the group's twelfth release and their final album to reach the top 40 on the "Billboard" albums chart. "Warm" was a vast departure from all previous Tijuana Brass albums and featured much slower-paced songs leaning more toward a "Brazilian" sound.