Herb Alpert Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. In 2017 he released "Music, Vol. 1", and a second Christmas Album called "The Christmas Wish", which featured elaborate arrangements with symphony orchestra and choir. In October 2018, Alpert will release "Music Volume 3: Herb Alpert Reimagines the Tijuana Brass," a new album featuring updated versions of 12 classic TJB songs. The majority of the tracklist was culled from the group's first seven albums. A single from the album, "Wade in the Water," was released in July 2018. From 1962 through 1992 Alpert signed artists to A&M Records and produced records. He discovered the
Herb Alpert a career in music. While attending the University of Southern California in the 1950s, he was a member of the USC Trojan Marching Band for two years. In 1956, he appeared in the uncredited role as "Drummer on Mt. Sinai" in "The Ten Commandments". In 1957 Alpert teamed up with Rob Weerts, another burgeoning lyricist, as a songwriter for Keen Records. A number of songs written or co-written by Alpert during the following two years became Top 20 hits, including "Baby Talk" by Jan and Dean and "Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke. In 1960, he began his recording career as