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 Ukraine) and Romania. His father, although a tailor by trade, was also a talented mandolin player. His mother taught violin at a young age. His older brother David was a talented young drummer. Herb began trumpet lessons at the age of eight and played at dances as a teenager. Acquiring an early wire recorder in high school, he experimented on this crude equipment. After graduating from Fairfax High School in 1952, he joined the United States Army and frequently performed at military ceremonies. After his service in the Army, Alpert tried his hand at acting, but eventually settled on pursuing