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
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