A&M Records form A&M Octone Records, which operated until 2013, when A&M Octone was folded into Interscope. Today, A&M's catalog releases are managed by Verve Records, Universal Music Enterprises and Interscope. A&M Records was formed in 1962 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. Their first choice for a name was Carnival Records, under which they released two singles before discovering that another label had already taken the Carnival name. The company was subsequently renamed A&M, after Alpert's and Moss's initials. From 1966 to 1999, the company's headquarters were on the grounds of the historic Charlie Chaplin Studios at 1416 North La Brea
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