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 his debut album, "The Lonely Bull" by "Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass". Originally the Tijuana Brass was just Alpert overdubbing his own trumpet, slightly out of sync. The title cut reached No. 6 on the "Billboard" Pop Singles chart. This was A&M's first album with the original release number being #101, although it was recorded at Conway Records. For this album and subsequent releases, Alpert recorded with the group of L.A. session musicians known as The Wrecking Crew, whom he holds in high regard. By the end of 1964, because of a growing demand for live appearances by the