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 Tijuana Brass, Alpert auditioned and hired a team of crack session men. Alpert used to tell his audiences that his group consisted of "Four lasagnas, two bagels, and an American cheese": John Pisano (electric guitar); Lou Pagani (piano); Nick Ceroli (drums); Pat Senatore (bass guitar); Tonni Kalash (trumpet); Herb Alpert (trumpet and vocal); and Bob Edmondson (trombone). The band debuted in 1965, and became one of the highest-paid acts then performing, having put together a complete revue that included choreographed moves and comic routines written by Bill ("José Jiménez") Dana. An album or two was released each year throughout the