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Herb Alpert
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American trumpeter and recording industry executive (born 1935)
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Herbert Alpert, born in 1935 in Los Angeles, is an American actor, trumpeter, conductor, and entrepreneur. A member of the Jewish ethnic group, he is a male citizen of the United States who resides in Los Angeles. He speaks and writes in English and was educated at the University of Southern California and the USC Thornton School of Music. His professional career began in 1957.
Alpert is associated with the genres of jazz, lounge music, and crossover jazz, and he performs on the trumpet. He has released music under the A&M Records label and is represented by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. He is married to Lani Hall.
His accolades include the Grammy Trustees Award, the National Medal of Arts, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is recognized in collections for both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1935 births, 20th-century American jazz composers and 20th-century American Jews.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
Known for
- Frampton2026
- The Groove Under the Groove2026
- Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy — Self2021
- Herb Alpert Is... — Self2020
- Always at The Carlyle — Self2018
- The Joy of Easy Listening — Self2011
- Herb Alpert, Tijuana Brass and Other Delights — Himself2010
- The Wrecking Crew — Self - Recording Artist Producer2008
- Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story — Self2007
- Legends — Self2006
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1935
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 278,745
- Total plays
- 2,078,645
Tags
Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) was the founder and frontman for the instrumental group The Tijuana Brass. Yet his most notable achievment on the Billboard charts was as a solo artist. He is the only artist to hit #1 on a vocal track "This Guy's In Love With You" and an instrumental, "Rise". Alpert's musical accomplishments include five number one hits, twenty-eight albums on the Billboard charts, eight Grammy Awards, fourteen Platinum albums and fifteen Gold albums. As of 1996, Alpert h
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Herbert
- Family name
- Alpert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Lani Hall
- Occupation
- bandleader
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- crossover jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Official website
- herbalpert.herbalpertpresents.com
- Image
- Herb Alpert 1966.jpg
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- Commons category
- Herb Alpert
- date of birth
- 1935-03-31
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- birth name
- Herbert Alpert
- name in native language
- Herb Alpert
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- social media followers
- 208000
- writing language
- English language
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Herb Alpert, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
