Herb Alpert
- Type
- Solo artist
- Styles
- lounge, jazz, crossover jazz
Next date in London
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
See all 5 datesHerb Alpert is an American musician whose work spans lounge, jazz and crossover jazz. Born in Los Angeles in 1935, he has been active since 1957 and is linked to the label A&M Records.
Next date in London: 13 May 2027 at Royal Albert Hall.
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Profile
- Latest album
- Catch the Wind (2021)
- Born
- 1935 · Los Angeles
- Origin
- United States
- Active since
- 1957
- Label
- A&M Records
About — The artist
Herbert Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American musician who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (sometimes called Herb Alpert and the TJB or Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass) in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss.
Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have appeared on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, five of which reached No. 1; he has been awarded 14 platinum albums and 15 gold albums. Alpert is the only musician to have reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love with You", 1968) and an instrumentalist ("Rise", 1979).
Alpert has sold an estimated 72 million records worldwide. His awards have included a Tony Award and eight Grammy Awards, as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2006, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Alpert was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama in 2012.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Herb Alpert” (en), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Discography
- Just You and Me 1976
- Main Event: Live 1978
- Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela 1978
- Rise 1979
- Beyond 1980
- Magic Man 1981
- Fandango 1982
- Blow Your Own Horn 1983
- Wild Romance 1985
- Keep Your Eye on Me 1987
- Compact Hits 1988
- Under a Spanish Moon 1988
- My Abstract Heart 1989
- North on South St. 1991
- Midnight Sun 1992
- Second Wind 1996
- Passion Dance 1997
- Colors 1999
- Anything Goes 2009
- I Feel You 2011
- Steppin’ Out 2013
- In the Mood 2014
- Come Fly With Me 2015
- Human Nature 2016
- Music, Volume 1 2017
- The Christmas Wish 2017
- Music, Volume 3: Herb Alpert Reimagines the Tijuana Brass 2018
- Over the Rainbow 2019
- Glamour Jazz Nights 2021
- Catch the Wind 2021