Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert
Herbert "Herb" Alpertis an American 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 paintings and sculpture over two decades, which are publicly displayed on occasion. Alpert and wife, Lani Hall, are substantial philanthropists through...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth31 March 1935
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that direction.
I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play.
We always felt that if you do something with quality and integrity, then it's going to come back to you.
Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived.
I never thought of myself as a trumpet player in the traditional sense: I never played in a big band... I didn't struggle the normal way.