Herb Alpert

HERB ALPERT. American jazz musician. He 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 paintings and sculpture over two decades, which are publicly displayed on occasion. Alpert and his wife are substantial philanthropists through the operation of the Herb Alpert Foundation. His musical accomplishments include five No1 albums and 28 albums total on the Billboard Album chart / nine Grammys / fourteen platinum LPs and fifteen gold albums. He has sold 72 million records worldwide