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Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician most associated with the Tijuana Brass, a now-defunct brass band of which he was leader. He is also famous as a recording industry executive; he is the "A" of A&M Records.

Starting in the 1960s, his groundbreaking musical flavor catapulted Latino-style pop into the public eye. He has won eight Grammy awards, fifteen gold albums and fourteen platinum, and at one point his music outsold that of the Beatles by two to one.

Currently, his creative energies are focused on abstract expressionist painting, and Broadway theatre. His production of Tony KushnerTony Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an award-winning American playwright. He was born in Manhattan, but his parents, William and Sylvia (Deutscher) Kushner, both clasically trained musicians, moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana shortly after his birth.'s Angels in America won a Tony awardTony can mean any of the following: Tony Award a nickname for the male name Anthony .. He also funds the Herb Alpert Foundation for artistic training.

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