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HERB ALPERT IS…

Written and Directed by John Scheinfeld

RT: 111 Minutes

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“I think the ups and downs of my life can inspire others.” -

Herb Alpert is a multi-faceted man, a man of many passions.

Short Synopsis With his he turned the Brass into gold, earning 15 gold and 14 platinum records; He has won nine Grammys Awards between 1966 and 2014, and received the from President in 2012.

Herb co-founded the indie label, A & M Records with his business partner, , which recorded artists as varied as , Cat Stevens, , , , Joe Cocker, , Sergio Mendes, and . A&M would go on to become one of the most successful independent labels in history. He has shown his striking work as an abstract painter and sculptor, worldwide. And through the Herb Alpert Foundation, he has given significant philanthropic support of educational programs in the arts nationwide, from the Harlem School of the Arts and City College to CalArts and UCLA.

John Scheinfeld’s documentary Herb Alpert is… profiles the artist, now 85, mostly from the perspective of colleagues like Questlove, , and Bill Moyers. In their words, the shy, unassuming trumpeter is a musical, artistic and philanthropic heavyweight.

Long Synopsis Herb Alpert was a shy third grader when his music appreciation teacher arranged instruments on a table and encouraged her students to experiment. The 8-year-old picked a trumpet and effectively found his voice. In 1966, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass outsold two to one. Between 1966 and 2014, the musician who wed Dixieland and styles with and pop, won nine Grammys, a testament to his virtuosity and enduring appeal.

In 1962 he co-founded the indie label, A & M Records with business partner, Jerry Moss, which introduced artists as varied as Carole King, Cat Stevens, The Carpenters, Janet Jackson, Peter Frampton, Joe Cocker, Quincy Jones, Sergio Mendes and The Police. A&M would go on to become one of the most successful independent labels in history. His work as an abstract painter and sculptor has been shown worldwide. Through the Herb Alpert Foundation, he has given significant philanthropic support of educational programs in the arts nationwide, from the Harlem School of the Arts and Los Angeles City College to CalArts and UCLA. With his #1 record, “” (1979) and romantic ballad “This Guy’s in Love With You” (1968), Alpert is the only solo artist to have number-one singles on both the and vocal charts. With the Tijuana Brass, Alpert had nine consecutive Gold . After it disbanded, he earned six more. In all, he has a total of 15 gold and 14 platinum records.

John Scheinfeld’s Herb Alpert is… paints a portrait of the sensitive artist and self-described “card-carrying introvert” as someone who prefers to let his music, painting and sculpture speak for him. Thus, Scheinfeld relies on the likes of , Richard Carpenter, Bill Moyers, Questlove, and Sting to talk about Alpert’s achievements as a musician and . Others, like Richard Lariviere, president of Chicago’s Field Museum, praises the musician’s expressionistic sculptures that permanently stand in the museum’s gardens, and Eric Pryor, head of The Harlem School of the Arts, testifies to the impact of Alpert’s philanthropy.

Among the other people interviewed are Jerry Moss, Alpert’s long-time partner in A & M Records, (Alpert is the “A,” and Moss the “M”); , legendary producer of Carole King and The Mamas and the Papas, who collaborated with Alpert on songwriting early in their careers, and worked together with the legendary and 2 time Grammy Award winning singer, , who first met Alpert when he produced Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66, for which she was the lead vocalist. She wed Alpert in December 1973 and aside from her own, solo, singing career, she has been a vocalist on many of his subsequent albums. He calls her his muse. For the 72 million albums he has sold, Alpert ranks #7 on Billboard’s Top 200.

Director’s Statement As a young man, seeing my mother around the house to the music of Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass turned me on to this incredible music maker and I became a fan of his upbeat and very cool sound. It just made you feel good.

So, when given the opportunity to make a film about Herb I certainly knew the music, but what of the man himself?

What I came to learn is that Herb is different things to different people: Artist, Performer, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and so much more.

Whether it’s producing a new every year, conceiving innovative and thoughtful music videos, displaying his artistry on the canvas or in clay, or finding ways to enhance the lives of those less fortunate, he is a true Renaissance man whose passion is to be creative and make a difference in the world each and every day.

In Herb Alpert is… I wanted to create a portrait of a singular artist who does things the right way, achieves success on his own terms, and brings positivity to the world in the process.

Most important, as a counterpoint to the polarizing political stories currently dominating the cultural landscape, I wanted to make a film that would celebrate a creative and influential life well lived in a way that would uplift, inspire and bring the audience together the way that Herb’s music and philanthropy has done for decades.

- John Scheinfeld

About Herb Alpert Herb Alpert was born in 1935 in the ethnically diverse neighborhood, Boyle Heights, located between downtown and East Los Angeles.

Herb was the youngest of three in a musical family. Father Louis emigrated from the U.S.S.R. and was a tailor, clothing manufacturer and he also played the mandolin. His mother, Tillie, played the violin and hailed from the lower East side of , with Romanian roots. Brother David was a professional drummer; sister Mimi played .

In 1937, the family moved to LA’s Fairfax neighborhood where Herb started school at Melrose Elementary. In 1943, in a music appreciation class, with a table full of musical instruments, Herb picked out the trumpet. This was to be a decisive moment in his life. Recalling himself as a tongue-tied youngster, he said, “As soon as I started to make a noise that made sense, man, this trumpet was talking for me. It was saying things I couldn’t get out of my mouth.” From that moment, making music and art defined his life.

Alpert was classically trained and played in junior symphonies. In 1948 Ben Klazkin, first trumpet of the Symphony, became his tutor, and before long, an admirer of the 13 year old. But classical trumpet wasn’t in his future. In high school Alpert fell under the sway of , the trumpet-playing leader, and Rafael Mendez, known as “The Heifetz of the horn” and the great, Clifford Brown, “so great he made me want to put down my trumpet.”

Though far from East 52nd Street, New York’s jazz Mecca, Los Angeles in the boasted a thriving jazz scene anchored by Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker who the young man would see -- and meet -- at local clubs.

Alpert attended Fairfax High, receiving his diploma in 1953. While at Fairfax, Alpert was part of “The Colonial Trio.” He was on trumpet, and his classmates, Fred Santo, on piano and Norm Shapiro, on drums. For eight consecutive weeks the trio won the local TV competition “High Talent Time.” The exposure led to bookings for Bar Mitzvahs, high school and weddings.

Following graduation, Alpert enrolled at the University of Southern as a music major and played trumpet with the university’s celebrated Trojan Marching Band. He stayed until 1954 when he was drafted into the army. In basic training he was sent to Band School in Fort Knox Kentucky, where he met trumpet players that were better than him. “I realized that if I didn’t come up with a style of my own, I was never going to become a professional. It wasn’t enough that the trumpet spoke, it had to speak with my voice.” He was sent to the Sixth Army Band at the Presidio in San Francisco.

While to the public in the Alpert seemed an overnight success, he had practiced the horn for 18 years and was equally disciplined about breaking into the music business. At 21, he married his high-school sweetheart, Sharon Lubin, and had a son, Dore and a daughter, Eden. Alpert had other defining partnerships with business partners, Lou Adler, with whom they co-wrote with Sam Cooke, the hit song, “Wonderful World,” and in 1962 he founded A & M Records with Jerry Moss.

A chance visit to the bullfights in Tijuana triggered the idea for “,” the first instrumental hit for Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass. Despite ’s name, neither Alpert nor its band members were of Mexican heritage.

The success of “The Lonely Bull” brought financial security both to Alpert and A & M Records. With subsequent tracks like, “Mexican Shuffle,” “A Taste of Honey,” and “,” Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass were everywhere on the airwaves and TV during the 1960s. Herb contributed to movie scores, performing the title tune for Casino Royale (1967), written by Burt Bacharach, a member of the A & M family.

In 1969, as A & M solidified its reputation as an artist-friendly label, it looked to the world like the trumpeter/music exec had it all together. But things were falling apart. Alpert was onstage with the band in when he had an out-of-body experience. He remembers playing and watching himself play. The Alpert in the audience wondered why the Alpert onstage was seemingly so happy while the one in the audience was uncomfortable.

Soon after, he picked up the trumpet and his smooth, optimistic sound was now an anxious stutter. Was this transient existential panic or a career-ending episode?

He consulted both a trumpet guru and a psychologist. Before long he recognized his issues were symptomatic of his marriage breaking up and his family was breaking with it. He also didn’t know how to deal with being in the spotlight and not having a normal life to depend on. And creatively, was he repeating his successes as a pop instrumentalist rather than exploring new musical ideas? He disbanded The Tijuana Brass in 1969. Increasingly, Alpert found himself confiding in Lani Hall, lead vocalist for Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66, likewise members of the A & M family. After his they would marry in 1973 and have a daughter, Aria. His breakdown led ultimately to both personal and artistic breakthroughs.

“Everyone is looking for a life of purpose and meaning,” observes the trumpeter, who worked through his performing problems and with his returning ability to play the horn, continued to record. Notable among his releases were memorable collaborations with producer Quincy Jones (You Smile, the Song Begins, 1974) and South African trumpet player, Hugh (Herb Alpert and , 1978). In 1979 he scored another number- one hit with the Grammy-winning “Rise,” co-written by his nephew, Randy Badazz Alpert. During that decade he spent more time as an A & M producer, and began painting lyrical abstraction and expressionist works, giving himself more creative outlets. In 1980 he began to sculpt as well. “Painting and sculpture give me that same rush that playing the horn does, that feeling of being in the moment.”

If Alpert exhibited a renewed musical purpose in the 1970s, in 1988, with the founding of the Herb Alpert Foundation, he was equally committed & motivated in his philanthropy as well as his art. Much of his giving is focused on arts education in Southern California -- endowing the music school, at UCLA and supporting multiple musical initiatives at Cal Arts (California Institute of the Arts), and ensuring that music students at Los Angeles Community College have tuition-free educations. When the Harlem School of the Arts, in , was on the brink of closing, he made a sustaining contribution to keep it thriving.

“I believe the best chance we have of creating responsible and productive kids is through the arts, and it has to be developed just like literacy,” he says. “I have been compensated way beyond my dreams and wanted to give back. I wanted other kids to have a creative experience at an early age.”

Since its inception, the Herb Alpert Foundation has awarded approximately $190 million to hundreds of organizations providing support in the arts as well as organizations promoting well-being and compassion.

For his music as well as his philanthropy, Alpert received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2012.

Rona Sebastian, president of the Herb Alpert Foundation, acknowledges that although Alpert’s philanthropy is wide-ranging, it all comes from one source. “Herb was a shy kid who at age eight picked up a trumpet and found his voice,” says Sebastian. “Now he’s trying to help others find theirs.”

About the Filmmakers

JOHN SCHEINFELD (Director, Writer, Producer) From pop culture to politics, sports to world , Venice and film festivals to PBS, Emmy®, Grammy® and Writers Guild Award nominee John Scheinfeld is a critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker with a broad range of subjects and productions to his credit.

In addition to directing, writing and producing Herb Alpert Is…, Scheinfeld is in post-production on a primetime documentary special about comedy legend Garry Marshall that will air on ABC in the Spring of 2020.

Another Scheinfeld feature documentary, Sergio Mendes: In The Key of Joy, had its World Premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in January 2020 and will be released worldwide on multiple media platforms later in the year.

Previously, his feature documentary, Chasing Trane: The Documentary, was an official selection of the Telluride Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival before playing on 175 theater screens worldwide during the spring of 2017. In November 2017 it was the season premiere of Independent Lens, the largest showcase for independent documentary film on television.

Scheinfeld is best known for two widely acclaimed feature documentaries: The U.S. vs. John , which tells the true story of the US government’s attempt to silence the beloved musician and iconic advocate for peace and Who Is (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?, a compelling yet wildly entertaining documentary about one of the most talented and uncompromising singer- in history.

The U.S. vs. was an official selection of the Venice, Telluride, and Toronto International film festivals and was released worldwide by Lionsgate. Born out of his love for the music of the Beatles and a keen interest in freedom of speech and personal courage in the face of significant obstacles, Scheinfeld earned the trust of and was given access to her extraordinary archive.

For Who Is Harry Nilsson…? Scheinfeld was nominated for the prestigious Writers Guild Award and USA Today named him one of the Top 100 People of 2010 in their pop culture poll. Lauded as “close to genius” by novelist , the film was a true passion project for Scheinfeld and he skillfully balanced the tantalizing, dramatic, tragic and hilarious aspects of Nilsson’s life with the many challenges involved in clearing more than 60 Nilsson songs for inclusion in the film.

Scheinfeld received a B.A. in Communications and Sociology from Oberlin College and holds an M.F.A. in Radio/Television/Film from Northwestern University.

DAVE HARDING (Producer) Dave Harding is an award-winning film and television producer and production executive associated with the Academy Award nominated “Encounters At The End of the World.” He is also known for his work on The Grizzly Man, The U.S. vs John Lennon, Leonard Cohen - I’m Your Man, and Cave of Forgotten Dreams.

Since teaming up with John Scheinfeld, the two have produced the feature docs, I Hope You Dance, Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary, Sergio Mendes In The Key of Joy, and the forthcoming Herb Alpert Is… In addition, the team collaborated on This Is Bob Hope for and Dick Cavett’s Vietnam and Dick Cavett’s Watergate, all for PBS.

Honored with three Emmy nominations for his work in television, and one Emmy win for Wage Slaves - Not Getting By in America, Harding has produced or supervised more than 1000 hours of documentary and non-fiction programs for television while the Exec VP of indie powerhouse Creative Differences.

Harding received a B.S in Radio/TV/Film and a B.A. in Economics, from Northwestern University and returned for an M.S.J. from the University’s esteemed Medill School of Journalism.

PETER S. LYNCH II (Editor, Co-Producer) In an entertainment career spanning nearly 20 years, Peter S. Lynch, II has served as the editor and co-producer of numerous critically acclaimed documentaries. He is currently putting finishing touches on the soon-to-be-released, Herb Alpert Is…, an intimate portrait of the renowned music icon.

In 2017 Peter’s work was featured on the prestigious, long-running PBS series American Masters with the bio-doc, This Is Bob Hope... In 2016 Lynch edited Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary, which premiered as an “official selection” of the Telluride Film Festival, went on to screen at TIFF, DOC NYC, IDFA and numerous other film festivals around the world, and also enjoyed a prominent specialty theatrical run in the U.S.

Peter’s other feature documentaries include: I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song, Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him?), the GRAMMY®

About Abramorama Abramorama is the preeminent global theatrical distribution and rights management partner for documentary and music films and is recognized for the consistent high quality of its work on award winning feature films. An innovator in the focused, personalized form of film marketing, promotion, distribution and event cinema, Abramorama provides invaluable alternatives to filmmakers while continuing to trail-blaze exciting new pathways for filmmakers to find their audience.

Over the course of nearly 20 years, Abramorama has successfully distributed and marketed hundreds of films, including Ron Howard’s Grammy Award®-winning The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years; Stanley Nelson’s : Birth of The Cool; and Melanie Martinez’ K-12; John McDermott’s : Electric Church; Amir Bar-Lev's Long Strange Trip – The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead; Tabbert Fiiller’s The Public Image Is Rotten; Danny Clinch and ’s Let’s Play Two; Corbett Redford and ’s Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk; John Scheinfeld’s Chasing Trane – The John Coltrane Documentary; Roberta Grossman and Nancy Spielberg’s Who Will Write Our History; Brett Bern's BANG! The Bert Berns Story; Brett Morgen and National Geographic’s seminal Jane; Charles Ferguson’s Time To Choose; Asif Kapadia’s Senna; ’s vast catalog of Bernard Shakey Productions; ’s Pearl Jam Twenty; Sacha Gervasi’s Anvil! The Story of Anvil; Banksy’s Academy Award® nominated Exit Through the Gift Shop; the surprise indie hit Awake: The Life of Yogananda; Laurie Anderson’s astonishing New York Times critics’ pick, Heart of a Dog; National Board of Review Winner Listen to Me Marlon; 2016 Documentary Academy Award®-nominee and IDA Best Documentary Winner The Look of Silence; and the episodic multi-platform series Deconstructing The Beatles. Abramorama is a founding partner of The Seventh Art Stand program, an act of cinematic solidarity against Islamophobia, that ran in more than 50 theaters across the in May of 2017. Abramorama recently launched a conscious films imprint, Mangurama, alongside its music-centric film fund, focused on the global release of iconic music documentaries.

Featuring

LOU ADLER ARIA ALPERT EDEN ALPERT HERB ALPERT LANI HALL ALPERT RANDY BADAZZ ALPERT BURT BACHARACH BILL CANTOS RICHARD CARPENTER CHLOE FLOWER KARA DIO GUARDI JIMMY JAM QUINCY JONES HUSSAIN JIFFRY RICHARD LARIVIERE TERRY LEWIS KRISTAN MARVELL SERGIO MENDES JERRY MOSS BILL MOYERS ERIC PRYOR AHMIR ‘QUESTLOVE’ THOMPSON SIR KEN ROBINSON MICHAEL SHAPIRO STING BILLY BOB THORTON CHIP TOM PAUL WILLIAMS

The Tijuana Brass BOB EDMONDSON TONNI KALASH LOU PAGANI JOHN PISANO

Written, Produced and Directed by JOHN SCHEINFELD Produced By DAVE HARDING Edited and Co-Produced By PETER S. LYNCH II Music By HERB ALPERT Director of Photography TRISTAN WHITMAN Senior Talent Producer RAQUEL BRUNO DRIVE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

Animation, Visual Effects & Opening Titles by SYNDROME STUDIO

Creative Directors MARS SANDOVAL MICAH HANCOCK

Senior Producer ADRIANA BLANCARTE

Designer/Animator SEAN BOWES

Researchers KATHLEEN ERMITAGE KIKU LANI IWATA

Production Coordinator STEFANY BACLAAN

Sound JON K. OH NATHAN MANLEY GARY WOOD PAUL BANG

Gaffer DREW GALBRAITH JOHN ROCHE

Grip MARK NAPIER ELIZABETH GALBRAITH

Makeup VERONICA ARANCIBIA MICHELLE LEE JA NINA LEE

Additional Camera NICK BLAISING RICH CHRISTIAN STAN TAYLOR DAVE HARDING PETER LYNCH

Production Assistants CESAR GARCIA DANNY BITTKER DAVID BLOCK SHIMON GALILEY COLIN HATTON

Footage and Photos provided by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc HERB AND LANI ALPERT DAVID and MERRYL ALPERT RANDY BADAZZ ALPERT RICHARD AVEDON MARYANNE BILHAM © JAN PERSSON / CTSIMAGES © AVERY/ CTSIMAGES RICHARD CARPENTER PRODUCTIONS, INC. GETTY IMAGES HANNA JEANNE PHOTOGRAPHY JIM HARDY HISTORIC FILMS ARCHIVE PAUL HILDEBRANDT ISTOCK ROBERT M. KNIGHT THE WALK OF FAME FOOTAGE COURTESY OF KABC-7 LOS ANGELES HARRY LANGDON ANNIE LEIBOWITZ LBJ PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY JIM McCRARY MIKE MILLER PHOTO NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION NBCUNIVERSAL ARCHIVES LOREN NELSON ANDREAS NEUMANN FRED POORE HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION, INC JOHNNY ROZSA ALBERT A. SANCHEZ BONNIE SCHIFFMAN NORMAN SEEFF SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY STEVE SIDORUK JUAN TALLO DEAN TORRENCE RAÚL VEGA GUY WEBSTER PETER WHORF LARRY WILLIAMS

A&M Records Collection LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, CHARLES E. YOUNG RESEARCH LIBRARY, UCLA

“The Ed Sullivan Show” courtesy of SOFA ENTERTAINMENT/HISTORIC FILMS ARCHIVE, LLC

“HOW TO MAKE MOVIES” BY CHARLES CHAPLIN © Roy Export Company Limited. All Rights Reserved.

The Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, RICHARD LARIVIERE RAY DE THORNE JACLYN JOHNSTON

The Herb Alpert Foundation RONA SEBASTIAN MATTY WILDER NANCEE ENYART

The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts IRENE BORGER FRANNIE GARRETSON

California Institute of the Arts PATRICIA GONZALES

Herb Alpert Scholarship Recipients VALOR AGUILAR MOSES AUBREY

Herb Alpert Foundation Program Participants PENELOPE URIBE-ABBE NORBERT DE LA CRUZ JOSHUA PAUL DEMETRIOUS REID

Herb Alpert Award In The Arts Winners Appearing EVE BEGLARIAN JAMES CARTER DAN HURLIN EMILY JACIR DANIEL ALEXANDER JONES LISA KRON GEORGE LEWIS VICTORIA MARKS BILL MORRISON LLOYD SUH CECILIA VICUÑA

Harlem School of The Arts The Herb Alpert Center ERIC PRYOR

LYNNE TOYE EVAN ELLIS BLAKE SUZANNE CORT-ALBUREZ AMINAH DeJESUS AMADEA EDWARDS NAIJA GRANT SOPHIS GREENAWAY BLESS GROODE ALYSSA HILAIRE ZOE HOARTY ZORA HOWARD TRACY JOHNSON MAJID KHALIQ AUBREY LYNCH II SAM MATTINGLY FRANKLIN RANKIN JAMES RATTI NICOLE STANSBURY LEYLAND SIMMONS ADRIENNE TARVER TAYLA WESTBROOK OMAR WISEMAN YOLANDA WYNS

Concert footage recorded at CAL POLY ARTS HAROLD MIOSSI HALL AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SAN LUIS OBISPO and VIBRATO GRILL JAZZ

"Herb Paint Theme" and "Just Like A Star" mixed by JOCHEM VAN DER SAAG

Motion Graphics PATRICK MARTIN

Re-Recording Mixer MARCUS PARDO

Sound Editors ALEX STICKROTH MARCUS X. PARDO

Music Clearance Music Rightz SUZANNE COFFMAN KAT SHODEN DINA BOTTS

Musicology Consultant JUDITH FINELL MUSICSERVICES INC.

Colorist KEITH ROUSH

Archival Research and Clearance Universal Media, Inc ERIC KULBERG JOHN PAIGE SUSAN HORMUTH WYATT STONE

Photographic Research & Clearance KATHLEEN ERMITAGE STEPHANIE BENCIN LEE ROSEN

Post- Production Facilities ALPHA DOGS, INC. BANG ZOOM! ROUSH MEDIA

Archival Film Transfers REFLEX TECHNOLOGIES REED BOVEE

Audio Mechanics JOHN POLITO

Transcriptions RNK PRODUCTIONS

MIB Insurance GIOVANNI LOPEZ VERONICA CASTRO

Legal Services DONALDSON + CALLIF LISA CALLIF, Esq. CHRIS PEREZ, Esq. MEGAN SMALLEN

Special Thanks JO ALMEIDA ART BRONZE ROBERT BADER LISA BRYANT ALISA COLEMAN FRED CROSHAL BILL DICICCO BRENDAN ELMS DOLORES ERICKSON THE FIELD MUSEUM CAROLINE GRAHAM CHARLES WINDISCH-GRAETZ HEATHER JAMES GALLERIES MONTY HALL THE COMPANY BRIAN & LISA HENSON VARTAN KURJIAN MARTIN KIERSZENBAUM STEVE LERIAN AUDREY MANN IAN MARSHALL GRACINHA LEPORACE MENDES SERGIO MENDES CHRIS MILLER BRIAN PORIZEK LISA REMINGTON CYNTHIA SESSO STEVE SIDORUK XANDER SMITH DARCY WERSH GERRY WERSH RABBI MOSHE WIEDER and Family

A Special Thank You from Herb Alpert RANDY BADAZZ ALPERT SHERYL LORENCE MARY LEE RYAN ARNOLD SANTOS

“HERB PAINT THEME” Composed by Herb Alpert Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“MEMORIES OF ” Composed by Sol Lake Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“SPANISH FLEA” Composed by Julius L. Wechter Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“TIJUANA TAXI” Composed by Ervan F. Coleman Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc. “ZORBA THE GREEK (Theme)” Composed by Mikis Theodorakis Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“MEXICAN SHUFFLE” Composed by Sol Lake Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“SHAKE IT” Composed by Herb Alpert, Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“MY ABSTRACT HEART” Composed by Herb Alpert, Eddie Del Barrio Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“GONE WITH THE WIND” Composed by , Herb Magidson Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc. Backing Track was provided by iReal Pro music application www.irealpro.com

“RISE” Composed by Andy W. Armer, Randy Badazz Alpert Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“OH, JOHNNY OH, JOHNNY OH” Composed by Abe Olman, Ed Rose Performed by Herb Alpert (age 4) Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“STRIKE UP THE BAND” Composed by George Gershwin, Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“LA VIE EN ROSE” Composed by Louis Guglielmi, Edith Piaf Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“HOW HIGH THE MOON” Composed by Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“MAGIC MAN” Composed by Herb Alpert, Melvin M Ragin, Michael Anthony Stokes Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“MEXICAN CORN” Composed by Herb Alpert, Don Bowman Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“THE HULLY GULLY” Composed by Lou Adler, Herb Alpert Performed by Herbie Alpert and his Sextet Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“YOU SEND ME” Written by Sam Cooke Performed by Sam Cooke Courtesy of ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. www.abkco.com

“(WHAT A) WONDERFUL WORLD” Written by Sam Cooke, Lou Adler and Herb Alpert Performed by Sam Cooke Courtesy of ABKCO Records By with ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. www.abkco.com

“BABY TALK” Written by Melvin Schwartz Performed by Courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises Film & TV Music

“GONNA GET A GIRL” Composed by Al Lewis, Howard Simon Performed by Dore Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“VIPER’S ” Composed by Herb Alpert, Lou Adler Performed by Herbie Alpert and his Quartet Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“TELL IT TO THE BIRDS” Composed by Herb Alpert Performed by Dore Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“THE LONELY BULL” Composed by Sol Lake Performed By Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“WINDS OF BARCELONA” Composed by Sol Lake Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“GREEN PEPPERS” Composed by Sol Lake Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“A TASTE OF HONEY” Composed by , Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“3RD MAN THEME” Written by Anton Karas Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“IN A LITTLE SPANISH TOWN” Composed by Mabel Wayne, Joe Young, Sam Lewis Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“BRASILIA” Composed by Julius L. Wechter Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“IF I WERE A RICH MAN” Composed by Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“SECOND WIND” Composed by Herb Alpert, Jeffrey H. Lorber Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“ROTATION” Composed by Andy W. Armer, Randy Badazz Alpert Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“” Composed by Andy W. Armer, Randy Badazz Alpert Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“MAGIC TRUMPET” Composed by Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“WHIPPED CREAM” Composed by . Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass .Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“CASINO ROYALE” Composed by Burt Bacharach, .Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“BITTERSWEET SAMBA” Composed by Sol Lake Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“SO WHAT’S NEW?” Composed by John Joseph J. Pisano Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“ONE NOTE SAMBA-SPANISH FLEA” Composed by Antonio Carlos Brasileiro De A Jobim, Newton Ferreira De Mendonca Performed by Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66 Courtesy of Concord Music

“BERIMBAU” Composed by Baden Powell de Aquino, Marcus Vinicius Da Cruz De M. Moraes Performed by Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66 Courtesy of Concord Music

“WORK SONG” Composed by , Jr. Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU” Composed by Burt Bacharach, Hal David Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“DON’T BE AFRAID” (DEMO) Composed by Herb Alpert, Frank D’Amico Performed by The Carpenters Courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises Film & TV Music

“(THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU” (DEMO) Composed by Burt Bacharach, Hal David Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“(THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU” Composed by Burt Bacharach, Hal David Performed by The Carpenters Courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises Film & TV Music

“PANAMA” Composed by Julius L. Wechter Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“THE SEA IS MY SOIL” Written by Dory Caymmi, Nelson Motta Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“SHADES OF ” Composed by Julius L. Wechter Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“” Composed by Herb Alpert Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“LIKE A STAR” Composed by Corrine Bailey Rae Performed by Herb Alpert and Lani Hall Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“COME WHAT MAY” Composed by David Lasley, Allee Willis Performed by Herb Alpert and Lani Hall Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“C’EST AINSI QUE LES CHOSES” aka “MICKEY” Composed by Charles Aznaourian aka Charles Aznavour,, Michel Jean Pierre Colombier Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“YOU SMILE, THE SONG BEGINS” Composed by Herb Alpert Performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“” Composed by August Musarurgwa Performed by Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“ROUTE 101” Composed by Juan Carlos Calderon Lopez De Arroyabe Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“” Composed by James Harris and Terry Lewis Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“JUST A DREAM AWAY” Composed by Herb Alpert, Eddie Del Barrio Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“SNEAKIN’ IN” Composed by Herb Alpert, Jeffrey H. Lorber Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“I’M YOURS” Composed by Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

“” Composed by Robert Thiele, George David Weiss Performed by Herb Alpert Courtesy of Herb Alpert Presents, Inc.

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Herb Alpert Chronology

1935 Born March 31 in Boyle Heights, a multicultural neighborhood of immigrant Japanese, Mexicans and Eastern Europeans. Herb is the youngest of three in a musical family where father plays mandolin, mother violin, brother drums and sister piano.

1937 The Alperts move to the Fairfax district, center of the Jewish community in Los Angeles.

1943 At Melrose Elementary, a music appreciation teacher introduces the shy student to a trumpet and the eight-year-old finds his voice.

1948 Studies horn with Ben Klazkin, first trumpet with the San Francisco Symphony, and considers being a classical trumpeter. (first record purchase? )

1950 Starts his own band, “The Colonial Trio,” which wins the talent contest on a local TV show. The trio plays local high school dances, weddings and Bar Mitzvahs. Regularly goes to clubs to hear Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, and . . 1953 Graduates Fairfax High in January. Attends University of Southern California. He majors in music and plays in the Trojans Marching Band.

1954 Drafted into the U.S. Army in the summer. Forms a marching band during basic training.

1955 Stationed at The Presidio in San Francisco where he plays trumpet in the 6th Army Band

1956 Weds Sharon Mae Lubin, his high school sweetheart. Honorably discharged from the Army. (rank?) (what years are Eden and Dore born???)

While working as a fitness instructor is scouted by and auditions. Takes acting lessons from Jeff Corey. Appears briefly (playing the kettledrum) in Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments.”

1957 Teams with Lou Adler to write songs. The pair hire on as understudy producers at Keen Records.

1958 Receives first royalty check for co-writing “Bim Bam.” The amount is $2.48.

Adler & Alpert produce “Baby Talk” for clients Jan & Dean. It is A & A’s first song to make the Top Ten.

A & A collaborate with Sam Cooke to write “Wonderful World,” which charts in 1960.

1959 Alpert and Adler amicably embark on separate careers. Alpert keeps the tape recorder, Adler the management of Jan & Dean.

1960 Son Dore born.

Signs with RCA Records as vocalist Dore Alpert. Wants to overdub his voice and told it’s against union rules.

1962 Working out of his garage, forms Carnival Records with Jerry Moss, changing it to A & M Records (for Alpert & Moss) when a title search reveals another Carnival.

Inspired by a visit to the bullfights in Tijuana, espec- ially the crowd reactions and plaintive brass fanfares, he creates the tone poem, “The Lonely Bull,” and records it with session musicians dubbed The Tijuana Brass.

The single, A & M’s first release, reaches the Top-10. The album of the same title is on the pop charts for three years.

1963 “Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Vol. 2,” the group’s second album, is released. Co-produces “I’m Just a Country Boy,” a solo by Ink Spots vocalist George McCurn, for A &M.

1964 Release of “South of the Border,” the TJB’s third album. One cut, “The Mexican Shuffle,” charts in the pop singles category. Alpert re-records it for the Clark Chewing Gum company and it becomes “The Teaberry Shuffle,” a sample before sampling existed. Produces the Baja Band single, “Comin’ in the Back Door.”

1965 “Whipped Cream and Other Delights,” the that launches six million fantasies, is the #1 album in the U.S. The cut “A Taste of Honey” becomes a hit single. “Whipped Cream” and “Going Places,” TJB’s follow-up, remain on the charts for three years.

1966 Daughter Eden born.

The TJB dominate the charts, owning #1 on Billboard’s pop album chart for 18 weeks, besting The Beatles, who have it for 17 weeks.

By April, TJB boast four albums in the Top 10. Guinness Book of World Records cite TJB for having five albums in the Top 20, an accomplishment never repeated in recording history.

TJB’s new album, “What Now My Love” hits #1 in three weeks, and is one of four albums by the band certified gold this year.

Wins four for “A Taste of Honey”: Record of the Year; Best Instrumental Performance; Best Instrumental Arrangement; Best Engineered Recording.

“Whipped Cream” nominated for Album of the Year, loses to ’s “A Man and His Music.”

A & M buy Charlie Chaplin’s former studio to house its recording studio.

Produces “Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66.” Sells 13.7 million albums over 12 months, an unprecedented accomplishment.

1967 Performs at for Pres. Lyndon Johnson and Pres. Gustavo Diaz Ordaz of .

TJB makes first television special and receives three Emmy nominations. TJB’s “What Now My Love” receives four Grammy nods. Wins two for best instrumental performance and best instrumental arrangement.

“Sounds Like…,” becomes TJB’s fourth #1 album. The theme from “Casino, Royale” is its big hit.

“S.R.O.,” “Sounds Like… and “Herb Alpert’s Ninth,” all certified gold.

1968 The unassuming trumpeter scores his first #1 song as a vocalist, “This Guy’s in Love With You,” from songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

Grammy-nominated for “Casino Royale”: Best instrumental performance.

After assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Performs live concert at with and others to benefit the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

1969 TJB plays Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth at the .

“The Brass are Comin’” is the 12th consecutive TJB album in seven years to make the Top 30. “Warm,” its follow-up, is certified gold.

Has an unsettling experience onstage in Munich while touring with TJB.

Develops “mouthpiece problem” with trumpet. Consults trumpet guru Carmine Caruso and a psychotherapist.

Disbands TJB. Co-produces ’ album, “Don’t Think Twice” for A & M.

1970 His haunting composition “Jerusalem,” inspired by a visit there, rises to the Top 10 on the chart.

Gives The Carpenters the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song “Close to You,” to record. Within Weeks it tops the charts, becoming the first of 16 consecutive hits for the sibling duo.

1971 Takes sabbatical from recording.

He and Sharon divorce.

TJB’s 1970 compilation album “Greatest Hits” is certified gold.

Produces albums by , Michel Colombier and .

1972 “Solid Brass,” another TJB compilation, released.

Produces “Sundown Lady,” Lani Hall’s first solo Album.

1973 Records with TJB the album “You Smile, the Song Begins. Includes version of the theme to “Last Tango in , arranged by Quincy Jones. Is on pop chart for two months.

1974 Gives concert at Camp Pendleton for Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees.

Weds Lani Hall.

Performs with Hall at Red Cross charity gala in Monaco for Princess Grace and Rainier.

1975 With TJB, releases “Coney Island,” its 19th album.

Daughter Aria born.

1976 Releases first solo LP, “Just You and Me.”

Produces the album “Caliente” by .

1977 Releases “Herb Albert and the TJB -- Greatest Greatest Hits, Vol. 2.”

Produces “Ruby, Ruby” LP by Gato Barbieri. 1978 Teams with South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela to record LP “Herb Alpert/Hugh Masekela.” Their single “Skokiaan” puts HA on the R & B chart for first time in career.

A second HA/Masekela collaboration, “,” released.

1979 Records “Rise,” an instrumental co-written by his nephew, Randy Alpert. It makes #1 on the Adult/Contemporary chart, #2, on the Pop chart, Top 5 on the R & B chart, and Top 20 on the Top 20 on the Dance/ chart. The single is certified gold and the LP of the same name make it to the Top 10 on Pop, R & B, and Jazz charts.

1980 Wins the Grammy for Pop Musical Performance for “Rise,” which is certified gold and platinum.

1981 The LP “Beyond,” released in 1980, Grammy- nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

1982 Releases the LP “” which is on the charts for half a year. A single, “Route 101,” hits the Top 40 and is on the Pop charts for 10 weeks.

1983 “Fandango” receives Mexico’s “Heraldo” prize for Best International Release.

Releases the LP “Blow Your Own Horn,” which boasts the chart singles “Garden Party” and “Red Hot.”

1984 With TJB, releases “Bullish.” Title song is on R & B charts for 10 weeks and also makes the Pop chart.

TJB tours for first time in more than a decade.

“Blow Your Own Horn” Grammy-nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

Co-produces title song for James Bond movie “,” sung by Lani Hall.

1985 Releases LP, “Wild Romance.”

1986 With partner Jerry Moss, receives “Spirit of Life Award” from the City of Hope where they establish a research fellowship.

1987 Celebrates his silver anniversary as a recording artist with his gold-certified LP, “Keep Your Eye On Me,” and the Top 5 single “Diamonds,” featuring vocals by Janet Jackson.

In recognition of his humanitarian efforts is named United Nations Day chairperson for the City of Los Angeles.

1988 Plays national anthem at Super Bowl XXII in .

Receives Grammy nominations for Best Pop Instrumental Performance (“Keep Your Eye on Me” and Best R & B Instrumental Performance (“Diamonds”).

With Jerry Moss, receives commendation from The City of Los Angeles for their support of the Los Angeles Free Clinic.

With wife Lani Hall, creates the Herb Alpert Foundation, which over the next 30 years will award approximately $180 million to organizations that support arts education and underserved constituencies.

1989 The Herb Alpert Foundation establishes $100,000 endowment fund for the National Association of Jazz.

Has first one-man show as a painter at Wenger Gallery in Hollywood.

Releases the LP “My Abstract Heart.”

1990 Produces “Apasionado,” jazzman ’s first album for A & M.

With Jerry Moss, sells A & M Records to Polygram. They continue to serve as vice- Chairman and chairman.

1991 Releases “North on South Street,” his 31st album in 29 years.

Honored at a U.S. Senate ceremony for his contributions to “Cities in Schools,” dedicated to encouraging students against dropping out.

1992 “North on South Street,” co-written by HA and Greg Smith, Grammy-nominated for best Instrumental Composition.

Co-produces the Broadway musical, “Jelly’s Last Jam,” starring Gregory Hines. It wins 3 and 6 Drama Desk Awards.

1993 With fellow artists including Bryan Adams, Sting, and , performs at Carnegie Hall to benefit the Rainforest Foundation in Brazil.

With Jerry Moss, relinquishes executive duties at A & M in order to pursue other creative and philanthropic interests.

Exhibits paintings at the Frankfurt Art Fair, the Basel Art Fair, the Galerie Frank Hanel in , and Galerie Van Der Planken in Antwerp.

Coproduces the Broadway epic “: The Millennium Approaches” by Tony Kushner. It wins the Pulitzer Prize, 4 Tony Awards, and 5 Drama Desk Awards.

1994 Coproduces the second half of “Angels,” subtitled “Perestoika,” which similarly wins multiple drama awards.

Exhibits one-man show of his “Rhythm Paintings” at Caesarea Gallery in Boca Raton, Florida.

Coproduces world premiere of Arthur Miller’s “Broken Glass.”

1995 Herb Alpert Foundation and California Institute of the Arts establish the annual “Alpert Award in the Arts” to support emerging and mid-career artists.

With Jerry Moss, launches the label Almo Sounds.

1996 Releases “Second Wind,” his first Almo Sounds LP.

1997 Releases “Passion Dance,” his 34th album.

With Jerry Moss, receives for Lifetime Achievement.

2007 Foundation donates $30 million to endow the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA.

2008 Foundation donates $15 million to California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) to support musical scholarship and faculty chairs.

2009 Releases “Anything Goes,” featuring vocals by Lani Hall

2010 Foundation donates $500,000 to keep the doors open at the Harlem School of the Arts.

2011 Releases “I Feel You,” featuring vocals by Lani Hall.

2012 Receives Presidential Medal of the Arts from President Barack and Michele Obama.

Foundation donates $5 million to settle HSA financial obligations and create a $2 million endowment.

2014 “Steppin’ Out” wins Grammy for Contemporary Instrumental Album.

2015 His monumental sculptures, “Spirit Totems,” exhibited on the steps of Chicago’s Field Museum.

2016 Foundation makes $10.1 million to Los Angeles City College providing music majors tuition-free attendance.

2017 “Human Nature” LP Grammy-nominated for Contemporary Instrumental Album.

2019 Foundation makes $9.5 million donation to Harlem School of the Arts for structural and architectural improvements.

Releases “.”