A $30 million gift from Herb Alpert will fund a new music school at the University of California, Los Angeles.The money will bring the university's departments of ethnomusicology, music and musicology under a single umbrella for the study and performance of world, popular and classical music, jazz and other genres."The landscape of music has changed so dramatically in the last few years and the...
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There are so many songs by Herb Alpert that I adore but there is one that always sticks in my head, "Rise."All the time I want to say is, WOW.In my teenage years he collaborated with Janet Jackson which I felt was a fantastic collaboration on the songs, "Making Love in the Rain" and "Diamonds." Please check it out here:Making Love in the Rain - Herb Alpert & Janet Jackson Diamonds - Janet Jack...
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www.lanier2.imeem.comOne of the most successful instrumental performers in pop history, trumpeter Herb Alpert was also one of the entertainment industry's shrewdest businessmen: A&M, the label he co-founded with partner Jerry Moss, ranks among the most prosperous artist-owned companies ever established. Born March 31, 1935, in Los Angeles, Alpert began playing the trumpet at the age of eight. A...
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This one is going out to that special woman in my life. Great song, timeless classsic!
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