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Herb Alpert Set A Record In Generosity

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Herb Alpert is an American jazz musician best known for his work associated with Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. Aside from his musical successes, Alpert has also broken records in generosity. In the 1980s, he created The Herb Alpert Foundation and the Alpert Awards in the Arts with CalArts. His foundation supports youth and education as well as environmental issues. In 2007, Alpert and his wife personally donated $30 million to UCLA to help endow the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Along with millions of other dollars in donations, in 2014 his foundation made a $10.1 million donation to Los Angeles City College that provides all music majors with a tuition-free education. This is the largest gift to a single community college in the history of Southern California and second largest in the history of California.