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Bookmark or Share- Al Hirt Musician - All About JazzAl Hirt recorded more than 50 albums in his career, and played for millions of people around the world including Pope John Paul II and 8 U.S. Presidents. He earned 4 gold albums and 1 platinum, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Charlie "Bird" Parker Memorial Foundation.
- Al Hirt – LMHOF - LOUISIANA MUSIC HALL OF FAMEAL HIRT (b. Nov. 7, 1922 – d. April 27, 1999): The son of a New Orleans police officer, Alois Maxwell Hirt got his first trumpet at age six and by age sixteen, he was playing professionally. Two years later, he began studying at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
- Al Hirt - WikipediaAlois Maxwell "Al" Hirt (November 7, 1922 – April 27, 1999) was an American trumpeter and bandleader. [1] He is best remembered for his million-selling recordings of "Java" and the accompanying album Honey in the Horn (1963), and for the theme music to The Green Hornet. His nicknames included "Jumbo" and "The Round Mound of Sound". [1]
- Al Hirt; Legendary Dixieland, Pop Trumpeter Made 50-Plus AlbumsAl Hirt, the legendary Dixieland trumpeter with a giant sound, died Tuesday in New Orleans at the age of 76. In a career that ranged over 50 years, the 6-foot-6, 300-pound Hirt recorded...
- Obituary: Al Hirt - The IndependentJAZZ PURISTS tend to scorn success and although the trumpeter Al Hirt came from New Orleans, the very cradle of jazz, his world-wide acclaim placed him outside the pale as far as most critics...
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