This week we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Grammy-winning musician Al Hirt, the New Orleans-born trumpeter and bandleader nicknamed “Jumbo” who was known both for his size and his ...
Blowing one of the most potent horns since the Biblical Joshua led a septet outside Jericho, the late Al Hirt (1922-1999) has left us with a trumpet legacy characterized by a singular blend of power ...
The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, ...
“Nobody,” says a fellow Bourbon Street trumpeter, “ever outblew Al.” Even allowing for civic partisanship, the boast is not unreasonable. New Orleans Trumpeter Al (“The Monster”) Hirt, 38, is a ...
Al Hirt, 76, Dixieland jazz trumpeter who was a symbol of the exuberant laissez-faire way of life of New Orleans; one of the nation’s most recognizable performers in the 1960s, he recorded 55 albums ...
Blowing one of the most potent horns since the Biblical Joshua led a septet outside Jericho, the late Al Hirt (1922-1999) has left us with a trumpet legacy characterized by a singular blend of power ...
Fred Crane, 57, a jazz pianist who performed regularly with such artists as trumpeter Al Hirt, Doc Severinsen and Johnnie Mercer, died Monday of a heart attack after a performance. Crane, of Dallas, ...
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