Paul Cacia was Al Hirt's lead trumpet player and contracted the brass section for what Al Hirt called his dream band, formed in the fall of 1979. At the time of receiving the phone call to join Al ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

“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, the portly Dixieland jazz trumpeter who was a symbol of the exuberant laissez-faire way of life of New Orleans, died yesterday at his New Orleans home. Mr. Hirt had been hospitalized ...

Al Hirt, the portly Dixieland jazz trumpeter who was a symbol of the exuberant laissez-faire way of life of New Orleans, died on Tuesday at his home in New Orleans. He was 76.Mr. Hirt had been ...

--Al Hirt - ""Java"" --Eydie Gorme - ""Shall We Dance"" --Gene Krupa --Shari Lewis and Al Hirt - ""Real, Live Girl"" --Eddie Rambeau – ""Concrete and Clay ...