Alois 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]

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Apr 28, 1999 · Al Hirt, the portly Dixieland jazz trumpeter who was a symbol of the exuberant laissez-faire way of life of New Orleans, died yesterday at home in New Orleans. He was 76.

Al Hirt became one of the most popular musicians in the United States. In November 1960 his performance at the Dunes in Las Vegas became legendary and two months later he played at the inaugural ball of President John F. Kennedy.

Oct 19, 2005 · Al 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.

JAZZ 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...

Apr 28, 1999 · Al 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...

Al Hirt, born Aluis Maxwell Hirt on November 7, 1922, in New Orleans, Louisiana, was an American trumpet player. The son of a policeman, he was known as "Al" or "Jumbo". At the age of six, he received his first trumpet as a gift, bought at a local pawnshop.

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