Best of Al Hirt

Best of Al Hirt

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1. Basin Street Blues
2. Sweet Georgia Brown
3. New Orleans, My Home Town
4. When the Saints Go Marching In
5. Bourbon Street Parade
6. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
7. Stardust
8. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
9. Walkin'
10. Java

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Pete Fountain Presents the Best of Dixieland: Al Hirt
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • One of the Greatest New Orleans, French Quarter, Mardi Gras-Styled Jazz CDs One is Likely to Ever Hear
  • Essential Dixieland
 Pete Fountain Presents the Best of Dixieland: Al Hirt
Pete Fountain
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000056PQZ
Release Date: 2001-01-23

Tracks:

  1. The Original Dixieland One-Step
  2. Tin Roof Blues
  3. Royal Garden Blues
  4. Panama
  5. Blue And Broken-Hearted
  6. Wolverine Blues
  7. Washington And Lee Swing
  8. I'm Going Home
  9. Jazz Me Blues
  10. Night And Day
  11. South Rampart Street Parade
  12. Sugar

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of the Greatest New Orleans, French Quarter, Mardi Gras-Styled Jazz CDs One is Likely to Ever Hear.......2007-01-02

This is a great CD of trumpeter Al Hirt's dixieland, Mardi Gras music. Al Hirt used to play at a club on Bourbon Street in New Orleans' French Quarter district, which I have only read about. If you're looking for French Quarter, dixie-style jazz music, this CD is perfect. Trumpeter Hirt is a technical marvel, and this disc of Pete Fountain's, the clarinetist, is great for the people who love Hirt's music, as this disc is a Pete Fountain tribute, the two playing together with four others in a group, to Hirt who had apparently just died before this CD released, according to its liner notes written by Pete. It says Al and Pete used to go fishing together.

Under normal circumstances, I suppose this fact about fishing together would be unimportant; but, it gives me something about Hirt's personal life, as does the part about Al's and Pete's laughably terrible tenure together as pest control exterminators when the jazz scene in Orleans was still scarce early in their relationship.

During my own, personal trumpet-playing years through junior high school--I played about four years--I looked up at Al "Jumbo" Hirt as a kid. And, like Hirt, I also went into the army, although I had other duties than playing a bugle or trumpet there: I had nine years beginning in 1997.

I once saw Al Hirt play live. It was July Fourth, probably around 1989 would be my guess. He came to Ormond Beach, the adjacent city--meaning next to--Daytona Beach in Florida--where I lived and went to school. Needless to say, I will never forget that experience for as long as I live. It was under the Granada Bridge, which is the largest bridge crossing the Intercoastal Waterway River, called the Halifax River in that part of Florida. It runs parallel to the Ormond Beach and Daytona Beach shoreline. Actually, that "beach side" of the river is only a few blocks wide. The largest bridge in the Daytona Beach area is the one that crosses the Halifax River in Ormond Beach: the Granada Bridge. At the foot of the eastern beach-side of the river, there was a large picnic-style festival with cotton candy, watermelon, and other stuff that one finds in a carnival-styled picnic. This festival was called Jazz-Matazz. There were several jazz musicians at the fest, one of them was a local who had come from the area. But, the highlight of this great jazz night was seeing Al Hirt with his band on the podium playing dixieland jazz. As dusk loomed over onto the west, I could see behind me thick crowds of spectators standing on Granada Bridge up to a mile back from where I was sitting, on the grass, and they loved the music. The crowds gathered there once Hirt-and-company started to play: talk about attracting a crowd! And so, Al Hirt played until the merriment of July Fourth fireworks of Ormond Beach went crashing onto the dark sky. Man, what a memorable image I carry from that evening when my dad took me and my younger sister to that fest.

I guess I must've been very busy with the army for those nine years because, in 1999, I didn't even know that Hirt had died. That's a long life from his birth in 1922. But, reading these liner notes somehow changes me. I only just found out he died about a week ago, and hence I picked out a great disc of Hirt jazz in the same memoriam to Hirt that Fountain provides by this release: this is the disc I chose. Knowing of his death makes me feel loss, remorse, and regret; and, I even feel I'm on the verge of tears. But, I know that if I feel the notion of sorrow, that it fits in with Hirt's music somehow. In addition to that, I also have that live performance on the Super Jazz CD, with Fountain and Hirt. In that disc, Hirt talks about something called a "jazz funeral."

A jazz funeral is a New Orleans-style funeral where, instead of ordinary funeral music, dixie and rag music would be played live after the funeral procession, much like having a party. He says the jazz music would start slow to show sympathy to the dead person, but that the music would then crank up into fast dixie-style jazz like a happy party--like in that movie "One Night Stand" with Wesley Snipes. I don't know if Hirt had a "jazz funeral" when he died, but I imagine so; and, I imagine the pain felt by those, like Fountain, for Hirt's death. And, I share in that pain. A marvel who plays as well as Hirt shouldn't have to die; he should get to ramble around forever.

Al Hirt, if you're listenin' from up there, your music has made the world a better place.

Oh yeah, if you dig this Mardi Gras stuff, check out these CDs: Al Hirt at the Mardi Gras (fun stuff!), and Honey in the Horn/Our Man in New Orleans (the 2-album CD). These albums help prove why New Orleans is on the Music Map of the world. The only thing that came even close to the experience I've had with Al Hirt's CDs was when I visited Munich's Hofbraeuhaus while I was stationed in Germany, a restaurant with a live band that really cooks, although it's beer-drinking music of a different kind.

5 out of 5 stars Essential Dixieland.......2004-09-24

This rare CD is a revelation. The music is well played swinging Dixieland music, played by the best. Al Hirt on trumpet, Pete Fountain on clarinet and also tenor sax, and Bob Havens on trombone. The remastering is excellent. A highlight are the two rare tenor sax solos by Fountain on Wolverine Blues and Washington & Lee Swing. Great stuff!
The Best of Al Hirt
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    		The Best of Al Hirt
    Al Hirt
    Manufacturer: Compendia Music Grou
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    New Orleans & Dixieland JazzNew Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music
    DixielandDixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00000E5WO
    Release Date: 1992-09-11

    Tracks:

    1. Bourbon Street Parade - Al Hirt
    2. Cotton Candy - Al Hirt
    3. That's A-Plenty - Al Hirt
    4. Java - Al Hirt
    5. Stardust - Al Hirt
    6. South Rampart Street Parade - Al Hirt
    7. When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Al Hirt
    8. Echoes of Harlem - Rochester Pops Orchestra
    9. Walkin' - Al Hirt
    10. Trumpeter's Lullaby - Rochester Pops Orchestra
    11. Struttin' With Some Barbecue - Al Hirt
    12. Muskrat Ramble - Al Hirt
    13. Royal Garden Blues - Al Hirt
    14. Mama's Gone, Goodbye - Al Hirt
    15. I'll Be Seeing You - Rochester Pops Orchestra
    16. Strangers in the Night - Rochester Pops Orchestra
    17. Spanish Eyes - Rochester Pops Orchestra

    Tracks:

    1. Sweet Georgia Brown - Al Hirt
    2. Wolverine Blues - Al Hirt
    3. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? - Al Hirt
    4. Unforgettable - Rochester Pops Orchestra
    5. Sugar Blues - Al Hirt
    6. Just a Closer Walk With Thee - Al Hirt
    7. New Orleans, My Home Town - Al Hirt
    8. Birth of the Blues - Al Hirt
    9. Deep Purple - Rochester Pops Orchestra
    10. East of the Sun - Rochester Pops Orchestra
    11. Hindustan - Al Hirt
    12. Poor Butterfly - Al Hirt
    13. Sugar Lips - Al Hirt
    14. Red Roses for a Blue Lady - Rochester Pops Orchestra
    15. Imagination - Rochester Pops Orchestra
    16. When the Saints Go Marching In - Al Hirt
    The Legend at His Best
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Perfection in its finest
    		 The Legend at His Best
    Al Hirt
    Manufacturer: Collectables
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    1. "Al Hirt - All-Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1"

    ASIN: B00004R97Y
    Release Date: 2000-04-04

    Tracks:

    1. I Can't Get Started
    2. Java
    3. Man With A Horn
    4. Tansy
    5. Night Theme
    6. Talkin' Bout That River
    7. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
    8. To Be In Love
    9. Al Di La
    10. Malibu
    11. Theme From A Dream
    12. I'm Movin' On
    13. Fancy Pants
    14. Danny Boy
    15. Long Home Walk
    16. The Contrary Waltz
    17. Fiddler On The Roof
    18. None But The Lonely Heart
    19. Alley Cat
    20. Star Dust
    21. Butterball
    22. Over The Rainbow
    23. You Took Advantage Of Me
    24. Flowers and Candy

    Tracks:

    1. Cotton Candy
    2. Hello Dolly!
    3. Django's Castle
    4. Moo Moo
    5. Last Date
    6. Big Man
    7. Walkin'
    8. Too Late (Trop Tard)
    9. Rumpus
    10. Melissa
    11. Walkin' With Mr. Lee
    12. 12th Street Rag
    13. Sugar Lips
    14. The Girl From Ipanema
    15. Tenderly
    16. Up Above My Head (I Hear Music In The Air)
    17. Milano
    18. Back Home Again In Indiana
    19. Pink Confetti
    20. Poupee Brisee (Broken Doll)
    21. September Song
    22. New Orleans, My Home Town
    23. Night Life
    24. Lookin' For The Blues

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Perfection in its finest.......2000-08-26

    I use to have all these four albums this release has, of course that was vinyl records. I was in jr. High School and my brother played the trumpet. Thus I was introduced to Al Hirt. Al Hirt has never sounded so good. I just loved all his music and it really was great that this set was release. I have been waiting for this type of release of Al's music ever since CDs came out. It just never seemed that a release like this was going to ever happen. Surely it represents a time and place that will never exist again, and thus another reason to get this set and listen to it. The set comes packaged in a neat wood case box, with the old albums covers pictured. It is all very well done. Each album is silk screened with pictures of Al, nothing was missed in this set, except for maybe a booklet about Al Hirt, those times and his recent death. Well worth the price!
    Best of Al Hirt
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Four Seasons in Forty-Six Minutes
    		Best of Al Hirt
    Al Hirt
    Manufacturer: EMI Special Products
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000002T84
    Release Date: 1998-04-10

    Tracks:

    1. Basin Street Blues
    2. Sweet Georgia Brown
    3. New Orleans
    4. When The Saints Go Marching In
    5. Bourbon Street Parade
    6. Struttin' With Some Barbeque
    7. Stardust
    8. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
    9. Walkin'
    10. Java

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Four Seasons in Forty-Six Minutes .......2005-11-07

    The album, The Best of Al Hirt, featuring the Grammy award-winning trumpet player, Al Hirt, includes some of his best work chosen from the more than fifty albums he recorded in his career. This album combines genres of blues, jazz, and pop to keep the listener tapping his foot, not to mention keep him mesmerized by Hirt's amazing talent and ability. The listener can close his eyes and be transported to another day and time. The songs on The Best of Al Hirt seem to walk one through the sights, sounds, and feelings of an entire year.
    The second song, "Sweet Georgia Brown," sounds like an exciting, summer storm. The song begins with a powerful trumpet that seem to be warning winds of a great storm. As the trumpet plays forte to piano, the winds blow stronger to more calm. After the trumpet introduction, the clarinet and saxophone join in as heavy rain, adding to the storm's velocity. After an interlude of just heavy rain, the trumpet comes back to life, blowing like strong wind. The trombone interrupts with explosions of thunder. Relaxing echoes of the piano take place of the noisy storm; its notes sound like calm, sprinkling rain and signal the end of the monstrous storm. Without warning however, symbols crash and drums sound to illustrate the return of thunder and lightning. Immediately following are all of the elements of the exciting storm combined; the trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, drums, and trombone create the sounds of a summer storm that has not yet ended.
    The third track, "New Orleans," sounds like a cloudy, winter day. The song is obviously blues from the beginning. The trumpet plays, calmly, moving down the music scale constantly as if the notes were flakes of snow falling slowly from the sky. The snow continues to fall until the tempo begins to move more quickly. The trumpet turns into more of a jazz sound, and drums are added to the arrangement. It is as if the sun has peeked from behind the clouds, giving hope and holding promise that the day will not be so cold and depressing. Unfortunately, the clouds move to conceal the sun, and it is back to the blues. By the end, the trumpet seems to be pleading for the sun to come back out as it screams to a much higher register than the rest of the song.
    The seventh song, "Stardust," sounds like a clear, spring morning. The mood is calm, quiet, and extremely laid back. The trumpet is not blasting but slow and melodious. The morning seems to be warming up as the sound of the trumpet seems to wake up and speed up slightly. Spring's sense of hope is evident through the key in which the song is in, and the clarinets sing as if they are tired birds returning home from the south. The trumpet playfully sings alone with energy, illustrating the plants growing and turning green. By the end of the song, spring has seemed to arrive.
    The final song, "Java," sounds like a cool, fall afternoon. The upbeat tempo from the beginning suggests a comfortable day with the sun shining. The trumpet and saxophone take turns; colorful leaves fall to the ground and are crunched underneath feet. The cycle continues until gusts of wind come, blowing the trumpet's notes up and down the music scale. The crunched leaves are blown all over the place. The trumpet ends the song playfully, suggesting children diving into a pile of leaves with the last, strongly-accented note.
    Mixed in with the rest of the incredible pieces on the album, The Best of Al Hirt, are these four songs that illustrate the seasons of a year. Memories of spring, summer, fall, and winter are bound to come back to the listener.
    The Best of Al Hirt
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      		The Best of Al Hirt
      Al Hirt
      Manufacturer: Intersound Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B00008F8JZ
      Release Date: 1996-03-04

      Tracks:

      1. Bourbon Street Parade - Al Hirt
      2. Cotton Candy - Al Hirt
      3. That's A-Plenty - Al Hirt
      4. Java - Al Hirt
      5. Stardust - Al Hirt
      6. South Rampart Street Parade - Al Hirt
      7. When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Al Hirt
      8. Echoes of Harlem - Rochester Pops Orchestra
      9. Walkin' - Al Hirt
      10. Trumpeter's Lullaby - Rochester Pops Orchestra
      11. Struttin' With Some Barbecue - Al Hirt
      12. Muskrat Ramble - Al Hirt
      13. Royal Garden Blues - Al Hirt
      14. Mama's Gone, Goodbye - Al Hirt
      15. I'll Be Seeing You - Rochester Pops Orchestra
      16. Strangers in the Night - Rochester Pops Orchestra
      17. Spanish Eyes - Rochester Pops Orchestra

      Tracks:

      1. Sweet Georgia Brown - Al Hirt
      2. Wolverine Blues - Al Hirt
      3. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? - Al Hirt
      4. Unforgettable - Rochester Pops Orchestra
      5. Sugar Blues - Al Hirt
      6. Just a Closer Walk With Thee - Al Hirt
      7. New Orleans, My Home Town - Al Hirt
      8. Birth of the Blues - Al Hirt
      9. Deep Purple - Rochester Pops Orchestra
      10. East of the Sun - Rochester Pops Orchestra
      11. Hindustan - Al Hirt
      12. Poor Butterfly - Al Hirt
      13. Sugar Lips - Al Hirt
      14. Red Roses for a Blue Lady - Rochester Pops Orchestra
      15. Imagination - Rochester Pops Orchestra
      16. When the Saints Go Marching In - Al Hirt
      Best Of Classical Song
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        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000000THK
        Release Date: 1993-09-14

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        1. Music For A While
        2. Das Veilchen
        3. Seligkeit, D 433
        4. Die Forelle, D 550
        5. An Die Musik, D 547
        6. Nacht Und Traume, D 827
        7. Der Hirt Auf Dem Felsen, D.965
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        10. Wie Melodien Zieht Es Mir, Op.105, No.1
        11. An Die Nachtigall, Op.46, No.4
        12. Der Schmied
        13. Wiegenlied, Op.49, No.4
        14. Das Verlassene Magdlein
        15. Ich Hab' In Penna Einen Liebsten Wohnen
        16. Die Nacht, Op.10, No.3
        17. Zueignung, Op.10, No.1
        18. El Pano Moruno
        19. La Maja Dolorosa, No.1, 'Oh Muerte Cruel'
        20. El Tra La La Y El Punteado
        21. Chanson D'Amour, Op.27, No.1
        22. Apres Un Reve, Op.7, No.1
        23. The Shepherd's Song, Op.16
        24. O Waly, Waly
        25. Love's Philosophy, Op.3, No.1

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