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 ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Al Hirt, whose power and technique made him ''The King of the Trumpet'' in the 1960s when he won a Grammy for his hit ''Java,'' died Tuesday. He was 76. Members of his family said he ...

In 1964, the great trumpet man Al Hirt called them "The Doctah's Band." Rochester knows them as the Notochords. The band dates back to 1949, when a group of Mayo Clinic staff members put together an ...

Those who have played the Super Bowl halftime show in recent years have made up a glorious list that includes Beyonce, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and U2. Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers will ...

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 ...

To many, Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker was known simply as "Mr. Baseball." He got his big break off the field after opening for Don Rickles at Al Hirt's nightclub in Atlanta in 1969. That performance ...