[Dixielandjazz] Ever heard someone who sounded like Al Hirt?

[Steven Holzer]

Laying aside issues of style, which some people inevitably have with Al 
Hirt, I always was impressed with Hirt's air of ultimate authority on 
the horn. He hit the notes he wanted to hit, and he hit them square and 
hard. I enjoyed listening to him and I never worried about whether it 
was jazz or not. I have a similar thing for Herb Alpert.

Steve Holzer

Bob Cassady wrote:

>Yup - go to http://www.booze-bros.com/james_davis.html
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>>Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:50:48 -0400
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>>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Ever heard someone who sounded like Al Hirt?
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>>One of my long standing trumpet heroes was/is Al Hirt.  I can't say I've
>>ever heard anyone who sounded exactly like him, either his sound or his
>>overall style, particularly when he played Dixie. The way he approached
>>notes, his often pyrotechnic approach to playing licks, everything seemed
>>unique. I wonder where he got the model for his approach.
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>>I do notice that listening to his Dan's Pier 600 stuff from the 50's and
>>comparing it to his playing from the 60's, there seems to be an evolution
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>>Anyone ever heard someone they thought sounded like Hirt?
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>>Robert Pulliam
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