[Dixielandjazz] Al Hirt: Not jazz?

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Hi Hal:

  Perhaps he did say that, but perhaps he had a reason to say it at that 
place and time :)) IT PROBABLY WAS RELEVANT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE 
PROJECT HE WAS CURRENTLY INVOLVED WITH.

  Hey I say that all the time, I am not a Dixieland Player, but I do 
play some good Dixieland music when it is appropriate, I can understand 
Al's message at that time, as Jazz was pretty much in the dumpster and 
heading for the land fills in the 60's lest we all forget, and he was 
fortunate enough to bridge the gap over into the POP /Commercial world. 
That did not make him less of a Jazz musician, he was a very good Jazz 
musician but was certainly not limited to that one genre of music. He 
was as we like to refer to it: "A Professional Musician" who not only 
could, but would play whatever he chose, to be financially successful 
AND popular. What's wrong with that ? everyone does not have to be a 
perfectionist Specialist. We used to have very good Family Doctors 
called General Practitioner's who could cure whatever ailed us and for 
a Hell of a lot less money too.

 Cheers,

 Tom Wiggins

 -----Original Message-----
 From: hvickery at svs.com
 To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
 Sent: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 7:22 PM
 Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Al Hirt: Not jazz?

  Hirt once had a summer replacement show in the '60s, and was 
interviewed at
  the time by TV Guide. I remember distinctly reading a quote by him 
pretty
  much saying, "I'm not a jazz player. I play pop." (Not a direct quote 
but
 words to that effect.)

 Hal Vickery

 -----Original Message-----
 From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
  [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Fr M J 
(Mike)
 Logsdon
 Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:09 PM
 To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
 Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Al Hirt: Not jazz?

 This, from a blurb from a new Hirt CD
  
(http://www.worldsrecords.com/cgi-bin/storeR.cgi?cart_id=01-23-07.wrnr1.1
301
 9&specific=itemcode&phrase=60077):

 "This CD assembles selections from Al Hirt's four-decade career and
 celebrates the joy in music. Al Hirt was an insturmental pop phenomenon
  during the 60's - a pop, commercial musician, and had a succesful 
format. He
 is not a jazz trumpet and never was a jazz trumpet."

  Maybe not ONLY jazz, but not jazz at all? Would Mr Hirt agree with 
this?,

 --
 Etc,

 Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon, Vicar-general
 North American Old Roman Catholic Church (Utrecht Succession)
 Archdiocese of California
 www.naorc.org

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