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Jazz Musician of the Day: Al Hirt

SOURCE: ALL ABOUT JAZZ PUBLICITY
November 7, 2008
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Al Hirt

A phenomenally proficient trumpet player, Al Hirt was one of the most successful instrumental recording artists of the 1960s. Perhaps modeling his genial stage personality after Louis Armstrong, Hirt was a tremendously popular performer... more

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