AL HIRT

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Al Hirt – IMDb: Al Hirt, Soundtrack: Kill Bill: Vol. 1. Al Hirt was born on November 7, 1922 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA as Alois Maxwell Hirt. He is known for his work on Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), 21 Jump Street (2012) and The Green Hornet (1974). He was married to Beverly Essel Hirt, Zide Jahncke and Mary Patureau. He died on April 27, 1999 in New Orleans.

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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Alois Hirt was an american trumpeter and bandleader . he is best remembered for his million-selling recordings of “Java” and the accompanying album Honey in the Horn (1963) and for the theme music to at the age of six, Hirt was given his first trumpet . he was hired to play at the local horse racing track . in 1940, he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, to study at the Cincinnati Conservatory of in 1950, Hirt became first trumpet and featured soloist with Horace Heidt’s Orchestra . despite his statement years later “i’m not a jazz trumpeter” he made a few recordings the albums Honey in the Horn and Cotton Candy were both in the Top 10 best sellers for 1964 . the same year Hirt scored a hit single with his cover of Allen Toussaint’s tune “Java” Hirt and his band played nightly at Dan’s Pier 600 at the corner of St. Louis and Bourbon Street . the club was owned by his business manager, Dan Levy, Sr. in 1962 Hir in 1962, he was teamed with arranger and composer Billy May and producer Steve Sholes . he also appeared opposite Troy Donahue and Suzanne Pleshette in the 1962 motion picture, “Rome Adventure” on February 8, 1970, Hirt was injured while performing in a mardi Gras parade . it is popularly believed that he was struck in the mouth by a thrown piece of concrete or brick . Hirt died of liver failure at the age of 76, after having spent the previous year in a wheelchair due to edema in his leg . he was survived by his wife, Beverly and eight children from