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Al Hirt was a popular jazz and pop trumpeter who took pains to distance himself from jazz. He seldom improvised and, particularly in the '60s, gravitated toward pop-oriented tunes with prominent fixed melodies. In that sense, he was a bit like a horn-blowing version of Floyd Cramer or Lenny Dee. Greatest Hits has 14 cuts in various styles, from the bubblegum of "Sugar Lips" to the romantic "I Can't Get Started." The latter features a mixed chorus singing under Hirt's solos, while "Sugar Lips" adds gimmicky kissing noises. Hirt returned to his Dixieland roots on "Clarinet Marmalade" and "When the Saints Go Marching In," but the anthology's centerpiece is "Java," a Top Five hit from 1964 and an instrumental pop classic. Hirt recorded much of his music in Nashville with Chet Atkins, and it shows, particularly on "Cotton Candy" and Hirt's rendition of the Floyd Cramer hit "Fancy Pants." All of the recordings were made during Hirt's peak years of 1962-65. Greatest Hits is not a true greatest-hits anthology, since only a handful of actual hits are included. Hirt had more than enough easy listening chart hits to fill the disc, but it is a representative sampler of singles and album tracks.
© Greg Adams /TiVo
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Toussaint, Composer - Toussaint, Lyricist - Tyler, Lyricist - Tyler, Composer - Steve Sholes, Producer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Friday, Composer - Friday, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Producer - Al Hirt, Performer - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Marty Paich, Conductor - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Steve Sholes, Producer - Johnny Mercer, Composer - Johnny Mercer, Lyricist - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Rube Bloom, Composer - Rube Bloom, Lyricist - Al Hirt, Performer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Chet Atkins, Producer - Russ Damon, Composer - Russ Damon, Lyricist - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Al Hirt, Performer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Chet Atkins, Producer - Buddy Killen, Composer - Buddy Killen, Lyricist - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Al Hirt, Performer - Billy Sherrill, Composer - Billy Sherrill, Lyricist
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Allen, Composer - Allen, Lyricist - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Chet Atkins, Producer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Al Hirt, Performer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Chet Atkins, Producer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Lyricist - Steve Sholes, Producer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Al Hirt, Performer - Vernon Duke, Composer - Vernon Duke, Lyricist
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Marty Paich, Arranger - Marty Paich, Conductor - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - H.W. Ragas, Composer - H.W. Ragas, Lyricist - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Larry Shields, Composer - Larry Shields, Lyricist - Steve Sholes, Producer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Al Hirt, Performer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Shurelon J. Jones, Composer - Shurelon J. Jones, Lyricist - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Chet Atkins, Producer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Al Hirt, Performer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Marty Paich, Conductor - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Steve Sholes, Producer - Cole Porter, Composer - Cole Porter, Lyricist - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Al Hirt, Performer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Johnny Black, Composer - Johnny Black, Lyricist - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Marty Manning, Arranger - Marty Manning, Conductor - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Al Hirt, Performer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Floyd Cramer, Composer - Floyd Cramer, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Producer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Al Hirt, Performer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Chet Atkins, Producer - Steve Sholes, Producer - Norrie Paramor, Composer - Norrie Paramor, Lyricist - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Al Hirt, Performer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Cy Coleman, Composer - Cy Coleman, Lyricist - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Chet Atkins, Producer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Al Hirt, Performer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Marty Paich, Arranger - Marty Paich, Adaptor - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Steve Sholes, Producer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Al Hirt, Performer
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Albumbeschreibung
Al Hirt was a popular jazz and pop trumpeter who took pains to distance himself from jazz. He seldom improvised and, particularly in the '60s, gravitated toward pop-oriented tunes with prominent fixed melodies. In that sense, he was a bit like a horn-blowing version of Floyd Cramer or Lenny Dee. Greatest Hits has 14 cuts in various styles, from the bubblegum of "Sugar Lips" to the romantic "I Can't Get Started." The latter features a mixed chorus singing under Hirt's solos, while "Sugar Lips" adds gimmicky kissing noises. Hirt returned to his Dixieland roots on "Clarinet Marmalade" and "When the Saints Go Marching In," but the anthology's centerpiece is "Java," a Top Five hit from 1964 and an instrumental pop classic. Hirt recorded much of his music in Nashville with Chet Atkins, and it shows, particularly on "Cotton Candy" and Hirt's rendition of the Floyd Cramer hit "Fancy Pants." All of the recordings were made during Hirt's peak years of 1962-65. Greatest Hits is not a true greatest-hits anthology, since only a handful of actual hits are included. Hirt had more than enough easy listening chart hits to fill the disc, but it is a representative sampler of singles and album tracks.
© Greg Adams /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:31:54
- Main artists: Al Hirt
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Records Label
- Genre: Jazz
(P) 2001 BMG Entertainment
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