Paul Cacia was Al Hirt's lead trumpet player and contracted the brass section for what Al Hirt called his dream band, formed in the fall of 1979. At the time of receiving the phone call to join Al ...

This week we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Grammy-winning musician Al Hirt, the New Orleans-born trumpeter and bandleader nicknamed “Jumbo” who was known both for his size and his ...

“Nobody,” says a fellow Bourbon Street trumpeter, “ever outblew Al.” Even allowing for civic partisanship, the boast is not unreasonable. New Orleans Trumpeter Al (“The Monster”) Hirt, 38, is a ...

Those who have played the Super Bowl halftime show in recent years have made up a glorious list that includes Beyonce, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and U2. Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers will ...

The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting 300 people who have made New Orleans New Orleans, featuring ...

Playing hits by trumpet masters like Al Hirt and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass seems to be having an effect that reaches beyond the here and now. “You’ll say, ‘Oh yeah, I remember that one,” said ...

In 1964, the great trumpet man Al Hirt called them "The Doctah's Band." Rochester knows them as the Notochords. The band dates back to 1949, when a group of Mayo Clinic staff members put together an ...