Al Hirt Rocky

[duckrock55]

I think the guy at the beginning of the video is John Trauth (spelling?), my old band teacher. someone please confirm!!!!!

[jewtewb]

1) Al Hirt = trumpet god. 2) White people can't dance-- LMAO at the joker at 0:23 on the bottom left.

[fctrumpet]

Al knows how to kick it!!!! One of the greatest hands down!!!!

[fatkinson1954]

My marching band was doing the half time show for the New Orleans Saints in 1969. I was standing on the side of the field. Suddenly, I looked to my right and there he was with his trumpet in hand. He, Ella Fitzgerald, and the drummer from Ella's band made up a number right there on the spot. It was terrific.

[centexsucks1]

was this his song and they used for the theme or is he just playing the rocky theme

[at90percent]

This must be New Years Eve, because 1980 looks a lot like the '70s to me. lol

[1plasticbag1]

legendary

[nazi8per]

A talent like Al Hirt shouldn't have to play at a random little place like that.

[mom2tea]

@nazi8per agree



[PalabraViva3]

@nazi8per - A talent like him can have the choice to play wherever as long as he/she gets to play.

[RicardoDowridge]

does anyone have in their possesion any more al hiort videos????

[timothylegg]

The old man at 2:24 digs that very explicit 70's guitar riff !!!

[Whipporwhill51]

Al was a gift from God!

[steelyfanz675]

@Whipporwhill51 Al Hirt and Al Green. Im naming my child Al john in hope they have some sort of music gift too :D

[QZhat]

30 years ago.

[feelitliveitdoitbeit]

far more subtle than the screaming of maynard ferguson

beautiful

[waltermferguson]

Truely, one of the 'GREATS'. I remember seeing him on the 'Tonight Show' with the Doctor. Doc looks at Al, then Johnny, and says 'All that wind power' refuring to the size of Mr Hirt. As good as Doc is, I had to say that Al sounded better that night.

[videocarler]

no pense que esto se bailaba

[coolguy02009]

white people had no rythem in 1980 look at them dance its hilarious

[DarthPookey]

No except the fact that the rhythm section is made of predominantly white people

[VCRider]

@coolguy02009

we still don't!^^

[STU676]

some of us do

[429thunderbird]

This guy was born with a trumpet in his hand..R.I.P...AL

[irishmark01]

@429thunderbird That must have made for a complicated delivery!! ;-D Yeah his green hornet is one of the things that keeps me practising!

[lparker0]

I miss the 80's.

[mcspazi]

lol, he makes the trumpet look like a toy

Excellent playing !!

[5hoele55]

Jumbo!

[enjoi504]

Woah, this is in my hometown. XD

[DigitaIDream]

those cripples can't dance.

[ooOmathik]

Super, is al hirt also playing this on original theme?

[NAVYMU1RET]

No, actually Maynard Ferguson was the trumpet player that recorded this alot. Al was not a "SCREAM" player, unlike Maynard who made high notes a living, but Al could play his "you know what" off at "DixieLand". He was very much a kind of a tongue in cheek player. A recording of him playing, I think the Haydn trumpet concerto, he plays a lip trill "A LA DIXIELAND"...a valve trill is written in the music, but who cares...He is Al Hirt.

[leopoldmozart]

The theme in the movie was composed by Bill Conti and played by his orchestra. I don't know who the musicians were. In the Conti version, the horn section's part is pretty tame, the only opportunity for virtuosity coming during the guitar solo. Otherwise, everthing NavyMu1RET wrote below is true.

[ALPHABETTY]

sarcasm obviously doesnt exist in your neck of the woods i  take it !

but yes, very very well done !.......that was sarcasm again

[sch00lw012k]

Well, obviously, the fact that one can't express sarcasm through the internet effectively doesn't exist in your neck of the woods i take it ! but yes, very well done !

[ALPHABETTY]

what makes you think its 1980 ?

[trptjazz69]

Perhaps the huge 1980 on the curtain behind the band is a clue as to the year.

[NAVYMU1RET]

LOL...I am sure most of the attendees did not know what year it was either after midnight and a whole lotta long islands.

[DancingSpiderman]

Hahaha, that answer wins this year's "No Duh" award

[fatkinson1954]

@trptjazz69 I just looked up the year that Rocky came out. It was in 1976. So the 1980 is quite plausible.

[RobYaSoul]

@trptjazz69 What year is this?

[yonatanavr]

@RobYaSoul 1980

[drapsbryter]

haha... duh!

[fvboeschoten]

This should 've been somewhere around 1980..?

[mynamisdan]

looks like a new years eve party

[leopoldmozart]

I was wondering about that...Is this from one of the Dick Clark New Years Rocking Eve TV specials?

[tkaye2]

My guess is that it's from the CBS New Year's special, which was best known for featuring Guy Lombardo until his death in '77.

[mpf411]

Since I was a young boy holding a horn in my hands Al Hirt was always the example of talent that I strived. What a great man he really was. Not long before he died he sent me a photograph (which was signed) that hangs in my office. I'll always love him for thinking of me that day. I sure miss him.

[trumpetsoul]

i just love al hirt he always kept his songs in harmony somehow!

[DancingSpiderman]

Factoid:

In Japan, they call this song "Locky".

They also call the movie Locky.

[NAVYMU1RET]

ANOTHER FACTOID: The majority of Italy comes to a screeching halt when "Rocky" is playing on their TV stations.

[guinness903]

lmao!!

[abda53]

good.. maynard did it soo much better though

[gsman5828]

I wish I had listened to Al Hirt live. I was into high note stuff when I was young. Didn't have an appreciation for Al. By the way, how do you dance to Rock??? lol!

[DancingSpiderman]

How to dance to Rocky?

You move like these middle-aged white folks!

[rompemusculos]

al hirt es lo maximo

[kliudrsfhlih]

de acuerdo jaja, o sea.. la de green hornet es lo mejor.

[trumpetofyhvh]

priceless

[romibaer]

he is one of the best players ever !

miss green hornet...but this one ist also GREAT