PETE CANDOLI, RED NICHOLS, AND AL HIRT DOING "HOT LIPS'

Pete Candoli, Red Nichols and Al HIrt playing together. II believe this was in the mid 60's...... It is a great clip...

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[RicardoDowridge]

@acfinney it seems Al was playing the role as a bridge between Pete and Red's solos. Hence the reason he soloed so much in this piece ! it is possible age could have also played a factor too in terms of endurance...clearly Al was at his peak at the time of this recording

[Visionsla]

@RicardoDowridge .....So was Pete!!!! I believe Horace Heidt was a mentor of Al Hirt, which explains the arrangement. By the way Al and Pete were close friends and when he had heart surgery, he asked Pete to come to New Orleans to cover him in this nightclub. Pete never hesitated and what there for several weeks while Al was recuperating...that is what Pete told me.....they loved each other, great respect...

[RicardoDowridge]

oh my god three trumpet greats AL "the king Hirt" is truly the greatest ! this was a wonderful post...do you have anymore with AL???

[Visionsla]

@RicardoDowridge They were ALL GREAT!!!

[raycookie1]

It doesn't get any better than this! Enjoyed it tremendously!

[jimmie5w]

red nichols cut the others on this one

[brassplyer]

@Sfrey000 I think Al had a pretty textbook embouchure as well, though it was very upstream. Probably his only "weakness" was he didn't have a super range. The highest I've ever heard him hit was a G but he could play solidly and with facility through all of his range, which might've created the illusion he had more range than he actually did.

[brassplyer]

It's hard to compare Al Hirt to anyone else because he was sort of a style unto himself. I don't think I've ever heard anyone who sounded like him. l'd love to know how he came up with the concept for how he threw in all those super-tasty, rapid-fire embellishments. But even if you played the exact notes he played - assuming you had the chops to do it - you probably still wouldn't sound like him.

[rwille53]

@acfinney

Agreed. Red Nichols was also a great improvisor.

[Sfrey000]

Pete and Red really have text book embouchures. I can't speak for Al; cant see through that beard.

[tripleJ1955]

Fantastic video, just fantastic.

[Machi74005]

My dad has a number of Hirt's records from the 60s......love it. The "Round Mound of Sound".

[Tony7840]

I was a friend of "Jumbo's," since the '60's. One of the most UNDERATED musicians, EVER!!! We became good friends in 1966, when I first appeared at "The Bistro," in NOLA, with the Ronnie Dupont Quartet. Ronnie, was Jumbo's longtime pianist, until Ronnie, decied to form his own group. Ronnie's replacement with "Jumbo"; Ellis Marsalis. The last time that we saw one another, was in 1996/7, at the Baltimore, Inner Harbor, when he appeared with Pete and the "Dukes of Dixiland."

[Tony7840]

@BrunaoJazzistico How true!!!!!