Al Hirt – King Of Bourbon Street

Description

Release Date: 2005

Label: Tomato

Track List

1. Stardust / A man With A Horn
2. Java
3. Boy Meets Horn
4. And The Angels Sing
5. Oh Marie, Marie
6. Rhapsody In Blue
7. Gonna Fly Now
8. Oh Mein Papa / Wonderland By Night
9. Ciribiribin
10. A Night In Tunisia
11. Boy Meets Horn Reprise
12. Tenderly
13. Gospel Of No Name City
14. After You’re Gone

Notes

Al “Jumbo” Hirt was a larger-than-life performer who had the flexibility to bounce from pop to jazz to gospel and back again without missing a note. While he may be best remembered for his tireless work to deliver the history of traditional Creole music to audiences worldwide, this neat collection covers the gamut of his studio work.

His incredible version of “Java” is the highlight, but he delivers a solid knockout on “Gonna Fly Now” (the theme song from “Rocky”) and artistic subtleness to “Rhapsody in Blue.” He takes to the superhighway of jazz with “A Night in Tunisia,” while weaving special magic with a chorus on “Gospel of No Name City.”