[TPIN] Al Hirt

[fields at stanford.edu]

I agree.  I remember all the young putdowns of Al Hirt (Pete Fountain,  
too).  It's good to get back to Jumbo without guilt.  Who else could  
play all night long, with joyful abandon, and not make any mistakes?   
Quentin Tarantino brought him back for me when he put the Green Hornet  
in Kill Bill.  I also remember seeing him, late, on the Carson show.   
Don't recall what he played, but he was wearing a black, flat topped  
Spanish hat and seemed disconnected from the audience, playing his ass  
off.  He ended with a great big, brash pedal tone that I took to mean,  
"In your face."  Unforgettable.  I like hearing that he's one of Vax's  
favorite cats.

Ken Fields



Quoting Bill Biffle <bbiffle at brgcc.com>:

>
> I don't know another jazz player that played with the joy and fun that
> he did.  And if it ain't fun, why do it?
>
>