Al Hirt Autographs
Alois Maxwell "Al" Hirt (November 7, 1922 – April 27, 1999) was an American trumpeter and bandleader. He is best remembered for his million-selling recordings of "Java" and the accompanying album Honey in the Horn (1963), and for the theme music to The Green Hornet. His nicknames included "Jumbo" and "The Round Mound of Sound". Colin Escott, an author of musician biographies, wrote that RCA Victor, for which Hirt had recorded most of his best-selling recordings and for which he had spent most of his professional recording career, had simply dubbed him "The King." Hirt was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in November 2009. He received eight Grammy nominations during his lifetime, including winning the Grammy award in 1964 for his version of "Java".
Hirt was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of a police officer. At the age of six, he was given his first trumpet, which had been purchased at a local pawnshop. He played in the Junior Police Band with friend Roy Fernandez, the son of Alcide Nunez; by the age of 16, Hirt was playing professionally, often with his friend Pete Fountain, while attending Jesuit High School. During this time, he was hired to play at the local horse racing track, beginning a six-decade connection to the sport.
In 1940, Hirt went to Cincinnati, Ohio, to study at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music with Dr. Frank Simon (a former soloist with the John Philip Sousa Orchestra). After a stint as a bugler in the United States Army during World War II, Hirt performed with various swing big bands, including those of Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, and Ina Ray Hutton.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Al Hirt (TRUMPET, CUSTOM G. LE BLANC PARIS AL HIRT AUTOGRAPHED MODEL, LB, MINT, CASE) was sold in September 2020 for $1,450.00 while the cheapest item (Al Hirt Jazz Signed Autograph on Desert Inn Program) found a new owner for $0.99 in August 2016. The month with the most items sold (7) was May 2025 with an average selling price of $41.19 for an autographed item of Al Hirt. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2020 with $731.51 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.99 was December 2019. In average, an autographed item from Al Hirt is worth $22.50.
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