The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, ...

(KFVS) - Let's share some musical memories. This morning we revisit this week in 1964. Billboard's Hot 100 had trumpet player Al Hirt at number five with Java. The instrumental was Hirt's debut single ...

Blowing one of the most potent horns since the Biblical Joshua led a septet outside Jericho, the late Al Hirt (1922-1999) has left us with a trumpet legacy characterized by a singular blend of power ...

In 1964, the great trumpet man Al Hirt called them "The Doctah's Band." Rochester knows them as the Notochords. The band dates back to 1949, when a group of Mayo Clinic staff members put together an ...