I didn't grow up listening to Al Hirt, but I know who he is. Sometimes, getting some age on you can make you appreciate things you disregarded in your youth. I'm just now "discovering" the wonder, fun and pleasure of Al's music. I can't imagine ever seeing another time when we get music brilliance like this. There used to be such a wide array of music styles to enjoy, and the musicians, arrangers, recording engineers were tops in their field or incredibly creative. Music has self-destructed as the years have marched on.
I can't thank my late, hard working parents enough for buying all of Big Al's Nashville albums when they came out. The albums weren't cheap for a blue collar family, but they did it for my brother and me. I grew up listening to these albums and know them all by heart. I used to play them in my mind note for note in correct song order in my 7th grade English class instead of listening to the teacher drone on about diagramming sentences. I thank my beloved folks forever for delivering me from the horrors of sentence diagramming by giving me the gift of Al Hirt's music all those years ago. Thanks, Mom and Dad! Love you!
This song was from the album Cotton Candy from 1964 we still have the album and is in full rich stereo. What a great musician Al was and he will be enjoyed forever.
This horn playing nearly brings tears to my eyes. It's so sad that we live in a world where this kind of talent isn't respected anymore...I wish I lived between 1920-now so that i could see the greats in action, so few of them left in the music industry.
Linda melodía que me gusto tanto hace ya 53 años cuando la escuché por primera vez "caminando" es fácil imaginar a alguien como yo caminando con es paso a ese ritmo. Me gusta caminar todos los días para mantenerme sano y todavía lo hago a pesar de mis 71 años.
Yes Donna you are right I have walked to its tempo several times when relaxing in the Campus I teach classes on and hearing it on my portable. Regards.
A nice and catchy tune with a great rhythm and very skillfullly played. One of my favorites through the years this one is very well named as its rhythm actually suggests walking. And the skill big Al Hirt had to play the trumpet makes this one a great tune to hear and enjoy.
This excellent tune brings to me so many remembrances of that year 1964 and of more recent years too as I have liked to walk long distances since I was a teenager. My late Dad taught me how to walk properly long distances and I still walk despite the fact I am seventy two now and can still walk six miles easily and can do it fast. One of my favorites this tune has a nice and catchy rhythm and is very nice to hear and enjoy.
What I like of this splendid tune is the fact it sounds so natural without anything forced. The rhythm is cool and the trumpet and the other instruments and chorus are very well coupled to it is an excellent tune to hear, and one I have liked through tye years.
Whenever I hear this excellent tune I feel eighteen once again! And what is more the catchy rythm I liked so much is not outdated by any means. One of those tunes I shall like as long as I live.
So nice to hear big Al play again with that talent only he had. All of his melodies including th Christmas ones I heard recently are very good really. And along with Java this one is one of my favorites.
"caminando" preciosa melodía que me trae tantos recuerdos. Es una excelente melodía y sugiere alguien andando. Como soy un caminante me gusta mucho y ahora hasta la puedo escuchar en mi portátil mientras camino unas dos millas cosa que hago todos los días. Es relajante oír esta pieza musical y muy bonita para escucharla y disfrutarla.
"Andando" una de esas excelentes melodías de la década de los 60s del siglo 20. Y todavía es buena para escucharla. Me trae tantos recuerdos de mi época de estudiante universitario, sobre todo de ese primer año. 😄
This song was released in 1964 on the "Cotton Candy" album and was written by the great artist Jerry Reed! I *think* Jerry is playing that distinctive "chunky" guitar backing. It's either him or Chet Atkins I'd bet. The whole song is a major favorite of mine too, and is arranged and backed by the Anita Kerr Singers nearly perfectly. That "Living Stereo" LP album was played on our console stereo frequently by me and my late Mom and it even brought joy to her in her last most recent years too when I bought her the CD collection of his original Sixties albums! Al can do that to you!
According to the liner notes on the album, the guitarist was a Nashville session musician named Grady Martin. He also played on the "Honey in the Horn" album. Chet Atkins produced the "Cotton Candy" album. I didn't know Jerry Reed wrote the song, but there his name is on the credits on the label of the record.
Beautiful melody which is very relaxing to hear. I am a walked myself and enjoy this music which makes me think about my daily walks through the Campus of the University where I teach. And now I can even hear it on my IPhone whilst I walk! Grand to hear and remember my High School days.
Thanks Al, for all the great music. Here's hoping that you're jammin' with Pete Fountain somewhere "out there" among the stars. You're still the best trumpet player.
This one is so good I hear it twice or thrice each time as the catchy rhythm is so good to hear it does not bore me at all and I want to hear more seems to me the record is very short. Very good to hear 54 years later as it is still up to date.
Beautiful. The nice natural way this excellent tune is played, makes it something worthwhile to hear. And the chorus is great too, making it one of those tunes I want to hear every time I can.
Hermosa melodia, cuando la escuchaba en mi pais (Peru) me imaginaba a una dana caminando por los campos de algodonales de Alabama o algun lugar del sur de los EE.UU.
One of may favorites through the years 54 of them in fact and it has such a catchy and easy rhythm which actually suggests walking. This is one of those tunes which are so well played they are really worth to hear and enjoy.
Excellent tune and melody so nicely played and with a rythm that goes very well with its title. It suggests walking really and in a most beautiful and merry way. Being a walker myself I like this tune very much.
This is a nice tune that makes me happy and I enjoy it from the beginning to the end. So masterfully played really and with a cool rhythm that actually suggests walking. Sometimes I have even heard it my dreams. One of those outstanding melodies Al played for us to enjoy which is catchy and has a haunting quality in it.
The flip side to "Cotton Candy", this is basically a duet between Al & guitar player/composer Jerry Reed. Recorded in Nashville, with Anita Kerr's singers and Floyd Cramer, Boots Randolph, Hank Garland, & Bob Moore among the session players.
EdWatts, I accidentally found Walkin' on a CD I purchased at a thrift shop or a pawn shop - don't remember. This song is my favorite by Al. The CD features other jazz musicians. I am going to have to dig up that CD and see if I can get some info off the label. Keep checking the postings.
Hard to find piece; I have it on vinyl (Best of, Vol. II), but can't find it elsewhere. Do you know which original album it came from? The "octave up" second time through has some of the finest lip trills ever recorded -- except for the last one. That it was a bit of a flub but made the cut anyway shows that there wasn't a lot of "studio magic" when they recorded Al Hirt. I saw him live several times (backstage twice), and he was an enormously friendly, funny, and humble guy. R.I.P., Al.
Great song and fabulous trumpet playing. This rendition can be found on the vinyl recording, "This Is Al Hirt", RCA Victor - VPS-6025. I have a copy of it! I was fortunate to seem Al Hirt twice in concert. What a great sound, and from playing the heart. check out discogs.com/Al-Hirt-This-Is-Al-Hirt/release/1957654 There is also a Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed rendition of this song on youtube called Winter Walkin'.
best trumpet in the world!!!!!!!
❤música sensacional dos bailes está é uma chama que não pode ser apaga
I didn't grow up listening to Al Hirt, but I know who he is. Sometimes, getting some age on you can make you appreciate things you disregarded in your youth. I'm just now "discovering" the wonder, fun and pleasure of Al's music. I can't imagine ever seeing another time when we get music brilliance like this. There used to be such a wide array of music styles to enjoy, and the musicians, arrangers, recording engineers were tops in their field or incredibly creative. Music has self-destructed as the years have marched on.
best trumpet in the world....love ya Al..
There is no other Trumpeter like Al Hirt. He is the best ever.
I can't thank my late, hard working parents enough for buying all of Big Al's Nashville albums when they came out. The albums weren't cheap for a blue collar family, but they did it for my brother and me. I grew up listening to these albums and know them all by heart. I used to play them in my mind note for note in correct song order in my 7th grade English class instead of listening to the teacher drone on about diagramming sentences. I thank my beloved folks forever for delivering me from the horrors of sentence diagramming by giving me the gift of Al Hirt's music all those years ago. Thanks, Mom and Dad! Love you!
Very nice rememberance. The more I listen to Al Hirt playing trumpet the more I appreciate his great musicianship .
You are not human if you don't like this, straight up.
one of my all time favorites. So simple, so clean, brilliant.
Al Hirt, one of the greatest trumpeters of all time
fantastic and unforgettable!
El Mejor tema de mi Ídolo de toda la Vida...All......Caminando.....
anyone that ever played a trumpet would recognize this genius. You will always be the greatest Al,,,,never forgotton.
❤um som fantástico não se escuta todo dia
This song was from the album Cotton Candy from 1964 we still have the album and is in full rich stereo. What a great musician Al was and he will be enjoyed forever.
Yes and Dutch McMillin and Boots Randolph were the saxes
This horn playing nearly brings tears to my eyes. It's so sad that we live in a world where this kind of talent isn't respected anymore...I wish I lived between 1920-now so that i could see the greats in action, so few of them left in the music industry.
I'm 19 years old and I've loved his music since I was 15😄❤
I grew up listening to this ,great player.
brought me tears to my eyes,genius!Al Hirt
Beautiful. Makes me remember my freshman year in the University. Liked to hear it after becoming tired of studying. It made me relax and still does.
y si buena el mejor trompetista tengo tres albums en vinilo desde hace 50 años
Linda melodía que me gusto tanto hace ya 53 años cuando la escuché por primera vez "caminando" es fácil imaginar a alguien como yo caminando con es paso a ese ritmo. Me gusta caminar todos los días para mantenerme sano y todavía lo hago a pesar de mis 71 años.
C’est un de mes Idoles Bravo et un Swing comme pas un !!! 🎺 respect 🎺
I love this song. I can imagine someone walking along to this tempo. This is just great.
Yes Donna you are right I have walked to its tempo several times when relaxing in the Campus I teach classes on and hearing it on my portable. Regards.
A nice and catchy tune with a great rhythm and very skillfullly played. One of my favorites through the years this one is very well named as its rhythm actually suggests walking. And the skill big Al Hirt had to play the trumpet makes this one a great tune to hear and enjoy.
This excellent tune brings to me so many remembrances of that year 1964 and of more recent years too as I have liked to walk long distances since I was a teenager. My late Dad taught me how to walk properly long distances and I still walk despite the fact I am seventy two now and can still walk six miles easily and can do it fast. One of my favorites this tune has a nice and catchy rhythm and is very nice to hear and enjoy.
Essa música me faz lembrar uma pessoa muito especial em minha vida....
Nobody has ever blown a smoother, sweeter horn. Al was, no, make that STILL IS, the best trumpet man EVER
minralb I agree 100%
You are right, for me he beats all other trumpet players by miles. Regards and have a nice day.
What I like of this splendid tune is the fact it sounds so natural without anything forced. The rhythm is cool and the trumpet and the other instruments and chorus are very well coupled to it is an excellent tune to hear, and one I have liked through tye years.
Whenever I hear this excellent tune I feel eighteen once again! And what is more the catchy rythm I liked so much is not outdated by any means. One of those tunes I shall like as long as I live.
hermosa melodía, crecí escuchando mucha música y una de mis preferidas es walking, simple y hermosa
So nice to hear big Al play again with that talent only he had. All of his melodies including th Christmas ones I heard recently are very good really. And along with Java this one is one of my favorites.
Ouvir Al Hirt faz bem aos ouvidos, a mente, alma e coração!
"caminando" preciosa melodía que me trae tantos recuerdos. Es una excelente melodía y sugiere alguien andando. Como soy un caminante me gusta mucho y ahora hasta la puedo escuchar en mi portátil mientras camino unas dos millas cosa que hago todos los días. Es relajante oír esta pieza musical y muy bonita para escucharla y disfrutarla.
I was fortunate to hear him play live twice in the Seattle area. Such a great, clear, resonant sound...with heart.
"Andando" una de esas excelentes melodías de la década de los 60s del siglo 20. Y todavía es buena para escucharla. Me trae tantos recuerdos de mi época de estudiante universitario, sobre todo de ese primer año. 😄
Al and Herb Alpert were a big chunk of my childhood music during the sixties and early seventies.
This song was released in 1964 on the "Cotton Candy" album and was written by the great artist Jerry Reed! I *think* Jerry is playing that distinctive "chunky" guitar backing. It's either him or Chet Atkins I'd bet. The whole song is a major favorite of mine too, and is arranged and backed by the Anita Kerr Singers nearly perfectly. That "Living Stereo" LP album was played on our console stereo frequently by me and my late Mom and it even brought joy to her in her last most recent years too when I bought her the CD collection of his original Sixties albums! Al can do that to you!
According to the liner notes on the album, the guitarist was a Nashville session musician named Grady Martin. He also played on the "Honey in the Horn" album. Chet Atkins produced the "Cotton Candy" album. I didn't know Jerry Reed wrote the song, but there his name is on the credits on the label of the record.
You are exactly right. I was sitting across the board from Chester the night it was recorded. It was indeed Grady Martin.
it's in one of my "favorites" ... cause ~ it is GREAT! :o)
Love it that's music❤
Beautiful melody which is very relaxing to hear. I am a walked myself and enjoy this music which makes me think about my daily walks through the Campus of the University where I teach. And now I can even hear it on my IPhone whilst I walk! Grand to hear and remember my High School days.
Thanks Al, for all the great music. Here's hoping that you're jammin' with Pete Fountain somewhere "out there" among the stars. You're still the best trumpet player.
This one is so good I hear it twice or thrice each time as the catchy rhythm is so good to hear it does not bore me at all and I want to hear more seems to me the record is very short. Very good to hear 54 years later as it is still up to date.
Beautiful. The nice natural way this excellent tune is played, makes it something worthwhile to hear. And the chorus is great too, making it one of those tunes I want to hear every time I can.
Hermosa melodia, cuando la escuchaba en mi pais (Peru) me imaginaba a una dana caminando por los campos de algodonales de Alabama
o algun lugar del sur de los EE.UU.
Just amazing!
One of may favorites through the years 54 of them in fact and it has such a catchy and easy rhythm which actually suggests walking. This is one of those tunes which are so well played they are really worth to hear and enjoy.
Excellent tune and melody so nicely played and with a rythm that goes very well with its title. It suggests walking really and in a most beautiful and merry way. Being a walker myself I like this tune very much.
Divine... Music, Arrangement and Performance (trumpeteer, Combo and Chorus).
Como mě gusta esta melodia en especial, fue un verdadero trompetista
This is a nice tune that makes me happy and I enjoy it from the beginning to the end. So masterfully played really and with a cool rhythm that actually suggests walking. Sometimes I have even heard it my dreams. One of those outstanding melodies Al played for us to enjoy which is catchy and has a haunting quality in it.
Far and away, my favorite Al Hirt recording. Thanks!!
The best of the Nashville sound Anita Kerr singers, Chet Atkins, Boots Randolph, etc
Miss those days mid 60's in music.
Don't forget the great Floyd Cramer blew piano on those albums. I grew up on all those albums. Great memories
BLEW piano? Okay, I get you anyway, love Floyd Kramer!
And the best of all.....
The flip side to "Cotton Candy", this is basically a duet between Al & guitar player/composer Jerry Reed. Recorded in Nashville, with Anita Kerr's singers and Floyd Cramer, Boots Randolph, Hank Garland, & Bob Moore among the session players.
I forgot about Grady Martin. He was on the session too.
Right on Minralb...James and Mendes were good but Al was and still is tops. I hope that he's still blowin' that great horn somewhere.
God Bless.
Nossa que maravilha amo demais parabéns 👏🏼👏🏼
It doesn’t Hirt to listen to Al Hirt , mucho ecelllente ‘ suave bravo Al no agita ‘ perfecto !!! 🎺🎺🎺🎶😂👍🏼Musica.mucho bueno ‘ !! Mas , mas , mas ! ! !
Samba rock 💃
Musicália que saudade.💃🕺🏿💃🕺🏿 Dançamos muito
Samba rock é uma dança
amazing how he gets your attention with a simple solo.
wonderful
Hermosa!
BELLA E INOLVIDABLE...
EdWatts, I accidentally found Walkin' on a CD I purchased at a thrift shop or a pawn shop - don't remember. This song is my favorite by Al. The CD features other jazz musicians. I am going to have to dig up that CD and see if I can get some info off the label. Keep checking the postings.
Al Hirt is my No.1 TRUMPETER of modern times. I love his POWER TECHNIQUE, and GIANT SOUND. AL is truly SUPERAUWSOME.
Still listening to your great music Al. My hope is that you're jammin' with Pete Fountain as you both continue your journey.
Hard to find piece; I have it on vinyl (Best of, Vol. II), but can't find it elsewhere. Do you know which original album it came from? The "octave up" second time through has some of the finest lip trills ever recorded -- except for the last one. That it was a bit of a flub but made the cut anyway shows that there wasn't a lot of "studio magic" when they recorded Al Hirt. I saw him live several times (backstage twice), and he was an enormously friendly, funny, and humble guy.
R.I.P., Al.
The album is on Cotton Candy
hermoso, suban "desafinado" por favor.
Great song and fabulous trumpet playing. This rendition can be found on the vinyl recording, "This Is Al Hirt", RCA Victor - VPS-6025. I have a copy of it! I was fortunate to seem Al Hirt twice in concert. What a great sound, and from playing the heart.
check out discogs.com/Al-Hirt-This-Is-Al-Hirt/release/1957654
There is also a Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed rendition of this song on youtube called Winter Walkin'.
"Anando" agradable melodía que em agrada escoltar tants anys després de fer-la escotat a 1964. uno pot imaginar-se facilment anando al escoltar-la.
woooww !!!
"Anando" excelent melodía que em agrada escoltar perqué a mí em agrada anar. El ritmo ser bono i un sentir que algueien anar quan la escolta.
Its the only LEFThanded trumpet I ve seen, the grafic artist thought nobody will notice, bloody shame.
made me wanna forgive everything ive done bad in life
I have the CD of the Cotton Candy album. Amazon
Alguém tem a partitura?
i imagined this playing at the end of taxi driver for some reason
show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seems like I remember Kermit the frog going g on a lovely stroll to this song
I should have written walker instead of walked in the comment below. Sorry about that.
Awfully darned catchy.
Ok, one sorry ass Miley Cyrus fan doesn't get it. It's their loss.
it's in one of my "favorites" ... cause ~ it is GREAT! :o)