Al Hirt and Ace Cannon - Rose Garden video free download

" The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats..."

―----- Albert Schweitzer

Al Hirt

Al Hirt 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 song to The Green Hornet. His nicknames included 'Jumbo' and 'The Round Mound of Sound'. Al was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in November 2009.

Ace Cannon

John "Ace" Cannon (born 5 May 1934 in Grenada, Mississippi) is an American tenor and alto saxophonist. He played and toured with Hi Records stablemate Bill Black's Combo, and started a solo career with his record "Tuff" in 1961, using the Black combo as his backing group. Cannon was inducted into both the Rock and Soul Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 2000. In May 2007, his hometown of Calhoun City, Mississippi, hosted its first annual Ace Cannon Festival, and on December 9, 2008, he was honored with induction into the Mississippi Musicians' Hall Of Fame.

(I Never Promissed You A) Rose Garden

"Rose Garden" is the title of a song written by Joe South, that is best known as recorded by country singer Lynn Anderson. Her October 1970 release topped the U.S. Billboard country chart for five weeks, reached the number 3 spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart and hit number one on both Cash Box's and Record World's pop and country singles charts. The song was also a major pop hit internationally, topping the charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Norway and hitting the top three in the United Kingdom. Anderson's version of "Rose Garden" remains one of the most successful country crossover recordings of all-time.

MHO

Here we have two of the finest musicians, bringing their talent "together" on the album with the same name. Al Hirt might well be the most famous trumpet player in history, while Ace Cannon is one of the very best sax players in the world.

Joe South's "Rose Garden" allows these illustrious gentlemen of music to demonstrate their skills and their trumpet- and sax solo's are superbly surrounded by a fine orchestral arrangement and some vocal intermissions as well. Personally, I prefer Cannon's sax sound to that of Al Hirt's soaring trumpet but then again ... who am I to "judge" a world star like Mr Hirt .... All in all, a recording where one can hear that all was done to ensure the final outcome would be of the highest quality.

ENJOY !