Bobby Hackett, The Cornetist
Whitney Balliett described Bobby Hackett in The New Yorker as "a unique and extremely successful alloy of Beiderbecke and Armstrong."
"His tone." Mr. Balliett wrote "which is quiet and shining, resembles Beiderbecke's and so does his three-steps-up, two steps down method of improvising. But his sustained notes and way of playing just behind the beat and of occasionally slipping into double time are straight out of Louis Armstrong."
Born in Providence, R.I. Bobby Hackett began his music career by studying the violin but switched to the trumpet andlater to the cornet. He began playing professionally while in his teens and was soon appearing with some of the best known names of the "BigBand Era."
Bobby Hackett appeared with Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller and Paul Whiteman among others.
"Music should be pretty," he said. "You should hear and recognize the melody.And real greatness is in the simplicity. Simple things are the hardest to play and the easiest to listen to."
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