Robert Leo (Bobby) Hackett ( January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...January 31, 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...1915 _ June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ...June 7, 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...1976) was an accomplished Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ...jazz musician. He played Trumpets in the Bible According to Eastons Bible Dictionary, trumpets in the Bible were of a great variety of forms and were made of various materials. ...trumpet, The cornet is a brass instrument that closely resembles the trumpet. ...cornet and The classical guitar typically has nylon strings. ...guitar and is maybe best known for his playing with the After the tragic death of Glenn Miller in 1944, his orchestra was reconstituted under the direction of Tex Beneke; a tenor sax, singer, and Millers close friend for a long time. ...Glenn Miller Orchestra in the period 1941_42. He can be heard playing a famous solo with the Glenn Miller Band on "A String of Pearls." In his later years, he continued to perform in a Dixieland or Dixie is a name for the south_eastern portion of the USA; see: U.S. Southern States, Dixie. ...dixieland style even as trends in jazz changed. Bobby Hackett's idol was Bix Beiderbecke ( March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was a notable jazz cornet player. ...Bix Beiderbecke.

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