Cotton Candy/Hello Dolly/Django’s Castle/Moo Moo/Last Date/Big Man/Walkin’/Too Late/Rumpus/Melissa/ Walkin’ With Mr Lee/12th Street Rag
Easy listening trumpeter Al Hirt hit the US album top twenty for the second time with Cotton Candy. The title track peaked at No. 15 in the US singles chart. (US:6)
"The entire thing is fantastic. From the great, fun title song to a seductive version of Hello Dolly, all tracks are wonderful. A fantastic artist."
"A good mix of smooth jazz and toe tappers. A great follow up album if you are just now discovering some of the best music ever recorded. For those who want to hear the best trumpet player who ever lived, here he is. Al ruled the charts as the king of the jazz trumpet in the sixties. He is still the best."
"Cotton Candy was the first album I purchased from the late Al Hirt. This one blew me away when I played it over and over, and it's still a good album. Definitely one of my favourites I ever picked up. Al Hirt always has his skills when he plays a lot of songs that kids and fans alike would enjoy."
"For some people, Al Hirt stands pejoratively for a kind of trumpet playing that is less than artistic. It is important to realize that Hirt is a type of artist who was part of his time, and that time was the '60s, in its adult contemporary mode. If you're familiar with the brass and voices arrangements from this period by Ray Conniff, this Al Hirt album from 1964 will fit nicely into that mould."
"Hirt plays as only he can, with zest, wonderful rhythm and golden tone."
"I have a copy of this particular LP and I remember it well as a youngster when Cotton Candy became popular in the 1960s. It was destined to be a classic."
"Cotton Candy is awesome. One of the great 60s instrumental classics. This tune really swings. Always has been a favourite of mine."
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