Bobby Hackett Musical artist

Robert Leo "Bobby" Hackett (January 31, 1915 – June 7, 1976) was an American jazz musician who played trumpet, cornet and guitar with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late thirties and early forties. Hackett is probably best known for being the featured soloist on some of the Jackie Gleason mood music albums during the 1950s.

Personal facts

Bobby Hackett
Birth dateJanuary 13, 1915
Birth place
Providence Rhode Island
Date of deathJune 07, 1976
Place of death
Chatham Massachusetts

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Musical artist

Career started1920
Career ended1976
associated musical artist
Louis Armstrong
Lee Wiley
Pee Wee Russell
Benny Goodman
Glenn Miller
Tony Bennett
Ray McKinley
Horace Heidt
Jackie Gleason
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Jazz
Big band
Swing music
instrument
Cornet
Guitar
Trumpet

Bobby Hackett on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://c1.libsyn.com/media/846/bigband163a.mp3?nvb=20081019131731&nva=20081020131731&t=087cfed709723719ed248
  2. http://www.libertyhall.com/bobby.html