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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 1930s and early 1940s. Hackett is probably best known for being the featured soloist on some of the ''Jackie Gleason'' mood music albums during the 1950s. ==Biography== Hackett was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to a family of Irish immigrants. He made his name as a follower of the legendary cornet player Bix Beiderbecke: Benny Goodman hired him to recreate Bix's famous "I'm Coming Virginia" solo at his (Goodman's) 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. In the late 1930s Hackett played lead trumpet in the Vic Schoen Orchestra which backed the Andrews Sisters. Bobby Hackett can be heard on the soundtrack to the 1940 Fred Astaire movie ''Second Chorus''. In 1939 the talent agency MCA asked Bobby Hackett to form a big band with its backing. Unfortunately the band failed and Hackett was in substantial debt to MCA after it folded. Bobby Hackett joined the bands of Horace Heidt and then Glenn Miller to pay down this debt. To make matters worse, his lip was in bad shape after dental surgery, making it difficult for him to play the trumpet or cornet. Glenn Miller came to Hackett's rescue, offering him a job as a guitarist with the Miller Band. "When I joined the band and I was making good money at last, () (critics ) accused me of selling out. Hell I wasn't selling out, I was selling ''in''! It's funny, isn't it, how you go right into the wastebasket with some critics the minute you become successful". Despite his lip problems, Hackett could still play occasional short solos, and he can be heard playing a famous one with the Glenn Miller Orchestra on "A String of Pearls".〔"Hackett refers to this solo as 'just a little exercise'" – Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, 269.〕 A dream come true for Hackett was his inclusion in Louis Armstrong's 1947 Town Hall Jazz Concert.〔"Bobby was musical director for, and performed in, Louis Armstrong's acclaimed May 1947 NYC Town Hall Concert." see "Robert Leo Hackett 'Bobby'" at http://www.libertyhall.com/bobby.html author John Ciccolo〕 In 1954, Hackett appeared as a regular on the short-lived ABC variety show ''The Martha Wright Show'', also known as ''The Packard Showroom''.〔Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', p. 639.〕 However, what made Hackett something of a household name was his being hired by ''Jackie Gleason'' as a cornet soloist for some of Gleason's earliest mood music albums. Starting in 1952, Hackett appeared on Gleason's first ''Capitol Records'' album, ''Music for Lovers Only''. The record – as well as all of Gleason's next 10 albums - went gold. Hackett went on to appear on six more Gleason LPs. This association led directly to Hackett signing with Capitol for a series of his own albums. In 1965, he toured with singer Tony Bennett. In 1966 and 1967 Hackett accompanied Bennett on two European tours.〔 In the early 1970s, Hackett performed separately with Dizzy Gillespie and Teresa Brewer.〔 In 2012, Hackett was selected to be inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bobby Hackett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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