Java (instrumental)
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"Java" is an instrumental adaptation from a 1958 LP of piano compositions, The Wild Sounds of New Orleans, by Tousan, also known as New Orleans producer/songwriter Allen Toussaint. As was the case of the rest of Toussaint's LP, "Java" was composed in studio, primarily by Toussaint.
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"Java" | ||||
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Single by Al Hirt | ||||
from the album Honey in the Horn | ||||
B-side | "I Can't Get Started" | |||
Released | November 1963[1] | |||
Recorded | 1963 | |||
Studio | RCA Studio B, Nashville | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 1:55 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Allen Toussaint | |||
Producer(s) | Chet Atkins, Steve Sholes | |||
Al Hirt singles chronology | ||||
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The first charting version, although it fell just short of the U.S. Top 40, was done by Floyd Cramer in 1962.
In 1963, trumpet player Al Hirt recorded the instrumental, and the track was the first single from his album Honey in the Horn. It was Hirt's first and biggest hit on the US pop charts, reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 29, 1964[2] and spending four weeks at #1 on the easy listening chart in early 1964.[3] The song was also featured on his greatest hits album, The Best of Al Hirt.[4] Hirt released a live version on his 1965 album, Live at Carnegie Hall. He also recorded "Java" with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops for the RCA Red Seal album Pops Goes the Trumpet (Holiday for Brass) in 1964.
Hirt's recording won the Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra in 1964.