Matching Matches

Just for the record, do you have matching matches? Maybe the matches match the record,or perhaps the record matches the matches. Either way, this "match game" is for adults who love a jazzy trumpet tune and having a smoke at the same time. These matching matches truly did double duty, promoting the latest record album and promoting the jazz club where Al (He's the King) Hirt played live shows. Located at 501 Bourbon Street in New Orleans, the club was originally named Dan's Pier 600, for owner Dan Levy, when Hirt recorded his first album Horn A-Plenty in 1962. By 1964, when the record album Cotton Candy was released, the club took the same name as new owner Al Hirt, where cigarettes and records were available at the concession stand. "New Orlean's Greatest Ambassador" began playing trumpet at age 6, and attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music before he recorded hits including "Java", "Cotton Candy", "Sugar Lips", "Fancy Pants" and the Green Hornet TV show theme song. When not appearing at his self-named club, Hirt made appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and peformed the first ever half-time show during Super Bowl I. Hirt owned and played at the club until 1983, and died in 1999. His popularity and jazzy trumpet tunes earned him a statue in Legends Park, just 2 blocks from his Bourbon Street club. For the record, the KC Matchgirl has acquired six album matchcovers but only one matching record.