Nelson Hatt; Trumpeter Specialized in Big Band Music
DEC. 15, 1995
Nelson Hatt, 51, a latter-day big band trumpeter who played for films, television, recordings and commercials. A native of San Antonio, Hatt graduated from Rice University, where he studied bio-acoustic music. But he quickly switched to trumpet and in 1969 established himself as a professional musician and private teacher in the Houston area. Hatt specialized in music from the heyday of big bands, playing the works of Woody Herman, Harry James, Buddy Rich and Glenn Miller. After settling in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Hatt became a session musician and produced, among other work, a memorable television commercial about cars featuring Miller’s 1940s hit “In the Mood.” On Dec. 8 in Glendale of a stroke after heart surgery.
~ Los Angeles Times, Dec. 15, 1995
Nelson and his wife Morag returned to Houston TX where she could get treatment for kidney disease and Nelson could reconnect with his ‘younger self,’ … having gotten his early professional experience working with Houston’s big bands. Houston was a homecoming for him in the late 1980’s. After Morag’s death in 1989 he returned to California and resumed his professional life there.
DEC. 15, 1995
Nelson Hatt, 51, a latter-day big band trumpeter who played for films, television, recordings and commercials. A native of San Antonio, Hatt graduated from Rice University, where he studied bio-acoustic music. But he quickly switched to trumpet and in 1969 established himself as a professional musician and private teacher in the Houston area. Hatt specialized in music from the heyday of big bands, playing the works of Woody Herman, Harry James, Buddy Rich and Glenn Miller. After settling in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Hatt became a session musician and produced, among other work, a memorable television commercial about cars featuring Miller’s 1940s hit “In the Mood.” On Dec. 8 in Glendale of a stroke after heart surgery.
~ Los Angeles Times, Dec. 15, 1995
Nelson and his wife Morag returned to Houston TX where she could get treatment for kidney disease and Nelson could reconnect with his ‘younger self,’ … having gotten his early professional experience working with Houston’s big bands. Houston was a homecoming for him in the late 1980’s. After Morag’s death in 1989 he returned to California and resumed his professional life there.
Nelson Hatt; Trumpeter Specialized in Big Band Music
DEC. 15, 1995
Nelson Hatt, 51, a latter-day big band trumpeter who played for films, television, recordings and commercials. A native of San Antonio, Hatt graduated from Rice University, where he studied bio-acoustic music. But he quickly switched to trumpet and in 1969 established himself as a professional musician and private teacher in the Houston area. Hatt specialized in music from the heyday of big bands, playing the works of Woody Herman, Harry James, Buddy Rich and Glenn Miller. After settling in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Hatt became a session musician and produced, among other work, a memorable television commercial about cars featuring Miller’s 1940s hit “In the Mood.” On Dec. 8 in Glendale of a stroke after heart surgery.
~ Los Angeles Times, Dec. 15, 1995
Nelson and his wife Morag returned to Houston TX where she could get treatment for kidney disease and Nelson could reconnect with his ‘younger self,’ … having gotten his early professional experience working with Houston’s big bands. Houston was a homecoming for him in the late 1980’s. After Morag’s death in 1989 he returned to California and resumed his professional life there.
DEC. 15, 1995
Nelson Hatt, 51, a latter-day big band trumpeter who played for films, television, recordings and commercials. A native of San Antonio, Hatt graduated from Rice University, where he studied bio-acoustic music. But he quickly switched to trumpet and in 1969 established himself as a professional musician and private teacher in the Houston area. Hatt specialized in music from the heyday of big bands, playing the works of Woody Herman, Harry James, Buddy Rich and Glenn Miller. After settling in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Hatt became a session musician and produced, among other work, a memorable television commercial about cars featuring Miller’s 1940s hit “In the Mood.” On Dec. 8 in Glendale of a stroke after heart surgery.
~ Los Angeles Times, Dec. 15, 1995
Nelson and his wife Morag returned to Houston TX where she could get treatment for kidney disease and Nelson could reconnect with his ‘younger self,’ … having gotten his early professional experience working with Houston’s big bands. Houston was a homecoming for him in the late 1980’s. After Morag’s death in 1989 he returned to California and resumed his professional life there.
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