with Capitol Records and performing trumpet and flugelhorn solos on several popular albums, including the best selling concept albums of Frank Sinatra. Mosaic Records released The Complete Capitol Bobby Hackett Solo Sessions on a five-CD limited edition set. Most of the tracks were from Gleason's mood music albums. According to the liner notes, Hackett received compensation of between $30 to $40 thousand for six albums for Gleason. In 1965, he toured with the singer Tony Bennett. In 1966 and 1967, he accompanied Bennett on two European tours. In the early 1970s, he performed separately with Dizzy Gillespie and Teresa Brewer. In 2012, Hackett was selected to be inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame. Personal life Bobby Hackett married Edna Lillian Lee Hackett (d. 2000) in 1937. The Hacketts lived primarily in New York City and spent summers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. They had a daughter, Barbara (d. 2003); and a son, Ernie, who became a professional drummer. Hackett was a Freemason and was active with St. Cecile Lodge #568, a lodge specifically for musicians and artists. Hackett died in 1976 of a heart attack at the age of 61. Discography As leader Soft Lights and Bobby Hackett (Capitol, 1954) In a Mellow Mood (Capitol, 1955) Coast Concert (Capitol, 1956) Gotham Jazz Scene (Capitol, 1957) Rendezvous (Capitol, 1957) Bobby Hackett At The Embers (Capitol, 1958) Don't Take Your Love from Me (Capitol, 1958) Jazz Ultimate with Jack Teagarden (Capitol, 1958) The Bobby Hackett Quartet (Capitol, 1959) Blues with a Kick (Capitol, 1959) Hawaii Swings (Capitol, 1960) Dream Awhile (Columbia, 1960) The Most Beautiful Horn in the World (Columbia, 1962) Night Love (Columbia, 1962) Bobby Hackett Plays Henry Mancini (Epic, 1962) Plays the Music of Bert Kaempfert (Epic, 1964) Hello Louis!: Plays the Music of Louis Armstrong (Epic, 1964) Trumpets' Greatest Hits (Epic, 1965) A String of Pearls (Epic, 1965) Trumpet de Luxe with Billy Butterfield (CBS [Japan], 1966) Creole Cookin (Verve, 1967) That Midnight Touch (Project 3, 1967) A Time for Love (Project 3, 1967) Bobby/Billy/Brazil (Verve, 1968) This Is My Bag (Project 3, 1969) Live at the Roosevelt Grill (Chiaroscuro, 1970) The Bobby Hackett 4 (Hyannisport, 1972) Bobby Hackett and Vic Dickenson at the Royal Box (Hyannisport, 1972) What a Wonderful World (Flying Dutchman, 1973) Strike Up the Band (Flying Dutchman, 1975) Live in New Orleans (Riff, 1976) Featuring Vic Dickenson at the Roosevelt Grill (Chiaroscuro, 1977)