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Al Hirt, (often affectionately referred to as "The Round Mound of Sound") racked up 21 Grammy nominations (winning in 1964 for his signature song, JAVA, and 50 albums (17 charted, four went gold, one platinum) in a career that spanned five decades. His will (filed in New Orleans, of course) is a simple two pages, to which we add an additional 11 pages of petitions and affidavits.