Pete Fountain
One of the most famous of all New Orleans jazz clarinetists, Pete Fountain had the ability to play songs that he performed countless times (such as "Basin Street Blues") with so much enthusiasm that one would swear he had just discovered them. His style and most of his repertoire remained unchanged from the late '50s into the new millennium, yet he never sounded bored. In 1948, Fountain (who was heavily influenced by Benny Goodman and Irving Fazola) was a member of the Junior Dixieland Band and this was followed by a stint with Phil Zito and an important association with the Basin Street Six (1950-1954), with whom the clarinetist made his first recordings. In 1955, Fountain was a member of the Dukes of Dixieland, but his big breakthrough came when he was featured playing a featured Dixieland number or two on each episode of The Lawrence Welk Show during 1957-1959. After he left, he moved back to New Orleans, opened his own club, and played there regularly up until retiring from the nightclub business in early 2003. Fountain's finest recordings were a lengthy string for Coral during 1959-1965 (they turned commercial for a period after that). Fountain died in New Orleans in August 2016 at the age of 86.
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Pete Fountain's Music From Dixie
Dixieland - Released by Planet Blue Records USA on 1 jan. 1962
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Bourbon St. Magic
Jazz - Released by Mardi Gras Records on 25 feb. 2008
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Mr. New Orleans Jazz Meets Mr. Honky Tonk
Pete Fountain, Big Tiny Little
Jazz - Released by Past Classics Jazz on 24 okt. 2010
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Mood Indigo
Jazz - Released by Planet Blue Records USA on 2 sep. 2022
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Pete Fountain Day
Jazz - Released by Music Manager on 1 jan. 2011
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Plenty of Pete
Wereldmuziek - Released by TP4 Music on 6 jan. 2020
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Creole Dixieland Jazz
Dixieland - Released by StarPointe Records on 18 nov. 2016
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Live Performance In New Orleans
Pete Fountain, The All Star Dixielanders
Jazz - Released by CoolNote on 1 jan. 2000
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Deep Purple
Dixieland - Released by Classic Records on 7 sep. 2011
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The Jazzy Clarinet
Jazz - Released by Music Manager on 13 jul. 2015
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High Society (1992 Remastered)
Jazz - Released by RCA Bluebird on 14 sep. 1992
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Pete Fountain Plays Bert Kaempfert
Jazz - Released by Verve Reissues on 1 jan. 1967
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The Dawn
Rock - Released by Nest Egg Records - Cartel Records on 19 mrt. 2014
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Mr. New Orleans Meets Mr. Honky Tonk
Pete Fountain, Big Tiny Little
Dixieland - Released by Music Manager on 1 dec. 1960
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Music From Dixie
Dixieland - Released by Stardust Records on 1 jan. 2000
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Live at Piper's Opera House
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on 7 apr. 2022
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"Candy Clarinet" Merry Christmas
Musicals - Released by Christmas Album on 30 nov. 2018
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Just at the Turn of the Tide
Jazz - Released by turn of the tide on 27 apr. 2023
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Pete Fountain's Music From Dixie
Dixieland - Released by Blue Pie Records USA on 1 jan. 1962
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