Pete Fountain (born July 3, 1930) is a New Orleans clarinetist. July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... A clarinetist (sometimes also spelled clarinettist) is a musician who plays the clarinet. ...

Statue of Pete Fountain in the French Quarter

Fountain was born in New Orleans and started playing clarinet heavily influenced by Irving Fazola. Early on he played with the bands of Monk Hazel and Al Hirt. With his long time friend, trumpeter George Girard, Fountain founded The Basin Street Six in 1950. After this band broke up 4 years later Fountain was hired to join the Lawrence Welk band, and became well known for the many solos he took on Welk's national television show, The Lawrence Welk Show. Fountain returned to New Orleans, played with The Dukes of Dixieland, then began leading bands under his own name, owning his own club in the French Quarter in the 1960s and 1970s. He later acquired "Pete Fountain's Jazz Club" at the Riverside Hilton (2 Poydras Street, New Orleans) where he still occasionally leads the band when not on tour. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (999x1859, 755 KB) Summary Statue of w:Pete Fountain in Edison Park off Bourbon Street, French Quarter, New Orleans Photo by Infrogmation Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Pete Fountain Metadata This file contains additional information, probably... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (999x1859, 755 KB) Summary Statue of w:Pete Fountain in Edison Park off Bourbon Street, French Quarter, New Orleans Photo by Infrogmation Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Pete Fountain Metadata This file contains additional information, probably... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Al Hirt (November 7, 1922 - April 27, 1999) was a popular trumpeter and bandleader. ... George Girard (October 7, 1930 - January 18, 1957) was a New Orleans jazz trumpeter. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lawrence Welk during a taping of The Lawrence Welk Show Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was a musician, accordion player, bandleader, and television impresario. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The Lawrence Welk Show was a musical variety show hosted by former big band leader Lawrence Welk. ... French Quarter: upper Chartres street looking down towards Jackson Square and the spires of St. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...

Fountain's clarinet work is noted for his sweet fluid tone. He has recorded over 100 LPs and CDs under his own name, some in the Dixieland style, many others with only peripheral relevance to any type of jazz. Dixieland music is a style of jazz. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ...

Fountain was a founder and is the most prominent member of The Half-Fast Walking Club, one of the best known marching Krewes that parades in New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day. A Krewe is an organization that puts on a parade and or a ball for the Carnival season. ... Revelers, Frenchmen Street, Faubourg Marigny. ...

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• Pete Fountain discography