Every jazz fan has heard of Fountain who played everything from Dixieland to the Blues.
Here is a video of Pete Fountain performing in New Orleans that is part of the Bob and Ruth Byler Archival Collection.
Sunday, August 7, 2016
Dixieland Legend Clarinetist Pete Fountain Dead at 86
Born Pierre Dewey Fountain, Jr. was born on July 3, 1930 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was known the world over as Pete Fountain. After joining the Lawrence Welk Orchestra in the late Fifties for two years he went on to record album after album for Decca Records
Every jazz fan has heard of Fountain who played everything from Dixieland to the Blues.
He died Saturday morning August 6, 2016, while in hospice care in New Orleans. He leaves his wife of 64 years and his two sons.
Here is a video of Pete Fountain performing in New Orleans that is part of the Bob and Ruth Byler Archival Collection.
Every jazz fan has heard of Fountain who played everything from Dixieland to the Blues.
Here is a video of Pete Fountain performing in New Orleans that is part of the Bob and Ruth Byler Archival Collection.
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