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The Best of Pete Fountain
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MSRP: $11.98
Your Price: $10.99
Savings: $ 0.99 ( 8% )
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Manufacturer: Decca Jazz
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Additional The Best of Pete Fountain Information
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Though clarinetist Pete Fountain has long been a fixture on the New Orleans jazz scene, his greatest notoriety came from his 1957-1959 nationally televised appearances with the Lawrence Welk orchestra leading a small group playing traditional jazz. Fountain, a Benny Goodman disciple who plays the old standards with indefatigable fervor, is a fixture on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans, leading the early morning parade down St. Charles Avenue with his "Half Fast" marching club. As Fountain walks, he plays the numbers on this record that comprise his standard repertoire--"While We Danced at the Mardi Gras," "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans," "Basin Street Blues," "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans," "When the Saints Come Marching in March" and "St. Louis Blues." --John Swenson
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What Customers Say About The Best of Pete Fountain:
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Acker Bilk was a fine artist, but I must give Pete the nod. Couldn't stop playing this album.
Having seen Pete Fountain in concert (before Katrina), I was delighted to see this CD on sale. Was not disappointed. Love the walkin' tempo of "Just A Closer Walk," and the romp of the high energy Dixieland tunes. Will certainly recommend this for lovers of delicious "licorice stick" talent.
I play it all the time now. Originally, I bought this for my son who remembers "Stranger on the Shore" from a juke box in his childhood. Besides the nostalgia and a superb artist. But when I heard the album, I had to download it before sending it on. What a joy. good quality recording. Excellent.
First had this as a tape in the early 70s, and it's still my favorite Pete Fountain album.
I bought the cassette version of this album over 20 years ago. I have purchased several other Pete Fountain cd's since. This is by far the best Pete Fountain CD I have found.
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