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Stars of The Lawrence Welk Show Online !
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In 1948, Fountain (who is 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 (1950-54) 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 1957-59. After he left, he moved back to New Orleans, opened his own club and has played there regularly since. |
Pete
Fountain, one
of the most famous of all New Orleans jazz clarinetists, has the ability to play songs that he has performed a
countless number of times (such as "Basin Street Blues")
with so much enthusiasm that one would swear he had just discovered
them!