Pete Fountain - Pete Fountain Plays Bert Kaempfert '1967/2024

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One of the most famous of all New Orleans jazz clarinetists, Pete Fountain had
the ability to play songs that he performed countless times 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.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Pete Fountain - Strangers In The Night (3:00) 
1.02 - Pete Fountain - Talk (2:22) 
1.03 - Pete Fountain - Lady (2:13) 
1.04 - Pete Fountain - Danke Schoen (2:38) 
1.05 - Pete Fountain - A Swingin' Safari (2:54) 
1.06 - Pete Fountain - L-O-V-E (2:07) 
1.07 - Pete Fountain - For Pete's Sake (2:13) 
1.08 - Pete Fountain - Love For Love (2:50) 
1.09 - Pete Fountain - Wiederseh'n (2:01) 
1.10 - Pete Fountain - Have A Ball (2:12) 
1.11 - Pete Fountain - Spanish Eyes (2:44)

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