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Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. (July 3, 1930 – August 6, 2016), known professionally as Pete Fountain, was an American jazz clarinetist.
Aug 7, 2016 · Pete Fountain, a clarinetist who brought the traditional jazz of his native New Orleans to a national audience through frequent appearances on the Lawrence Welk and Johnny Carson television...
Dec 7, 2016 · During the time period of 1957 through 1959, Pete Fountain swept America with his clarinet sound and his style of music. His clarinet music was all the talk in school hallways and he was just “super cool.” Untold tens of thousands of kids wanted to play the clarinet, including me.
Aug 6, 2016 · Pete Fountain, whose easygoing, apparently effortless style on the clarinet and perpetually sunny disposition made him a natural ambassador for New Orleans, died Saturday in New Orleans. He was...
Aug 6, 2016 · Clarinetist Pete Fountain, whose Dixieland jazz virtuosity and irrepressible wit endeared him to his native New Orleans and earned him decades of national television fame, has died at age 86.
Aug 6, 2016 · Pete Fountain, the goateed clarinetist who became a global ambassador of New Orleans jazz with his flawlessly slippery technique and joyful sound, died Saturday of heart failure while in...
Aug 7, 2016 · Legendary Louisiana clarinetist Pete Fountain died Saturday morning in New Orleans, his son-in-law Benny Harrell said. He was 86. “He was a beautiful man,” Harrell told CNN.
Aug 6, 2016 · Pete Fountain, the iconic traditional jazz clarinetist whose sweet sound and merry spirit personified New Orleans for millions of fans, died early Saturday after a decade of declining...
Aug 6, 2016 · NEW ORLEANS — Clarinetist Pete Fountain, whose Dixieland jazz virtuosity and irrepressible wit endeared him to his native New Orleans and earned him decades of national television fame, died...
Aug 10, 2016 · In 2000, Pete Fountain came up with a novel — or was it navel? — way to commemorate his 70th birthday: He got a tattoo of an owl yanking a snake out of his belly button.
