New Orleanians took to social media to share their memories of the legendary clarinetist Pete Fountain after learning of his death on Saturday (August 6). Fountain was 86 years old. Many spoke of his ...

New Orleans music legend Pete Fountain was laid to rest Wednesday. The Clarinetist died on Aug. 6 at the age of 86. A funeral mass inside St. Louis Cathedral was standing room only as people gathered ...

SEQUIM — Olympic Theatre Arts will host concerts remembering the music of Pete Fountain on the Caldwell Main Stage this weekend. The concerts will be at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Olympic ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – 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 ...

NEW ORLEANS — A piece of New Orleans’ rich musical history is in danger of being lost. The late Pete Fountain grew up and learned how to play music in a modest shotgun double at 820 North White Street ...

Pete Fountain, the famed New Orleans jazz clarinetist whose 60-year career was marked by performances for presidents and a pope, making him an international ambassador for the music and culture of his ...

Pete Fountain was known around the world for his music, but he was also Mr. New Orleans, so there was only one place you'd expect to find him on Mardi Gras: celebrating in the streets. His Half-Fast ...

The late jazz star Pete Fountain's boyhood home is viewed by some as vulnerable. According to contractor Ed Siren, who lives near the mint-green shotgun at 820 N. White St., “no one’s lived there for ...

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