Dixieland Jazz - Pete Fountain Discography: July 2009

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Return of Entertainment to the Sazerac Bar and Blue Room

Roosevelt's Blue Room to open July 31 with Pete Fountain

After nearly 50 years, The Roosevelt New Orleans Hotel is again claiming its spot as a top music destination in the city and around the world.

On July 31, legendary clarinetist Pete Fountain will take the stage at The Roosevelt New Orleans Hotel's Blue Room, sharing the stage with fellow clarinetist Tim Laughlin. Together they will bring back the kind of star entertainment that once made the Blue Room one of America’s premier night clubs and supper clubs. The event will include a champagne reception and dinner starting at 7 p.m., with music to follow.

Once one of America's premier night clubs and supper clubs, The Blue Room will feature live music each Friday evening. The Roosevelt New Orleans Hotel will be opening its various attractions throughout the next month or so.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

100 CD Box Set Japanese Remasters - 2009

The Complete "Pete"

100 CD Box Set Mini LP OBI - Japanese Remasters

Volume One - The Early Years

Columbia Years with Phil Zito, Santo Pecora

The Mercury Years with Santo Pecora, Basin Street Six

The 1950'S with Al Hirt, Santo Pecora, Basin Street Six, Tony Almerico
and The Dukes of Dixeland

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Matt Litchliter Artwork - Teri Galleries, LTD. - Fine Art in Metairie, Louisiana

Matt Litchliter

Louisiana Artist
Pete Fountain Artwork

Pete Fountain Original on Canvas
Co-signed by Matt Litchliter and Pete Fountain

Matt Litchliter & Jazz Legend Pete Fountain

Autographing the original appropriately titled "Pete Fountain".

It was an exciting day at Teri Galleries when Jazz Legend Pete Fountain visited to give his 'signature of approval' to New Orleans' artist Matt Litchliter's original painting of the internationally famous clarinetist! A collection of jazz fans and fine art investors were on hand to witness Pete Fountain and Matt Litchliter's meeting and autograph session. Although the original of Pete Fountain has sold, a limited edition run of giclee's on canvas are available.

Courtesy of http://www.terigalleries.com/litchliter.shtml

Jim Tweedy Artwork - Teri Galleries, LTD. - Fine Art in Metairie, Louisiana

Jim Tweedy

Louisiana Artist

Pete Fountain Artwork

Hot Head Pete

Little Pete Blue

Red Pete

All original oil paintings on Canvas signed by Jim Tweedy & Pete Fountain

Artist Jim Tweedy with Jazz Legend Pete Fountain,
autographing originals for art investors.

Courtesy of http://www.terigalleries.com/tweedy.shtml

Happy Birthday Pete Fountain! - Teri Galleries, LTD. - Fine Art in Metairie, Louisiana

Happy Birthday Pete Fountain!

Artwork by Jim Tweedy

Teri Galleries, LTD. - Fine Art in Metairie, Louisiana

Teri Galleries is celebrating the 79th birthday of their long time friend, Pete Fountain. Pete has been a huge part of what makes New Orleans so unique and his music has touched so many throughout his long career. Celebrate with us by purchasing one of the pieces that Pete's music inspired.

The embellished giclee' "Pete Fountain" by Louisiana artist Matt Litchliter captures that indelible spirit that is Pete Fountain as he plays during Mardi Gras and the during the procession of the Half Fast Walking Club. The series of original paintings done by another Louisiana artist, Jim Tweedy, have also been inspired by Pete Fountain. These pieces, both original and giclee's, show Pete's love of life and music in these fun representations.

These pieces as well as Litchliter's piece have been co-signed by Pete Fountain. If interested in either piece please contact Teri Galleries at 504-887-8588,1-800-533-8374 or via email at info@terigalleries.com

Courtesy of http://terigalleries.blogspot.com/2009/07/happy-birthday-pete-fountain.html

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Some Blogs That Have Pete Fountain Downloads For Free.

Here are some blogs that have Pete Fountain LP's and CD's ripped to mp3 files. Click on the individual description to view the blogs. New ones added 6/17/09.

This blog has the LPs Let The Good Times Roll, Dixieland Classics, Pete Fountain's New Orleans, Something Misty, Farewell Blues and Pete's Beat listed.

This blog has the LPs Those Were the Days and I Love Paris listed.

This blog has the LPs Dr. Fountain's Magical Licorice Stick Remedy For The Blues, Those Were the Days and I Love Paris listed.

This blog has the LP Pete Fountain and Al Hirt Bourbon Street listed.

This blog also has the LP Pete Fountain and Al Hirt Bourbon Street listed.

This blog has the LP Candy Clarinet listed.

Note the download link for Candy Clarinet is here.

This blog has Licorice Stick, The Best of (1972 Coral), Licorice Stick and Candy Clarinet listed.

And this blog has the LP Taste of Honey.

Pete's Bio

Peter Dewey Fountain, Jr. was born July 3, 1930 in New Orleans, the cradle of American music, Jazz. He was a skinny kid who spent too much time hanging around the front stoop of the Top Hat Dance Hall near his home. The Top Hat was a stronghold of Dixieland Jazz and Jazz already had a strong hold on Pete Fountain. But, oh the sounds! This was music straight from the soul. Sounds that would never be written in stone, that would always be brand new because they were purely personal. Pete heard all the greats in New Orleans and he knew he wanted to play Jazz.

After endless hours of practicing and listening to the recordings of Benny Goodman and Irving Fazola, the personal sound of Pete Fountain began to emerge and it was "Fat." By the time Pete was 16, he had already gained a reputation on the street, Bourbon Street.

Through these formative years of his musical training, Pete performed with several sensational bands. One such band was the Junior Dixieland Band which performed in the famous Parisian Room-often performing for legendary jazz men. It was a heady time of life and Pete Fountain was savoring every moment.

A few years later Pete joined Phil Zito's International Dixieland Express. They were playing the El Morocco on the street. It was there he met Beverly. She had decided very young to marry a musician and Pete had decided very young to be a musician.

Pete was performing with some of the best known jazz bands in the country--The Basin Street Six, The Dukes of Dixieland, Al Hirt--and it was great.

Until 1956...Be-Bop and Rock & Roll were the hot new sounds, and the music that Pete loved could not provide him or anybody else with a living. Jazz, in its own birthplace New Orleans, was definitely asleep. He gave up music. He had no choice. With a wife and three small children to support, music was a luxury he could not afford.

All he really wanted to do was play music. All he needed was a band, a bandstand and a place to play.

In 1957, Lawrence Welk, host of the nation's most popular television program, wanted Pete on the show, and that kind of opportunity only comes once in a lifetime. For two years, Pete was the most famous Jazz musician on television. Pete Fountain became a household name and New Orleans Jazz made a comeback that has never faded.

After two years in California, Pete came home to New Orleans. He had learned what every New Orleanian has to accept as a fact of life. you can leave New Orleans, but it never leaves you. The cuisine, the sights and the sounds.

Pete immediately opened his own jazz club in the heart of the French Quarter. His national fame and fans followed him to New Orleans which allowed Pete's club to expand, through the past 34 years, into the largest jazz club in the city.

Pete has always been considered an ambassador of New Orleans Jazz as he performs his music on guest appearances on network television and specials. Some of the highlights have been such classics as the Ed Sullivan, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Andy Williams specials. More recently his credits include A Close up of Pete Fountain, Super Bowl Saturday Night and the National Memorial Day Concert. He also performed 59 times on Johnny Carson's "The Tonight Show."

Pete has performed at four U.S. State Dinners by command performance for four Presidents of the United States. He has also performed for Pope John Paul II at the New Orleans Papal Mass with an attendance of over 400,000 people.

During Pete's career, he has recorded 56 albums and has been a featured performer on 44 additional albums for a total of 100 recordings. Three of Pete's albums have gone gold, "Pete Fountain's New Orleans," "The Blues," and "Mr. New Orleans." He also received a gold record for his hit single "Just A Closer Walk With Thee."

Through Pete's career he has received numerous awards and honors including a Doctorate of Music from the College of Santa Fe; he was voted the #1 Jazz Clarinetist for 13 consecutive years in the Playboy Readers Poll; he was King of Bacchus; he received an Emmy for the 1990 Super Bowl Pre-Game Music; and he was awarded the 1993 Louisiana Legends Award.

Pete has performed with music legends ranging from Louis Armstrong and Harry James to Harry Connick, Jr. Yet to this day his greatest thrill is taking the stage and performing the music he loves, watching as it works its irresistible magic on the audience. Straight to the soul.

Pete Fountain and his wife, Beverly, have three children and five grandchildren. He divides his DAYS between his family, various charitable organizations and his favorite fishing hole.