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He is good. Benny Goodman king of swing. Pete Fountain king of dixieland.

Marvellous!

The hear and soul of NO, even before this performance. Grew up in Baton Rouge, loving this. Thank you.

That was recorded the year I graduated high school. My father was the chief of security to the Lawrence Welk orchestra at the Aragon Ballroom after the Korean War. He was listening to a group one night in a club. He told Pete Fountain, then unknown that the Lawrence Welk Orchestra was looking for a clarinet player. Later, he arranged for Pete Fountain to audition. Pete Fountain played Oh Henry and immediately got the job. All members of the Lawrence Welk Orchestra were required to have at least two unique talents. They had to sing and dance, or play an instrument and sing, etc. One evening, before a show, someone said to Pete Fountain, "The boss wants you to sing a number tonight." Pete Fountain said, "I don't sing." "What do you mean you don't sing? You sang at your audition." "No, I didn't. " Pete said. "I guess you're playing tonight." My dad lied and told someone in charge that Pete Fountain could sing and play the clarinet. Fountain played a "featured spot" until 1958. My Dad gambled that Pete would play so well they would hire him despite only having one talent. He was right. In 1991, my wife and I were in New Orleans, and I made a phone call to the Riverside Hilton Hotel, where Pete Fountain was playing at the legendary Pete Fountain Jazz Club. I got through to someone and explained who my father was and asked if there was any way to see his show, as I was only in town for a couple of days. We attended the show, and Pete Fountain had someone put a light on me, came to our seats, and he told that story the same way my father had told it all those years. Big band era swing music and Dixieland jazz was one of the few things my father and I had in common. I can't listen to Pete Fountain play without thinking of my father. Thank you for posting this video.

This is the soul of NO, from one who admired as she grew up in Baton Rouge. I took up clarinet in 5th grade owing to Pete. Love this, thank you!

I saw Pete Fountain in 1984 at the Hilton, great experience!

I well remember when my mom had a 1972 Ford “Maverick” with a huge bunch of her favourite music of Al Hirt! So much fun!

i hope people are still listening to this today! Great music!

LEGENDS

Extraordinario

Honey in that horn!

Thanks for this post Jim!

What a treat to hear this never will they be again.

I love the way they complement each other and not compete against each other. That’s true New Orleans Jazz.

Beautiful❤❤

They just don’t make them like Pete anymore. I never heard a more nuanced clarinet player of Gods favorite music: Dixie Land Jazz!!!

昔(50年位前)アルハートのジャワの夜は更けて…を聞いて感激しました。ハリー・ジェイムスばりのテクニック日本ではその後聞く機会が有りませんでした。 改めて素晴らしいトランペッターの一人です。嬉しい動画を拝見しました。❤🎉

Here's another version, with Pete also singing; my favorite: ua-cam.com/video/o8yow3KX0CI/v-deo.htmlsi=RVc3b_Q2hZoMe4hG

Just doesn't get any better than this.

I was going through my dad’s record collection and saw these two. Wow - just wow. This music is so beautiful and pure - brings tears to my eyes.

My hero May God Bless you You and your music will always live forever.

Saw these two stars often in NOLA. They really liked each other and ruled Mardi Gras

I wanted to be Pete when I grew up. I played for 18 years until the Navy took me to Vietnam. I realized that I had skill from playing so long but had no God given talent and I put up my clarinet. Still have it and pull it out once in a while but have never blown another note.

Ijoyalhirt❤😅

I don't know if Hirt was a "jazz" trumpter. But unlike a lot of more pop trumpeters he could sustain notes and shape them better than few others could do.

Stirs and soothes my New Orleans soul!

Naaaah.

Stirs my local New Orleans sensibilities...so deeply satisfying from two local boys!

Sheddin'

Pete lived about 2 miles from me in cedar point in bay st. Louis, i use to pass his pier from time to time and watch him relax at the end of his pier, i played clarinet in the high school band, pete was esteemed in my heart as the best in the world clarinettetest , he squalled the blues out of it like no one else could. A clarinette has its own blues squall that no other instrument on the planet can match. He got hidden sounds out of it that were silent and hidden from human ears until he picked it up and mastered it, he lived a full life in the lights of the entertainment world, pete was vintage to the vibe, you knew at his concerts you were going to be served a full plate of some of the best music anyone could hear, he was new orleans through and through, he was one of the main ingredients that helped popularize the city. New Orleans residents were proud of pete fountain. Out of new orleans comes some of the greatest musicians in the world.

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Play yakity sax by Pete fountain. Thanks.

Verygood.HighClaSS

My mother saw him play at his club in New Orleans 1958

Louis Armstrong made the original btw

Look up "monster trumpet player" in the dictionary and you will Al Hirt's picture there!!! He was just plain AWESOME!! R. I. P.....he's giving Joshua lessons, no doubt!!!!

Blyat'. Me and my friend Yaruk slushali eto now .And we just w ahue. This a shedewr!

My dad played drums in New Orleans for over 60 years. Al Hirt was my cousin ( his middle name is Maxwell). Dad played with him many times, but when he started getting famous and traveling the world , Dad gave up his spot so he could be home with the family. For the first Super Bowl in New Orleans at Tulane stadium, my dad played on the sideline with Al and Doc Sevrenson ( Tonight Show bandleader). At halftime, Dad called up and said he had a ticket for me if I could get to the stadium. I sure got there! Dad dropped the ticket down to me from about the second ramp level and it just kept floating! Finally caught it. Got to sit on sidelines. That night, Dad had a small jazz group to play at a private party of them Saints owner John Mecom, on Lee Circle. As we caught the elevator to the third floor party room , Len Dawson, winning QB for the Chiefs hopped on the elevator too. For the first time in my 12 years of life I was speechless! Pee Wee loved to fish and went on plenty trips with us. Growing up , Dad ran the top Society band in the city , where they played every a-list society and debutant party as well as all of the old line carnival balls like Rex and Comus. I would come home from school and there would be a 14 piece orchestra rehearsing in our living room, then all the guys would go into our yard for a big crawfish boil. New Orleans was an almost magical place to grow up in. Thanks for all the great memories Dad. I miss you.

Jack Sperling's Drum Solo caught my computer on fire.

AL HIRT HAD MORE TECHNICAL IMPROVISTATORY TRAINING AND COMMAND OF HIS TRUMPET THAT ANY TRUMPET PLAYER OF THIS CENTURY!! HE PLAYED CIRCLE AROUND "DOC" AT THE SUPER BOWL ONE YEAR AND WAS INVITED ON STAGE WITH MAYNARD WHO AL HIRT DID THE SAME THING. PRACTICED ARBANS, ST. JACOME AND COULD PLAY "ANYTHING" OUT OF THOSE TECHNICAL TRAINING BOOKS WHILE IN JR HIGH. A FRIEND WENT TO A MUSIC CAMP THAT AL WENT TO "INTERLOCHEN" SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THE ART.... I'LL GET DOWN TO THE STORY, AS TOLD TO ME, MY FRIEND WAS NEW TO THE CAMP AND WAS WANDERING AROUND WHEN "ALL OF A SUDDEN CAME THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TECHNICAL "VERSION OF THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE" HE HAD EVER HEARD SO HE WENT INTO THAT BUNK HOUSE TO FIND A 11-YEAR-OLD OVER WEIGHT KID LAYING ON THE TOP BUNK "PLAYING THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE" BY ARBANS WITH ONE HAND LAYING ON HIS BACK!!! TRUE STORY!! AL "HE'S THE KING HIRT" WAS EARNED NOT GIVEN TO AL!!!

amazing .....

I was doing a Sunday jazz brunch in Orange Beach AL in the mid 90's. Playing with hangover and on auto pilot a guy came up to the band stand and said something I didn't really hear, I just said thanks and shook his hand. The band leader looked at me laughing and said "did you know who that was"? I said no, "that was Pete Fountian man! Great time foundered, live and learn.

Nothing on this planet 🌍 that can compare to this 👍🏼👏🇺🇸🥲😎🇺🇸🎉😄💕 Bravo Brothers R.I.P. Amen and Amen

pete fountain is the reason i started to learn playing the clarinet along with monty snow.been playin 3 years now im getting better but cant see me reaching this standard.

Wunderbar! Super!

Brilliant!!!A dúo that can’t be matched

That is still some fine music!

Such a fat, rich tone on that trumpet. All masters really. Dang, that trombone player was playing flute notes.

Wow.

Winderful!😃💖