[Dixielandjazz] Pete Fountain in good condition after surgery

[Dan Augustine]

     Got this from a friend of mine here in Austin.
     Searched the web and also found it at http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11944961/.

     Dan
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>Pete Fountain in good condition after surgery
>
>Jazz clarinetist, 75, had quadruple bypass
>
>NEW ORLEANS Agent Benny Harrell says Jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain 
>appears to be recovering fine after quadruple bypass heart surgery. 
>Harrell says Fountain is already up and walking again.
>
>Harrell says Fountain had to miss a Friday night benefit performance 
>in New Orleans because his doctor advised him not to play. He says 
>Fountain hadn't been feeling well since Mardi Gras, and it was 
>thought Fountain needed a stint.
>
>Harrell says once doctors got a look inside, it was determined 
>Fountain's condition was more severe and he needed bypass surgery.
>
>Fountain, who is 75, lost a one-point-five (m) million-dollar house, 
>his gold records and 10 musical instruments, including a grand piano 
>and two of his clarinets, to Hurricane Katrina.
>
>Fountain's Half Fast Marching Club made its trek down Saint Charles 
>Avenue without him this Mardi Gras for the first time in 46 years 
>when Fountain was too ill to join them.

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