[Dixielandjazz] Early Pete Fountain reference

[rahberry at comcast.net]

One of my favorite things is a George Girard LP called "Strictly Dixie" on which 19-year-old Pete Fountain plays a beautiful version of the verse to Tin Roof.
     Rae Ann Hopkins Berry

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "J. D. Bryce" <brycejo at comcast.net>
> I have a 78 rpm set of Phil Zito's Dixieland Express that featured a very
> young Pete Fountain.
> The sound of his clarinet is there, but the style was still unevolved.  He
> was about 18 to 19 when the set was recorded.
> 
> Jack Bryce
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Audrey Van Dyke" <audrey at callitmusic.com>
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 9:02 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Early Pete Fountain reference
> 
> 
> >
> >      Just whiling away another evening reading some old jazz
> > publications.  This is from a Playback from 1949.  A short article on
> > the doings of the New Orleans Jazz Club, which set forth a list of
> > bands who had played in the summer pops concert series at Congo
> > Square.  The last band listed is Phil Zito's Dixieland Band.  "The
> > latter has a young and upcoming star on clarinet in Peter Fountain."
> >      Some predictions do come true.
> > Audrey Van Dyke
> >
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