[Dixielandjazz] Early Pete Fountain reference--plus George Gerard

[patcooke77 at yahoo.com]

George Gerard (trumpet) also played in that band, and recorded a couple of sides with the band.  Don't remember the label name, but it wqw on 78 rpm, and the name of the band was Phil Zito's International City Dixielanders (o, r something close th that).  George was a phenomenal young trumpeter.  Like Pete, He was a "natural".  They went on to be the nucleus of the Basin Street Six.  George died before he was 30, a victim of colon cancer.  He would haave been one of the biggies.
 
Pat Cooke

----- Original Message ----
From: Audrey Van Dyke <audrey at callitmusic.com>
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 8:02:26 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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