[Dixielandjazz] Re: George Girard and the Basin Street Six

[patcooke77 at yahoo.com]

Bil said:
 
"And I certainly agree with your assessment of Tin Roof Blues. Great Pete
Fountain. The Irving Fazola influence is very much to the fore."

      The Fazola influence indeed! I was playing with Fazola in the late forties, and we were doing 3 nights a week here in New Orleans.  There was a young fellow who used to come in and sit and watch and listen attentively to Fazola quite frequently.  I had no idea who he was at the time, but a few years later after Faz had died; I went into the same club and there was a band on the stand.  I was coming in to meet someone, and I was looking for them instead of watching the band.  Then I heard this clarinet and thought Fazola had risen from the dead.  It was Pete Fountain .....(and you know the 'rest of the story').

Pat Cooke
New Orleans

----- Original Message ----
From: Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
To: rahberry at comcast.net; dixieland jazz mail list <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:30:54 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: George Girard and the Basin Street Six


My Strictly Dixie LP, mentioned by me earlier, contains the following tunes:
Panama
Sunday
Hindustan
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Melancholy Rhapsody
My Inspiration
That's A Plenty
Tin Roof Blues
Muskrat Ramble
Farewell Blues
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
Basin Street Stomp

Dear Rae Ann,
Thank you for the information, which allowed me to track it all down.
Unfortunately, the discographies of Pete Fountain I have access to are
incomplete and have a few errors thrown in.
I have all the sides above (apart from "My Inspiration") on a copy CD made
by a mate from his well-loved LPs.
A few skips, but at least I have the music.
Playing it now.
I also have a 10" Mercury LP from my youth (MG 2511 recorded 19 Sept 1951)
with the last 6 tunes on your list, plus two others, "Margie" and 'Lazy
River".
And I certainly agree with your assessment of "Tin Roof Blues". Great Pete
Fountain. The Irving Fazola influence is very much to the fore.
I wonder why nobody has reissued all the Basin Street Six LPs on CD.
Kind regards,
Bill. 



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