Pete Fountain

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Pete Fountain was a renowned American jazz clarinetist from New Orleans, celebrated for his Dixieland style and influential recordings and performances.

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Pete Fountain canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz clarinetist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2010s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
associatedWith New Orleans Mardi Gras ⓘ
birthName Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. ⓘ
burialPlace St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-07-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2016-08-06 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cajun Americans ⓘ
familyName LaFontaine ⓘ
founded Pete Fountain’s Half-Fast Walking Club ⓘ
The Basin Street Six ⓘ
genre Dixieland jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
traditional jazz ⓘ
givenName Pierre ⓘ
hasHonor inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame ⓘ
inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced contemporary New Orleans clarinetists ⓘ
influencedBy Benny Goodman ⓘ
Irving Fazola ⓘ
instrument clarinet ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf The Lawrence Welk Show orchestra ⓘ
name Pete Fountain ⓘ
notableFor Dixieland clarinet style ⓘ
New Orleans jazz performances ⓘ
television appearances on The Lawrence Welk Show ⓘ
notableInstrumentFeature woody clarinet tone ⓘ
notableWork “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” (recording) ⓘ
“When the Saints Go Marching In” (recording) ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
clarinetist ⓘ
performedAt New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ⓘ
Pete Fountain’s French Quarter club ⓘ
placeOfBirth New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Coral Records ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ
MCA Records ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
spouse Beverly Lang Fountain ⓘ

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Super Bowl XII → halftimePerformer → Pete Fountain ⓘ
Al Hirt → associatedAct → Pete Fountain ⓘ
Super Bowl XXIV → halftimeShow → Pete Fountain ⓘ
Pete Fountain → name → Pete Fountain ⓘ
Al Hirt → associatedAct → Pete Fountain ⓘ
subject linked to: Hirt