Namaste from Pete Fountain
by Bob Hislop
Title
Namaste from Pete Fountain
Artist
Bob Hislop
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
FEATURED ARTIST
FAA Professionals 11/15/2022
Images that Excite You 04/21/2020
ABC Group 11/30/2013
Jazz great Pete Fountain nods and said namaste to the appreciative crowd at the French Quarter Festival held at Jackson Square Park.Pete Fountain (born Pierre Dewey LaFontaine, Jr., July 3, 1930), is an American clarinetist based in New Orleans. He has played jazz, Dixieland and Creole music.
The distinctive Fountain soundmore woody than mostcomes from the crystal mouthpiece he has played with since 1949. His first crystal mouthpiece was actually Irving Fazola's, given to Pete by Fazola's mother after Faz's death, because she had heard him play and noted how he played like her son. That mouthpiece was shattered on the bandstand one night when Pete had played his solo and was standing by as trumpeter George Girard played his, and Girard brought his trumpet down suddenly on top of the mouthpiece. Pete still has the shattered mouthpiece, and has also played crystal mouthpieces ever since.
Fine art Nature, Wildlife and Landscape photography prints, posters, canvas prints, greeting cards and stock images by Bob Hislop All rights reserved. WATERMARKS WILL NOT APPEAR ON PURCHASED IMAGES.
Uploaded
June 22nd, 2012
Statistics
Viewed 2,467 Times - Last Visitor from Ottawa, ON - Canada on 03/17/2024 at 2:12 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet