Gather 'round the piano.....

....the boys are gonna swing out

Take it away Tiny Little and Pete Fountain!

Gather 'round the piano.....

Boys, let's have some of that Champagne Sound

Jerry Burke

Pete Fountain

Norman Bailey

Bill Page

Pete Lofthouse

Boys, let's have some of that Champagne Sound

A Pete Fountain haiku

Give someone the ultimate birthday gift....

Down in New Orleans

Pete picks up the clarinet

Time to jazz things up

Happy Birthday Pete!

A Pete Fountain haiku

Pete Fountain's birthday

Another day, another music maker's birthday to celebrate....

Today is jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain's special day, and yes I do have a haiku written for him....so Happy Birthday Pete!

Down in New Orleans

There's music on Bourbon Street

Jazz it up with Pete!

Pete Fountain's birthday

Pete Fountain

Here's another fine music maker from a roster of fine music makers, clarinet man Pete Fountain who jazzed things up on the Welk Show from 1957 to 1959!

And it's also his birthday today......Happy Birthday Pete!

Here's a nice shot of him alongside Russ Klein at the sax for a Dixieland number,

And here he is from the Milestones and Memories reunion special....

The New Orleans native is a local institution just like jazz, gumbo, the French Quarter and the Superdome....he continues to play with several bands and is a fixture during Mardi Gras weekend as a member of the Half Fast Walking Club.

And it all began fifty years ago when the Maestro hired him onto the show...

Pete Fountain