NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Clarinetist Pete Fountain, whose recording of "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" became the unofficial anthem for traditional New Orleans jazz, has died. He was 86. Fountain's ...
NEW ORLEANS — Mardi Gras is about tradition with family and friends. And there's one that's kicked off Carnival Day for 64 years. And one man has been the only one there every half fast step of the ...
Mourners for Pete Fountain took to the streets for the jazz legend's second line parade on Wednesday. Fountain, a mainstay of New Orleans music, Mardi Gras and Bourbon Street for more than half a ...
Most people who grew up in the rock era viewed clarinetist Pete Fountain the same way they did Al Hirt—a bearded New Orleans traditional jazz player who turned up on lots of variety shows in the late ...