Pete Fountain - Jazz Me Blues

[pandalambert56]

this totally cheered up my day! Thanks Pete!

[carecanadiano]

cool , remenber him well on the carson show , johnny loved him and so do i

[miles53194]

ever wanna see those guys play live? (trumpet player and middle bone player)?yea, they play in a band "The Wiseguys" they are amazing. check em out if your in the New Orleans area. its crazy. Pete is a beast.

[pandaboy73]

Wow! thats all i can say at this guy's amazing clarineting. Is that a word?

Man I need to thank my music teacher for making the clarinet group look him up.

[SuperDoboyz]

im a clarinet player but jus a begginer that must be hard to do

[garrett8499]

awsome lol



[xinx03ovcm]

I wish I could play 1/100 like him at least.... T_T

[RA1D3RB0i]

ALL I HAV TO SAY IS OMG

[Pantouffleslippers]

gorgeous piano solo!

[Pantouffleslippers]

really, ALL the solos are amazing. It makes me want to cry I'm so jealous!

[Pantouffleslippers]

U R my hero <3

[im4Christ1]

The drummer looks like Albert Einstein! ...but seriously...LOVE Pete's tone. It's so rich and sweet and big all at the same time. Hero.

[Abriggs500]

Pete plays the lead like Sydney Bechet did in his bands.

[mantasparks15]

wait, are they all improvising??

[TheClasax]

never get bored to watch him in action....

[TheClasax]

simply ....amazing......

[EmilianVEVO]

I actually have an exact song like him. Im posting my videos soon. subscribe and ill let you know as soon as possible. No lie! :)

[Razzvid]

Any one knows where i can buy a book with this song pls?

[Neroscot]

c'mon ... let's go mr and mrs Blues, stop times

[buddha20009]

I want the music for this song. It drives me nuts listening to its. I love this song.

[MACKATTACK1970]

I have approximately 50 Albums Vinyl records for Pete Fountain that are put away in my attic. I wonder if they are worth much.

[vicpdt]

thats true musicianship

[CriissyyET]

Geez.. he makes it look so easy. I would kill to see him live.. Not really but you know what I mean.. =P

[tuni31]

How can some people NOT like this? One of the best musical moments i've had! Cheers!

[veronimes]

GREAT CLARINETIST ! BRAVO from Paris

[450984]

Pete Fountain played with the Lawrence Welk Band for a time. Mr Welk wanted himn to wear a wig among other silly things, he forced his bandmembers to do. Pete would have none of his frivolities, and WALKED! Always the professional musician!

[SkyAngel1959]

i love this kind of music,i once lived in New Orleans and so loved going down 2 the french quarter and hearing this great great music.

[hansmantel]

why is the rest of the horn players standing behind him?

Is he a royalty?

[D200Shutterbug]

@hansmantel

His band, as with other bands, the leader gets to stand in front.

[Satchmoeddie]

The weren't screwing around with recording this one. I'd love to have that microphone. My uncle was a clarinet player too. He owned a music store in Salina Kansas, then moved it to Colorado Springs, I also had a great uncle who was a classical clarinet player. The talents of Pete Fountain are the apex of jazz clarinet. I played in an award winning stage band in grade school. It is too bad we did not feature this instruments more, but our director was a trumpet player. (the instrument I played)

[douskara]

The Groove Kings!!!

[halebedee3710]

He's the man for New Orleans Clarinet Jazz!

[lesterwyoung]

A REAL New Orleans clarinet player in the tradition of Irving Fazola, Barney Bigard, Leon Roppolo and Albert Nicholas. And a real musician!

[medal8]

GREAT !

BRAVO from FRANCE !

[jazzbo48]

I've been clarinet a long time and I've discovered that Pete and I have something in common: no how much we practice, neither one of us can get any better : )

[aukuknight]

By far the best clarinetist when it comes to jazz that ive heard, unbelieveable accuracy and tone of notes.

I look up to you as a highschool clarinet player!

[lsdvine]

hes a better poet than bob dylan

[theman9126]

i wanna hear this guy playing classical.....he's already a monster at jazz xD

Jim do you or he have any classical stuff out?

[JimV33]

Hi

Just uploaded Rhapsody In Blue by Pete Fountain. Keep in mind this is a cut down version but it will give you a little idea how good he can do the gliss at the beginning and overall tone. Enjoy!

[akhy1994]

Amazing man.. i am also a clarinet and i am just starting Jazz..

[MyREDTAIL]

@akhy1994 who is that on the piano ?

[akhy1994]

@MyREDTAIL Idk but he's good

[vadennotbaden]

He looks like he is enjoying himself up there...

[JimV33]

He is!

[urbancl]

@JimV33

he knows how to enjoy jazz ! 1st u need to know how to play jazz and only then u can really enjoy it !

[motorcitymiguel]

What A Legand!  What A Big Teddy Bear!! lol

[verticalinfinity6789]

1:09 TOTALLY adorible. He looks like a happy hamster, 'n___n' it's so sweet!

[Strang3rDanger]

You think Alto Clarinet would be good at jazz? I thought about trying it out...

[Vierotchka]

Any instrument is good for jazz - what makes it good is the musician, not the instrument. :)

[TheJazzChrist]

Totally agree...

[fabiocrot]

chi mi può mandare le parti di questo brano?

[theman9126]

that was probably the most awesome jazz playing ever! people underestimate clarinet for only playing classical, but it is truly a jazz instrument. (what style of clarinet is he using? cuz the keys look golden, and never heard of that?). Pete, you desegregate the clarinet from classical playing

[JimV33]

The current Leblanc Pete Fountain clarinet model (1612) is marketed as the "Big Easy" and also has the articulated G# key, forked Bb and gold plated keys. All the various incarnations of the Leblanc Pete Fountain clarinet have retained the 15mm bore.

Jim V

[Satchmoeddie]

@JimV33 I need to check that out! THANKS. I do some repairs of wood winds. My late uncle was an accomplished clarinet player who conducted a theater orchestra back in the days of such entertainment, My great uncle did the same thing. These two were inlaws. Klesi repaired all instruments and had contracts with many schools to maintain their instruments from band and or orchestra, Those days are gone, as are the theater orchestras. I love that Neuman mic he is playing through. ($12,000+ used)

[D200Shutterbug]

@theman9126

Pete uses a Leblanc. You can get silver or gold keys, and I believe nickel. I believe the body is brown instead of the usual black but I'm sure he has more than one!

[vadennotbaden]

does Mr. Fountain do any kind of touring?

[JimV33]

@vadennotbaden Not any more.

[shinka1911]

i love this kind of music xD

[hkidhipwyipy]

ke bueno.

[kwon2717]

Anyway to get the chord progression or the music for this?

[BuckshotLaFunke]

Immaculate playing!

[joetighe]

Yes. I have heard Pete Fountain live 5 times. He is a great performer with shows his love of playing jazz. He is also a very very funny comedian pulling lots of jokes on stage!!!

Cheers...

[poiuytrewqfg]

i have only found one person on this website that almost has the same tone as pete

[rumpelheisschenstilz]

which one?

[vanderbiltsax]

love pete's PHAT sound and playing! (not fat mind you in jazz) Also the trumpet and trombone are great and can really swing! Just from watching him for the first time the piano player irritates me because stylistically he is soo square and white (and don't say I'm racist because in appearance I am the whitest person you would ever meet) My 2 cents

[killywillythepenguin]

ya i feel you on this one but i think its just his style

[AmundLauritzen]

Reinforcing negative racial stereotypes is still racist no matter the color of your skin.

That being said, I agree with you about the wind players. They swing like there is no tomorrow.

[birino27]

extraordianario !!!são exelentes !!

[Carollimacarvalho]

muito bom muito bom isso q é a verdadeira musica de qualidade

[rofolclor]

Awsome tone!

Does anybody knows what mouthpiece is he using? Crystal Vandoren A3 maybe?

[JimV33]

In 1963 he was a 4* O'Brien. It got broken sometime in the 80s and was replaced with another O'Brien of very similar lay.

Jim

[lobizoon1]

Excelent.

[doomcoda57]

idk what it is that makes this vid funny... i think clarinet players talk to each other with the music lol its hard to explain but i love this guys playing!!! 100/5 stars!!!

[doomcoda57]

hahahah that was the best!!! that vid just made me smile :) and laugh (dont ask)

[ignoresignorance]

Pete Fountain is awsome. (Note why I changed my name to "ignoresignorance")

[kcjm95]

albertsystem let me see what you have done on youtube. Pete is the best! Oh never mind I put my head up my ass now I can see things through your perspective!

[albertsystem]

Don't worry cn20790, he's trying to do his best on that inapropiate horn. In the history of jazz there's a lot of boring and dull clarinet players playing on Boehm system like Benny Goodman or Pete Fountain, but they was nice guys.

[harpmonkey]

And your contribution to the musical world would be what exactly?

[albertsystem]

Well, my contribution is, among others, to open the eyes to good jazz in this kind of forums. I repeat, maybe Pete Fountain is a very good guy, but he's playing as a machine, WITHOUT SOUL or HEART, no questions about it, is obvious. But if you like machines, this is your man, no doubts either. Good listening

PS: There's an interesting software called Band in a Box, you'll love it! If you want, can play tunes faster than Pete Fountain!!

[dreadmaker]

hm. do you even know what a clarinet looks like? I think not. you are incredibly ignorant.

[joemule52]

albertsystem sounds like an out-of-work musician.

[kleinBion]

that was a good one

[saxoclar]

you are full of sh-t. You show your ignorance. Please don't respond. Can't take anymore of it.

[cn20790]

He is a great clarinet player but its a shame he doesnt use an Albert System clarinet where you get a more richer,woody and wholesome tone than the Boehm system

[kleinBion]

Can you explain to me what it means this of Albert and Boehm system, I'm a classic musician and unfortunely I don't know much of Jazz, yet.

[Spinkledk]

It not a style. It is the system of the clarinet. How its build. As a classic musician you should know :D But hey, who can blame ya.

[kleinBion]

yes, my friend, I'm a musician, but a play VIOLA, I don't know much about clarinet, that's why I ask you, in the first place. And you didn't explain me much, and I steel don't unsderstand the relationship between this "systems" and the sound of diferent clarinetist, I?d never haerd before Pete Fountain, i Like Eddi Daniels very much, I began to listen Jazz little ago

[Spinkledk]

Ye sorry, but i can't really explain more about. I've only played clarinet for like a month, and i've only played on Boehm system. I've never even seen the albertsystem. But look it up on google. Then you might find some more facts. Basicly its just the system with the holes and stuff. Dunno if they sound different.

[dreadwicked]

The keywork of Albert and Boehm clarinets is placed in different maner and the 2 systems have different hand-playing. Here's how Barney Bigard compares them:

"I sterted by the Albert system and still use it. You get louder sound because of the larger toneholes. The Boehm system is easier of sax players, it was desined for them. But my system and me, we can perform tings that are impossible for Boehm..."

[Fredricoillos]

I LOVE this preformance!

i got a "Selmer Paris Oddyse" i taught i got a realy good sound.. but i got nothing compaired to this!!! AWSOME!

greetings form Norway

[JimV33]

Great to hear from Norway! He has the most mellow tone of any clarinet player that made the big time.

Jim

[Fredricoillos]

COPY THAT!!!

xD

[theclarinetjazzman]

wow! i have a really good tone quailty, but not like that! holy cow!!!!!!!!

[Miki788]

świetne!!:)

[fjamama]

one og my fave... he is definantly on my top five clarinet list

[bmad100more]

great!! i love

[gsco82]

Lovely arrangement. Pete still plays a mean clarinet.

[dmekalian]

Still got it! Timeless.

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[ivelleh]

superb - love it

[hmathurin]

i'm going to try to play as good or even batter than you. thats was awsome.

[lhayward89]

That was awesome, what a master