EU-only two CD set. Pete Fountain's life story has been wholly in harmony with Jazz, it has been part of his existence almost as far back as he could remember. This release collects tracks spanning the period 1959-62. This is music from excellent musicians playing songs that are as familiar as the seasons of the year, listen to tracks such as: "The Memphis Blues"; "Bayou Blues" and the seminal "St. Louis Blues". Pete Fountain also pays homage to the great clarinetists of their time with wonderful renditions of "Woodchoppers Ball", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "Begin the Beguine" and "Amapola" all of which were standards of Messrs Herman, Goodman, Shaw and Dorsey respectively. Alongside the aforementioned well-known standards Pete touches on the French influence in New Orleans and adds his own exciting new components, accompanied by an orchestra which is part Bourbon Street and part Champs Elysses. As this compilation attests, you can take the musicians out of Bourbon Street but you can't take Bourbon Street out of man like Pete Fountain. Jasmine.

Tracklist:

St. Louis Blues
Blue Fountain
Columbus Stockade Blues
Aunt Hager's Blues
Lonesome Road
The Memphis Blues
My Inspiration
Wang Wang Blues
Beale Street Blues 1
Wabash Blues 1
Five Point Blues 1
Bayou Blues 1
St. James Infirmary 1
March Through the Streets of Their City 1
Blues on Bourbon Street 1
Lazy River 1
Woodchopper's Blues 1
Petite Fleur 1
Sometime's I'm Happy 2
Frenesi 2
When My Baby Smiles at Me 2
March of the Bob Cats 2
Begin the Beguine 2
Me and My Shadow 2
Green Eyes 2
Let's Dance 2
My Inspiration 2
Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) 2
I Love Paris 3
Comme Ci, Comme Ca (Clopin, Clopant) 3
Frere Jazz 3
Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) 3
La Vie en Rose 3
April in Paris 3
C' Est Magnifique 3
Two Loves Have I (J' Ai Deux Amours) 3
C' Est Si Bon (It's So Good) 3
The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart) 3
Tout de Suite 4
My Man (Mon Homme) 4
'Dis Ol' Train 4
Sing You Sinners 4
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 4
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 4
Down By the Riverside 4
Let Me Walk Closer to Thee 4
Yes Indeed 4
Swing Low, Sweet Clarinet 4
If I Go to the Promised Land 5
I Talk to the King 5
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 5
Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho

UPC: 604988076820
Label: Imports
Release Date: 12.3.13
Format: CD

Pete Fountain - Swing Low Sweet Clarinet (Import)