Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?

by Pete Fountain

Overview

Clarinetist Pete Fountain is in typically solid form on this quartet set with pianist Merle Koch, bassist Bunky Jones and drummer V.J. Bourgeois. Fountain has long had the rare talent of making every song he performs sound as if it were newly written for him. That can be quite a trick when one considers that he mostly plays Dixieland standards that were ancient before he even began his career. On this interesting outing, Fountain performs lengthy versions of songs like "Up the Lazy River," "Basin Street Blues," "Honeysuckle Rose" and "The Saints," each of which clocks in between nine-and-a-half and eleven minutes. Although he is the main soloist, Fountain never seems to run out of fresh ideas or enthusiasm. Those listeners wondering why the clarinetist has stuck to New Orleans jazz throughout his career will know why after hearing the joy that he brings out of these warhorses. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	08/11/1994
Label:	Ghb Records
UPC:	0762247530022
Rank:	76400

Tracks

1. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
2. Up the Lazy River
3. Ain't She Sweet
4. Blues for Ziggy
5. Alice Blue Gown
6. Basin Street Blues
7. Honeysuckle Rose
8. When the Saints Go Marching In

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Pete Fountain   Primary Artist,Clarinet
Bunky Jones   Bass
Merle Koch   Piano

Technical Credits

Andy Razaf   Composer
Eddie DeLange   Composer
Jack Yellen   Composer
Fats Waller   Composer
Joseph McCarthy   Composer
Pete Fountain   Leader
Milton Ager   Composer
Harry Tierney   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Louis Alter   Composer
George H. Buck, Jr.   Liner Notes
Floyd Levin   Liner Notes
Spencer Williams   Composer
Traditional   Composer