Pete Fountain: Birth Of The Blues (George Klein's Talent Party 1964)

George Klein's Talent Party 1964

This is the earliest known video footage of George Klein, host of the WHBQ-TV Memphis show "Talent Party". This clip is an excerpt from an interview George did with famous jazz clarinet player Pete Fountain. Plus, you get to hear Pete "lip sync" (clarinet sync?) eight bars of the song, Birth Of The Blues he'd recently recorded.

NOTE: Memphis Memories would like to thank Harvey and Chet for finding this rare classic on a VHS tape at a flea market and making it available so it can be shared with everyone.

Credit: http://visualguidanceltd.blogspot.com

Phil Zito and his New Orleans International City Dixielanders - Dixieland Express - Columbia Records

PHIL ZITO and his New Orleans International City Dixielanders

DIXIELAND EXPRESS (7" 45 rpm Box Set)

1951 Columbia Records Set B-199

7" - 45 rpm - 4 Record Box Set

Record One:
Side A: Bob Cats
Side B: Shine

Record Two
Side A: Bye and Bye
Side B: Original Dixieland One Step

Record Three
Side A: She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain
Side B: Zito's Zag

Record Four
Side A: Clarinet Marmalade
Side B: Tulane Swing

Liner Notes:

PHIL ZITO and his New Orleans International City Dixielanders

Recorded in New Orleans

Personnel:
Phil Zito drums
Emile Christian bass
Roy Zimmerman piano
Pete Fountain clarinet
Joe Rotis trombone
George Girard trumpet

The upswing in Dixieland music that began to gather momentum during the last months of 1949 is happily serving a dual purpose. Not only is it introducing this "happy-making" music to generations almost entirely unfamiliar with it and bringing hack fond acquaintance to older enthusiasts, it is bringing recognition to a number of small groups that served faithfully and unceasingly during the Dixieland drought. Many of these groups, playing in nightclubs and theaters around the country, suddenly found that they were not, after all, playing mostly for their own amusement. They found that somehow the lively two-beat of their music had been taken up by a public weary of modernism and wary of over experimentation.

These records introduce such a group: Phil Zito and his New Orleans International City Dixielanders. Long-time favorites of New Orleans citizens, Zito and his organization have been heard at almost every musical event in that fascinating city. They have played in nightclubs, at jazz concerts and battles, at dances, in theaters, in parks and at all sorts of celebrations. Zito's first group, organized in the late Thirties, built up a considerable reputation with local fans, but was disrupted by the war. When Zito returned from the Navy, he again began building up a small combination, emphasizing Dixieland music, and swiftly became one of the leaders of the jazz movement in New Orleans.

As currently constituted, the New Orleans International City Dixielanders consist of comparative old timers in the rhythm section, with representatives of the younger musical generation in other spots. Zito himself is at the drums, Emile Christian plays bass, Roy Zimmerman piano, Pete Fountain clarinet, Joe Rotis trombone and George Girard trumpet. This is a festive outfit in the good old-fashioned New Orleans tradition. They put in plenty of time playing the usual round of engagements, but it is not uncommon to find them whooping it up at the opening of a new factory or spreading their music through the streets of the city to signal the premiere of a new film. If this is not precisely the clientele of the old jazz bands, it is at least the closest equivalent that these less rowdy days permit, and it carries their music directly into the daily existence of the lucky residents.

Eight samples of that vigorous brand are contained in this collection, some of them standard jazz exercises, some of them originals. In them is the happy compromise between high-flying solo work and closely-knit ensemble playing that distinguishes the New Orleans International City Dixielanders. Although their title may be a trifle cumbersome, there is nothing unwieldy about their music. Recorded in New Orleans, it has the special flavor of that city's contribution to popular music, bright, inventive and splendidly uncomplicated.

45 RPM, EP and 7" 33 RPM Listings (Updated Jan 27, 2009)

45 RPM Listing

Coral Records classified Pete's recordings as "Popular Music" and as "Blues"

and had separate catalog series numbers for both music classifications.

Side A - Side B - Label - Catalog # - Year

The catalog numbers for Coral's "Popular Music" Catalog 62000 Series

My Inspiration / Japansy - Coral 62107 1960
A Closer Walk / Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans - Coral 62154 1960
Columbus Stockade Blues / Sentimental Journey - Coral 62211 1961
Alone Together / Forbidden Love - Coral 62243 1961
Oh Didn't He Ramble / Allison's Theme from "Parrish" - Coral 62266 1961
Lonely Little Tune / Grasshopper - Coral 62350 1962
Casablanca / Lost Love - Coral 62365 1963
China Nights / Theme from "Women Of The World" - Coral 62376 1963
Licorice Stick / Estrellita - Coral 62413 1964
Honey Wind Blows / Humbug - Coral 62427 1965
Mr. Stick Man / Amazon - Coral 62441 1965
Whipped Cream / Midnight Pete - Coral 62446 1965
Mae / Gotta Travel On - Coral 62454 1965
Rave On / Whiffenpoof Song - Coral 62460 1965
Juliet's Theme / Walking The Floor Over You - Coral 62474 1965
Mood Indigo / Sleepy Serenade - Coral 62496 1966
Jimmy / Thoroughly Modern Millie - Coral 62516 1967
Music To Turn You On / Eyes Of Love (Carol's Theme) - Coral 62527 1967
Danke Schoen / For Pete's Sake - Coral 62545 1967
Puddin' / Les Bicyclettes de Belsize - Coral 62557 1968
Aquarius / I'm Just A Surfing Boy - Coral 62561 1969
Sunday In Country / Applause - Coral 62564 1970
Night Train To Memphis / San Antonio Rose - Coral 62565 1970

The catalog numbers for Coral's "Gospel/Blues" Catalog 65000 Series

When Saints Go Marching In / Mack The Knife - Coral 65535 1960
Dixie / San Antonio Rose - Coral 65545 1961
Farewell Blues / March Of Bob Cats - Coral 65548 1962
While We Danced At The Mardi Gras / Yes Indeed - Coral 65549 1962
American Patrol / Ain't Misbehavin' - Coral 65557 1962
Corrine Corrina / Talkin' 'bout You - Coral 65563 1962
Shine / Mighty Like The Blues - Coral 65566 1962
Marching 'round The Mountain / Sugar Bowl Parade - Coral 65577 1963
Begin The Beguine / Birth Of The Blues - Coral 65579 1963
Hello Dolly / Tippin In' - Coral 65586 1964
Honeysuckle Rose / Darktown Strutters Ball - Coral 65598 1964
Born To Lose / I Love You So Much It Hurts - Coral 65601 1964
Christmas Song / Santa Claus Medley - Coral 65605 1966
Over The Waves / Fountain In The Rain - Coral 65606 1966
My Blue Heaven / Tiger Rag - Coral 65612 1966
Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Walking Through New Orleans - Coral 65614 1967
Maria Elena / Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet - Coral 65616 1967
Mardi Gras Walking Club / When The Saints Go Marching In - Coral 65617 1968
Early In The Morning / Make Your Own Kind Music - Coral 65619 1969

Other Labels

Cabaret / Mood Indigo - DECCA 32299 1967

Yellow Dog Blues / Tailgate Blues - Brunswick 55045 1957

7" EP Records
A Closer Walk With Thee - Coral EC 81188 1959
Side A: A Closer Walk/When The Saints Come Marching In March
Side B: Way Down Yonder In New Orleans/When It's Sleepy Time Down South

Yes Indeed - Coral EC 81190 1962
Side A: Sing You Sinners/Yes Indeed
Side B: Dis Ol' Train/Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen

South Rampart St Parade - Coral EC 98120 1963
Side A: The Darktown Strutters Ball/Washington And Lee Swing
Side B: Farewell Blues/Over the Waves

Pete Fountain Plays Bert Kaempfert - MCA EP 3000 1967
Side A: A Swingin' Safari/Spanish Eyes
Side B: Strangers In The Night/Danke Shoen

Pete Fountain & Al Hirt - Coral EC 81189 1962

Side A: Farewell Blues/March Of The Bob CatsSide

B: At The Jazz Band Ball/Jazz Me Blues

New Orleans At Midnight - Coral EC ?????? 1963

The Licorice Stick Man - Bravo Records BR 377 1962
Side A: Jazz Me Blues/South Rampart Street Parade
Side B: Sensation Rag/Bugle Call Rag

Jazz At The Philharmonic - Karusell Records KEP-242 1950
Side A: Canal Street Romp/Rose Of The Rio Grande
Side B: Twelfth Street Rag/Basin Street Blues

At The Jazz Band Ball - Tempo Records - EXA-93 1959
Side A: Farewell Blues/At The Jazz Band Ball
Side B: March Of The Bobcats/Jazz Me Blues

The Basin Street Six
Rebel Rhythms - Mercury Records EP-1-3115 1952
Side A: Tin Roof Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South
Side B: Muskrat Ramble/Margie

Way Down South In New Orleans - Mercury Records EP-1-3116 1952
Side A: Hindustan/Melancholy Rhapsody
Side B: If I Could Be With You/Farewell Blues

The Jack Delaney Band
Jack Delaney And His New Orleans Jazz Babies - Tempo Records EXA-100 1959
Side A: Shine/Sidewalks Of New York
Side B: Hindustant/Till We Meet Again

Santo Pecora And His Dixie Land Jazz Band
On Canal Street - Columbia Records SEB-10104 1950
Side A: Rose Of The Rio Grande/Basin Street Blues
Side B: Twelfth Street Rag/Canal Street Stomp

Mardi Gras - Columbia Records SEB-10079 1950
Side A: March Of The Mardi Gras/Mahogany Hall Blues Stomp
Side B: Listen/My Lou'siana

Santo Pecora And His Dixie Land Jazz Band - Clef Records EP-169 1950
Side A: My Lou'siana/March Of The Mardi Gras
Side B: Mahogany Hall Stomp/Listen

Santo Pecora And His Dixie Land Jazz Band - Clef Records EP-117 1950
Side A: Canal Street Romp/Rose Of The Rio Grande
Side B: Twelfth Street Rag/Basin Street Blues

Sharkey and His Kings Of Dixieland
Sharkey and His Kings Of Dixieland - Arcadia Records 108 1955
Side A: Baby, Baby (Margie O'Dair - Vocals)
Side B: O' Mabel Where Can You Be (Texas Slim - Vocals

Sharkey and His Kings Of Dixieland - 1955 Arcadia Records 107 1955
Side A: Abbeville Our Abbeville (Sharkey Bonano - Vocals)
Side B: I Didn't Know Then, Like I Don't Know You Now (Art Petivan - Vocals)

7" - 33rpm Compact Records
Woodchopper's Ball / When My Baby Smiles At Me - Coral 7-38171
Begin The Beguine / Green Eyes - Coral 7-38172

My Inspiration / Sometimes I'm Happy - Coral 7-38173

Me and My Shadow / March of the Bobcats - Coral 7-38174

Let's Dance / Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) - Coral 7-38175

Honeysuckle Rose / Darktown Strutters' Ball - Coral 7-98072

San Antonio Rose / Mississippi Mud - Coral 7-98012
Sweet Sue, Just You / Georgia On My Mind - Coral 7-98073

Swanee River Rag / Isle Of Capri - Coral 7-98083

Swanee River Rag / Indiana - Coral 7-98092

New Orleans / Mississippi Mud - Coral 7-98096

Sebrimental Journey / Columbus Stockade Blues - Coral 7-98099
Chicago / Moonlight in Vermont - Coral 7-98100

South Rampart Street Parade - Corel 7-98120 1963

Side A: South Rampart Street Parade/Basin Street Blues/Farewell Blues

Side B: The Darktown Strutters' Ball/Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet/Over The Waves

Pete Fountain's New Orleans At Midnight - Coral 7-98123 1963

Side A: I Want To Be Happy/Rockin' Chair/Ballin' The Jack

Side B: Makin' Whoopee/Swing Low/Midnight Boogie

A Taste Of Honey - Corel 7-98129 1966

Side A: A Taste Of Honey/Theme From "The Yearling"/It's Been A Long, Long Time

Side B: Fountain In The Rain/Stand By Me/King Of The Road

I've Got You Under My Skin - Coral 7-98149 1966

Side A: I've Got You Under My Skin/Born Free/Mame

Side B: The Old French Quarter/Hanky Panky/My Blue Heaven

Tony Almerico and his Dixieland Jamboree

All StarsNative New Orleans Jazz - DOT Records DEP 527 1956

Side A: I Want To Be happy/I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas

Side B: Woodchopper's Ball/I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You

Misc.

Pete Fountain circa 1970's/80's - The Record Company of the South
Side A: Take Me To The Mardi Gras/Side B: Bitter Sweet
Special 45rpm given out at Pete's Hilton Club

Dixieland Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - Southland Records

Dixieland Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

1954 Southland Records SLP 214 Mono Only

Same LP was also published as "Jack Delaney & His New Orleans Jazz Babies" same catalog number, tracks and back cover and as "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" (but not featuring Pete Fountain's picture on the cover). Both have different front covers. Southland commonly has two or three different covers for the same LP but featuring a different talent.

Side One
Jack Delaney, Trombone
Alvin Alcorn, Trumpet
Pete Fountain, Clarinet
Chink Martin, String Bass
Roy Zimmerman, Piano
Joe Capraro, Guitar
Monk Hazel, Drums-Mellophone

Playing
1. Shine
2. Sidewalks Of New York
3. Hindustan
4. Till We Meet Again

Side Two
Jack Delaney, Trombone
Raymond Burke, Clarinet
Lee Collins, Trumpet
Stan Mendelson, Piano
Abbie Brunies, Drums
Sherwood Mangiapane, Bass

Playing
1. Careless Love
2. Bucktown Drag
3. Who's Sorry Now
4. Basin Street Blues

Cover Design by Johnny Donnels

Liner Notes:

Dixieland from New Orleans: Naturally that's where it all started, back before the turn of the century. New Orleans - where the old time marching jazz came into being: Where Ragtime: Barrel House, old and present day Dixieland all originated: And the best Dixieland is still coming from this famous bend in the Mississippi.

Here's Recorded Proof.
The greatest names in jazz history were born right here in New Orleans. To name a few: Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Kid Ory, George Brunis, Paul Mares, Leon Roppolo, Irving Fazola, Eddie Miller, Monk Hazel, Santo Pecora, Lester Bouchon, Harry Shields. Every Crescent City boy hears so much music that he can't help developing a genuine interest in this Great Jazz.

There are always parades to inspire the kids. Jazz music is always with them, all year around, Dances, Parties, Celebrations. That's why so many New Orleans Jazz Men begin playing while they're still youngsters. Parents encourage the kids who show an interest in music - After all the older folks, too, have grown up in this parade-brass atmosphere.

It's little wonder that this environment must produce great jazz musicians. So here's real New Orleans-Dixieland music at its very best, and here is a veritable cavalcade of great New Orleans Jazzmen in two spectacular groups, each built around the young leader "Jack Delaney" and his unbelievable trombone. In the world of jazz a tasteful trombone is vital. Jack Delaney possesses all of the qualifications - tone, power, exceptional inventiveness. The ability to fit perfectly in the ensemble work, and a true tailgate style. We catch Jack on these sessions playing in three different styles: The Brunis Style, The Jack Teagarden Style and The Jack Delaney Style. No one enjoys playing more than Jack. He's got Dixieland in his heart. After you hear him on these sides you'll remember the name Jack Delaney, one of the next generation of great names in New Orleans Jazz. On side one you will hear the beautifully lyrical clarinet passages of Pete Fountain who will remind one of the late great Irving Fazola.

Opposite Pete Fountain we find the unique idea of the high-ranking Raymond Burke. On side one is the youthful sensation Alvin Alcorn from whose gleaming trumpet pours the whole tradition of the Crescent City, fine driving lead and exciting solos. On side two we find Lee Collins one of the jazz immortals who has been blowing the same kind of New Orleans horn for the past three decades - And better today than ever before. On piano side one we find Roy Zimmerman. Roy working freely and solid as we've rarely heard him. Onside two we find Stanley Mendelson a young man with old ideas, possessor of a truly great left hand, he has all the barrel house rock and a sincere and emotional style all his own.

Side one, Chink Martin using his string bass to perfection and lays down a big round tone. Side two we find the popular Sherwood Mangiapane; this bass-slaper deluxe would rather bleed to death than miss a beat. On side one we find Monk Hazel on drums and mellophone, Monk's name is famous where ever jazz is heard. Monk made a lot of music and still does. Monk Hazel heard on drums here, lays down a solid beat and plays more honest-to-goodness drums than you can find anywhere else in this hide beating generation. On side two we find the late Abbie Brunis on drums, drumming in good taste and his delicate handling of the rhythm is beautifully adequate. A special treat is the appearance of Joe Capraro on guitar on side one. Joe remains unchallenged in his mastery of the guitar and retains his enormous vigor and vitality after these many years. Joe maintains his position as a top Jazz Musician (after a lay off of twenty-five years) and is already for a hot session day or night.

Southland is proud of this album and proud to be able to work and record here in New Orleans, where session like this are possible and music can be made to delight the hearts of jazz lovers all over the world. After reading the multitude of wonderful reviews accorded Jack Delaney's heart warming horn on his first LP release we include these and other printed comments.

Particularly pleasurable is the full-tone expansiveness of Delaney's Tromhone." (Downbeat)

"Jack Delaney tracks are robust music played with a high degree of musicianship. His work on Southland is of high order. A big future for this boy." (Jazz Journal)

"Young Jack Delaney is improving with every week that passes. On South-land Records he can be heard playing delightful Trombone, easy swinging stuff in perfect taste, with a big tone and very original ideas. Jack is one of the most promising musicians in the states. A big future for this grand young musician." (Melody Maker: England)

"Jack Delaney's Trombone is mellow, round and big, It is very remindful of Miff Mole and Jack Teagarden combined. For such a youngster who is still learning, it is our prediction that this is the boy to watch. He's Got It, He Loves It, And he's not spoiled by the fuss that's being made over him." (Second Line - New Orleans Jazz Club)

"Jack Delaney is super extraordinary because that young man's syncopated ensemble blowing is outstanding, and this young man can really claim the singing tone. One of the finest Trombone men in the country today." (Alan C. Weber - Waterbury - Republican - Conn.)

- Joe Mares, Jr.

New Orleans Artists Against Hunger And Homelessness - Goodwin Music

New Orleans Artists Against

Hunger And Homelessness
featuring Pete Fountain

Front Cover

Back Cover

Inside Cover

Side A is vocals, Side B is Instrumental
1985 Goodwin Music VPAG-101-GT

Autographed Cover

Newspaper Article About the Event.

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Pete Fountain LaBlanc Clarinet Ads - Memorabilia

Pete Fountain LaBlanc Clarinet Ads

LaBlanc Clarinet Ads Circa 1961 and 1975

Pete Fountain Billboard 2008 - Memorabilia,

Billboard from Louisiana

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