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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 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 InchThe Memphis BluesInch; InchBayou BluesInch and the seminal InchSt. Louis BluesInch. Pete Fountain also pays homage to the great clarinetists of their time with wonderful renditions of InchWoodchoppers BallInch, InchSometimes I'm HappyInch, InchBegin the BeguineInch and InchAmapolaInch 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. Album Tracks 1. St. Louis Blues 2. Blue Fountain 3. Columbus Stockade Blues 4. Aunt Hager's Blues 5. Lonesome Road 6. The Memphis Blues 7. My Inspiration 8. Wang Wang Blues 9. Beale Street Blues 10. Wabash Blues 11. Five Point Blues 12. Bayou Blues 13. St. James Infirmary 14. March Through the Streets of Their City 15. Blues on Bourbon Street 16. Lazy River 17. Woodchopper's Blues 18. Petite Fleur 19. Sometime's I'm Happy 20. Frenesi 21. When My Baby Smiles at Me 22. March of the Bob Cats 23. Begin the Beguine 24. Me and My Shadow 25. Green Eyes 26. Let's Dance 27. My Inspiration 28. Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) 29. I Love Paris 30. Comme Ci, Comme Ca (Clopin, Clopant) 31. Frere Jazz 32. Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) 33.
