Preservationists are working to save New Orleans clarinetist Pete Fountain’s boyhood Mid-City home, now considered one of the city’s most endangered historic sites.

Legendary New Orleans musician, Bourbon Street club owner, and ambassador for the city Pete Fountain turns 84 years old today. Born Pierre Dewey LaFontaine, Jr., on July 3, 1930 in New Orleans, he ...

New Orleans clarinetist Pete Fountain has passed away this morning at 5 a.m. August 6, 2016 he was 86. Fountain who has had health problems, including heart surgery and a stroke retired from ...

Most people who grew up in the rock era viewed clarinetist Pete Fountain the same way they did Al Hirt—a bearded New Orleans traditional jazz player who turned up on lots of variety shows in the late ...

The mint-green double shotgun where jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain first picked up his instrument is sitting empty and ...

As far as many New Orleanians are concerned, there was no better player of a woodwind instrument than Pete Fountain. Make WDSU a preferred source on Google ...

PERFORMANCE DURING OUR EXTENDED COVERAGE AND A POPULAR MARDI GRAS WALKING CLUB IS ALSO MAKING SOME CHANGES DUE TO THE WEATHER. THE PETE FOUNTAIN HALF-FAST WALKING CLUB WILL START STRUTTING AT 7 A.M.

Pete Fountain sure knows how to make an entrance. When Casino Magic Bay St. Louis wanted to hold a news conference about its new partnership with Fountain, the legendary musician showed up in typical ...

WWL's Doug Mouton talks with members of the Half-Fast Walking Club as they remember Pete Fountain.