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Author: GBK
Date: 2013-11-24 05:02
Previously unavailable, many of the complete "Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" full episodes are now available on YouTube.
Pete Fountain's most memorable performance on 11/2/79 can now be enjoyed once again. Live, no retakes - simply amazing
Start at 26:20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrufXvOpsJ8
...GBK
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Author: clarinetist04
Date: 2013-11-24 17:06
That's great fun to listen to. Wonder when we'll see a clarinet solo on another late night show...
I'm not holding my breath.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2013-11-24 18:51
Anyone know why Pete had his keywork gold plated?
Bob Draznik
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Author: Barry Vincent
Date: 2013-11-24 20:52
"Anyone know why Pete had his keywork gold plated?
Because it looks like a million dollars !
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Author: Arnoldstang
Date: 2013-11-24 21:02
I like it when he starts rockin side to side....you know things are beginning to happen.
Freelance woodwind performer
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Author: MarlboroughMan
Date: 2013-11-24 21:17
Not exactly sure about why he went for gold plating on his keys--maybe cosmetic. But I do know that keywork was the primary reason he switched from Selmers to Leblanc in the 1950s. Pete told me that the soft keywork on Selmers drove him crazy: he would bash them out of shape. The Leblancs stood up to abuse better. Before then, he'd really liked the Selmer sound. I didn't ask him which model he'd played, and I didn't ask if any of his earliest recordings were made on Selmers. I know that he'd switched to Leblanc before his return to NOLA, though, so none of those post-Welk recordings were on Selmers.
(Interesting note: the TV gigs stressed him out the most. He said he would get so nervous that his mind would freeze. Did an amazing job anyhow---one of my heroes as a kid, and still to this day).
Eric
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2013-11-25 13:20
GBK, thank you for posting that link!
YouTube is turning into a fantastic resource for formerly hard-to-find historic performances. I've been adding real-life pianist Fanny Davies to some fiction I'm writing that's set in London in 1888, with scenes at real concerts. She lived until 1934. Checked YouTube ... yup, found several of her performances! -- audio only but invaluable. Without being able to hear her and read 19th century reviews now easily searchable online, I'd have gotten a completely wrong impression of her personality, because photographs make her look rather grim. She must have pulled a face for the cameras, because her music was the opposite of grim!
Although I'm not dragging Pete Fountain out of real life for any fictional shenanigans, I now have a very different impression of him than I had before I saw that clip. I'd imagined him moving around a lot more because of the way he bends the tone. I have to admit I got sidetracked somewhat by watching the near proximity of the ligature screws to his beard -- carefully trimmed to leave bare skin just under his lip! I'm surprised he didn't switch to a reverse lig.
Eric wrote,
>(Interesting note: the TV gigs stressed him out the most. He said he would get so nervous that his mind would freeze. Did an amazing job anyhow---one of my heroes as a kid, and still to this day).
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Never would have guessed he was nervous from that performance.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
To hear the audio, click on the "Scorch Plug-In" box above the score.
Post Edited (2013-11-25 13:35)
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Author: RichA
Date: 2013-11-25 17:49
GBK, perhaps you or one of the other readers can answer a Pete Fountain question that has bothered me for years. Around 1959 Pete produced an LP recorded live called "Pete Fountain Day". I have a couple of copies and I consider it not only outstanding, but an example of Pete at his absolute zenith. This LP has never been issued as a CD and I cannot understand why. Does anyone have an answer?
Rich
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Author: GBK
Date: 2013-11-25 19:37
Many of Pete Fountain's early albums were issued by Coral Records (a subsidiary of Decca) and although the company had a nice roster of jazz and pop artists (including Buddy Holly) they eventually were taken over by MCA and issued as budget, low priced recordings.
It seems that many of these albums have yet to make it to CD, and today they all fall under the umbrella of Universal Music Group.
...GBK
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