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 — Pete Fountain’s boyhood home is one step closer to gaining an official historic designation. Wednesday, the New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission considered a request to ...

The late jazz star Pete Fountain's boyhood home is viewed by some as vulnerable. According to contractor Ed Siren, who lives near the mint-green shotgun at 820 N. White St., “no one’s lived there for ...

Beverly Fountain, Pete Fountain’s widow, leaned over and planted a kiss on the portrait of her husband unveiled Saturday in the “Ancestors” area of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival grounds.

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 ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS — Mardi Gras is about tradition with family and friends. And there's one that's kicked off Carnival Day for 64 years. And one man has been the only one there every half fast step of the ...

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