Pete Fountain, the clarinetist who became a global ambassador for New Orleans jazz with his flawlessly slippery technique and joyful sound, died Saturday of heart failure while in hospice care in New ...

Around dusk on April 2, as he plans to do every evening as long the coronavirus shutdown continues, New Orleans jazz clarinetist Tim Laughlin stepped out onto his Royal Street balcony and played his ...

This week, Riverwalk Jazz spotlights the rich legacy of jazz clarinet players from the Crescent City. The sound of New Orleans jazz is unique. The distinctive New Orleans clarinet sound blends with ...

Pete Fountain, New Orleans jazz clarinetist who appeared on “The Lawrence Welk Show” and “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” has died. He was 86. Fountain died of heart failure on Saturday in ...

We're joined by a New Orleans institution — clarinetist and vocalist Doreen Ketchens. She's got several nicknames — "Lady Louie," "Queen Clarinet," and "Miss Satchmo," all of after her biggest idol, ...

This week we mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of New Orleans clarinetist and bandleader George Lewis, whom the Historic New Orleans Collection called “among the most influential and widely ...

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, as well as new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, ...

Great to read the article on New Orleans (“New Orleans True Royalty,” by Christopher Reynolds, April 7), especially about Doreen Ketchens, an incredible jazz clarinet player, and her group. We have ...

Pete Fountain, the goateed clarinetist who became a global ambassador of New Orleans jazz with his flawlessly slippery technique and joyful sound, died Saturday of heart failure while in hospice care ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Clarinetist Pete Fountain, whose Dixieland jazz virtuosity and irrepressible wit endeared him to his native New Orleans and earned him decades of national television fame, died ...

NEW ORLEANS — Clarinetist Pete Fountain, whose Dixieland jazz virtuosity and irrepressible wit endeared him to his native New Orleans and earned him decades of national television fame, died of heart ...