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Pete Fountain (born Pierre Dewey LaFontaine, Jr.; July 3, – August 6, ) was an American jazz clarinetist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He played in various traditional and contemporary genres of jazz, such as Dixieland, pop jazz, honky-tonk jazz, as well as pop, and Creole music.

Taking up the clarinet as a small boy, Fountain was sufficiently adept to play and record before he was out of his teens. In the early 50s he worked with various bands in his home town, including the Basin Street Six. In he formed his own small band and for the next couple of years played with this group and with the Dukes Of Dixieland.

Pete Fountain was born on July 3, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA as Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. He was married to Beverly Lang. He died on August 6, in New Orleans.

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Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr., known professionally as Pete Fountain, was an American jazz clarinetist.