Lazy River
Performance title : Lazy River
Artist name : Basin Street Six
Release title : Farewell Blues/Lazy River (B side)
Release date : Nov 1951
Record label : Mercury
Catalogue number : 5739-X45
Format : 7" vinyl
Links (to verify) : http://www.45cat.com/record/5739x45
Remarks : Pete Fountain was a member of this band.
Info from allmusic: The New Orleans-based Basin Street Six was most notable for featuring clarinetist Pete Fountain and trumpeter/vocalist George Girard at the beginning of their careers. A Dixieland sextet that also included trombonist Joe Rotis and pianist Roy Zimmerman among the soloists, the Basin Street Six worked steadily for a time in New Orleans and recorded for 504, Circle, and Mercury; the Circle recordings have been reissued on CD by GHB.
Wikipedia: The Basin Street Six was a Dixieland sextet founded in 1950 in New Orleans that had some famous members, including George Girard, Roy Zimmerman, Pete Fountain, Joe Rotis and Charlie Duke among others.They recorded for various record companies, including Mercury Records and 504 Records.
The band performed during the late 1970s, 80s, and 90s at the helm of famed New Orleans clarinetist Chuck Credo, who toured with the band through Europe, Singapore, and Asia. Credo's Basin Street Six recorded one official release "Jazzin' From New Orleans To Nashville" in 1984 to coincide with the New Orleans World's Fair. The album is still in print and available through WCIII Records.[1]
