Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. (Pete Fountain) Quotes

I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets.

Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr.

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• I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets.

  

  Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr.
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  • Reading