Funeral services for New Orleans music icon Pete Fountain will be held at St. Louis Cathedral on Wednesday, August 17.
Visitation will take place from 9am to 11:30am, and mass is scheduled for noon to 1pm. The service will be followed by a jazz funeral.
As previously reported, Fountain passed away on the morning of Saturday, August 6 at the age of 86. The clarinetist extraordinaire had been dealing with health issues for a few years, and had retired from performing in April of 2014.
Fountain is survived by his wife Beverly, three children, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.