Basin Street Six

• Formed: 1950
• Disbanded: 1953
• Genres: Jazz
• Representative Albums: "Six Complete Circle Recordings", "Dixieland Jazz Concert
• Representative Songs: "Margie", "Lazy River", "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee

Biography

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. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

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