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Артист: Louis Prima Альбом: The Very Best Of Louis Prima, 1999 Жанр: jazz Формат файла: EAC/APE+CUE+LOG Ссылка: CD Нахождение: Torrent

Louis Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an Italian-American entertainer, singer, actor, and trumpeter born in New Orleans. He was referred to as the "King of the Swingers".

Prima rode the musical trends of his time, starting with his seven-piece New Orleans style jazz band in the 1920s, then successively leading a Swing combo in the 1930s, a Big Band in the 1940s, a hot Vegas lounge act in the 1950s, and a pop-Rock go-go band in the 1960s, in all cases projecting his exuberant personality.

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That ebullient singer, songwriter, trumpeter, bandleader Louis Prima had the most incredible instinct for what was commercial in music. He spent more than three decades reinventing himself every few years and whatever he put his mind to seemed to be enormously successful. The general public wanted jazz; Prima gave it to them. It developed a taste for big band swing; Louis was there at the ready. A few novelty numbers? He was the man. Raucous jump music became popular and our hero was only too willing to jive and wail with the best of "em. Ever the showman, he was a fixture in Las Vegas cabaret during the Fifties. In between all this frenetic activity he somehow found enough time to compose hundreds of songs including the great swing classic Sing, Sing, Sing' , so closely associated with Benny Goodman. By way of a sideline Prima appeared in several Hollywood films in the Thirties, then, much later, sang on the soundtrack of one of the highest-grossing cartoon features of all time. It was, you might say, a full life!

It was appropriate that someone with as great a love of jazz as Louis Prima should be born in New Orleans, although the fact that he was the son of Italian immigrants ensured that his initial musical leanings were towards the classics. He studied violin, but soon switched to trumpet as as he fell under the spell of King Oliver and Louis Armstrong. As a youngster he played in several local bands with his brother Leon.

Apart from a short time spent playing with the Red Nichols band, Louis Prima remained based in New Orleans until the mid Thirties. When he eventually moved to New York he was persuaded to form his own band. Named 'Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang', it specialised in traditional jazz. A first rate aggregation, it included such luminaries as Claude Thornhill and Pee Wee Russell in its ranks. The band made such an immediate impact that its larger-than-life leader was summoned to Hollywood to appear in the musicals Rhythm On The River' with Bing Crosby and 'Rose Of Washington Square' alongside Al Jolson.

In the Forties Prima's music changed, gradually assuming a more overtly commercial flavour. The 'Dixieland' group was broken up in favour of a conventional big band with which he began to feature the quasi Italian 'novelties' which were to prove such an attractive gimmick. 'Angelina' and 'Felicia No Capecia' may have been a million miles away from his beloved New Orleans jazz, but the public adored them. At this time Louis also began singing the mini-medley of Just A Gigolo' and I Ain't Got Nobody' which he went on to record with his jump band in the Fifties.

The Prima big band clocked up several best-selling records on a variety of labels as his music underwent yet another sea change, revealing the strong influence of the emerging black R&B groups. He recruited a young vocalist called Keely Smith which gave him another good idea.

The days of big bands were, by and large, over by the Fifties as it was unviable to keep a large group on the road while making a profit. Prima reduced his personnel, introduced the wild honking saxophone of Sam Butera and with Keely Smith (by now his wife) went on to enjoy the most successful period of his career. Rock and Roll was all the rage with teenagers and even though he was in his mid forties, Louis' caught the mood exactly. The group rocked like mad as 'Jump, Jive and Wail' (recently revived to million selling effect by Brian Setzer), and Just A Gigolo' were followed by I've Got You Under My Skin' and the high camp of'Buena Sera' onto thousands of jukeboxes in the United States.

Prima's high public profile together with his extrovert stage personality ensured him a welcome in the teen-free zone of Las Vegas where the approval of the well-heeled, blue-rinse brigade guaranteed him a lengthy tenure in the area's many glitzy nightclubs. He even returned to the silver screen with a part in the 1959 production Hey Boy, Hey Girl'.

If Louis Prima's career went into decline for much of the Sixties, it has to be remembered that by that youth-obsessed decade he was well into middle age. A recording contract with Dot' produced mediocre cover versions of earlier material such as a bizarre version of Bert Kaempfert's Wonderland By Night'. Louis returned to New Orleans where he lived in semi-retirement. The 1969 call to undertake the voice-over for King Louis in 'The Jungle Book' was as unexpected as it was welcome. Even if he was not seen it gave him a chance to experience a final, brief period in the limelight. It was Prima's last hurrah. He lived until 1978, with many pleasant memories to look back on, for he had packed more into his sixty-seven years than most artists could manage in two lifetimes.

© 1999 Tony Watts, London




Tracks:

TRACKLIST

1. Just a gigolo I ain't got nobody. . . . . . . . . . .04:19  2. Angelina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03:09  3. Robin Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .04:03  4. Felicia no capecia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03:06  5. Please don't squeeza da banana. . . . . . . . . . . .02:53  6. Hitsum-kitsum-bumpity-itsum (with Lily Ann Carol) . .02:44  7. Josephina, please no lean on the bell . . . . . . . .02:30  8. Marguerita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .02:35  9. Baciagaloop (makes love on the stoop).mp3 . . . . . .02:49 10. The white cliffs of Dover . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03:03 11. Ya gotta see baby tonight . . . . . . . . . . . . . .02:24 12. Some Sunday morning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03:21 13. I'm livin' in a great big way . . . . . . . . . . . .03:05 14. The lady in red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03:01 15. In a little gypsy tea room. . . . . . . . . . . . . .02:52 16. Chasing shadows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03:01 17. It's the rhythm in me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03:02 18. Chinatown, my Chinatown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03:08 19. Swing me with rhythm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .02:52 20. Sugar is sweet and so are you . . . . . . . . . . . .03:04 21. I still want you. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .02:59 22. Let's swing it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .02:39 23. That's where the south begins . . . . . . . . . . . .03:25 24. Bright eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .02:44

SONGWRITERS:
1. (Casucci/Caesar) (Williams/Graham)
2. (Roberts/Fisher)
3. (Prima/Miketta)
4. (Drake/Hoffman/Livingston)
5. (Prima/Zero/Faffe)
6. (Prima/SkyIar)
7. (Nelson/Pease/Leonard)
8. (Revel/Skylar/Prima)
9. (Prima/Brodsky/Tapper)
10. (Burton/Kent)
11. CPrima/Stock/Powell)
12. (Jerome/Kochler/Heindorf)
13. (McHugh/Fields)
14. (Wrubel/Dixon)
15. (Burke/Leslie)
16. (Silver/Davis)
17. (Prima)
18.(Jerome/Schwartz)
19. (Prima/Mills)
20. (Prima/Mills)
21. (Prima/Mills)
22. (Manone)
23. (Waller)
24. (Jerome/Smith/Motzan)

CODE

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SONGWRITERS:
1. (Casucci/Caesar) (Williams/Graham)
2. (Roberts/Fisher)
3. (Prima/Miketta)
4. (Drake/Hoffman/Livingston)
5. (Prima/Zero/Faffe)
6. (Prima/SkyIar)
7. (Nelson/Pease/Leonard)
8. (Revel/Skylar/Prima)
9. (Prima/Brodsky/Tapper)
10. (Burton/Kent)
11. CPrima/Stock/Powell)
12. (Jerome/Kochler/Heindorf)
13. (McHugh/Fields)
14. (Wrubel/Dixon)
15. (Burke/Leslie)
16. (Silver/Davis)
17. (Prima)
18.(Jerome/Schwartz)
19. (Prima/Mills)
20. (Prima/Mills)
21. (Prima/Mills)
22. (Manone)
23. (Waller)
24. (Jerome/Smith/Motzan)

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