Paperback / softback
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Louis Prima infused the grit and grace of Dixieland jazz with swing and big band sounds, the first whiffs of rock 'n' roll, and a vaudevillian stage presence.
Garry Boulard pens the biography of the underrated jazz musician, Las Vegas mainstay, and popular entertainer. A native of New Orleans, Prima was a Guy Lombardo protégé known as "The Italian Satchmo" who became the country's new jazz sensation at New York's Famous Door in the 1930s.
He went on to success as a big band leader before virtually creating the lounge act as a Las Vegas nightclub staple.
Employing and later marrying singer Keely Smith, Prima rode high with a series of hit songs and smash albums in the Fifties.
But Boulard also looks past the over-the-top stage antics to restore Prima's legacy as an overlooked jazz musician and vocalist, and as a bandleader with an uncanny ability to fuse disparate styles into music that kept audiences cheering and dancing for decades.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:26/06/2002
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- ISBN:9780252070907
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:26/06/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252070907
