[Dixielandjazz] Louis Prima reviewed

[Robert Ringwald]

Louis Prima: Buona Sera (Proper Properbox)
by Andrew Vine
Yorkshire Post, April 1, 2011
Prima's a bit of a forgotten man these days, but this splendid four-CD collection
of his best work might redress the balance. It's all good fun, the leader's frantic
vocals and hot New Orleans-style trumpet spearheading a lively small band that was
a fixture of the Las Vegas lounges for years. Prima's wife, Keely Smith, pitches
in with some good vocals and the whole thing is enlivened by the unsubtle but powerful
tenor playing of Sam Butera. All the big hits are here -- Buona Sera, I Ain't Got
Nobody and many more and all round it's a set that cheers.

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