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Capitol Collectors Series: Louis Prima
Louis Prima
Capitol Collectors Series: Louis Prima
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Broadway & Vocalists
 
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No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: PRIMA,LOUIS Title: CAPITOL COLLECTORS SERIES Street Release Date: 05/21/1991

     
   

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All Artists: Louis Prima
Title: Capitol Collectors Series: Louis Prima
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 3
Label: Emd Int'l
Original Release Date: 5/21/1991
Release Date: 5/21/1991
Album Type: Import
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Traditional Blues, Regional Blues, East Coast Blues, Jump Blues, Swing Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Dixieland, Easy Listening, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Classic Vocalists, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 077779407224, 077779407255

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No Description Available
No Track Information Available
Media Type: CD
Artist: PRIMA,LOUIS
Title: CAPITOL COLLECTORS SERIES
Street Release Date: 05/21/1991

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Kevin G. (kkg-ct) from NEW FAIRFIELD, CT
Reviewed on 8/20/2015...
A great deal of fun. Very high energy that shows why Louie was one of the first Vegas head liners. Hour plus play time and all stand outs.
1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Al D. (Kcmissieblue) from TEWKSBURY, MA
Reviewed on 9/21/2006...
Very Good

CD Reviews

The joy of life!
10/27/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This disk rocks, and is packed with great, upbeat music. It brims with humor and spirit. Even though it runs for well over an hour, I feel let down when it's over.Unlike many of the people who have posted here before me, I have no particular interest in the swing revival, and I did not come across Louis Prima via Brian Setzer. Brian Setzer is, however, as good a link to Louis Prima as any. Prima was a mysterious figure who played heavily in the otherwise fictional 50's period Italian food film "Big Night" (1996). Intrigued, I bought this disk after seeing "Big Night" in the theatre. True, the song "Beep Beep" is dated and corny, but it differs from the rest of the disk only in its space-age subject matter and "otherworldly" slide-guitar sound effects. It was topical during the late-50's space race. Everything else holds up perfectly well over 40-plus years.Prima's band is tight, yet spontaneous and not sterile. He has a great onstage comic rapport with cohort Sam Butera, and also with his then-wife and straight-woman Keely Smith.Example on "Won't You Please Come Home" --Keely: (singing) "Won't you come get your baby..."Louis: (stage whisper aside to audience) "Call from 'The Point'." This disk is a must for any non-classical music lover with a pulse. This is in my top 5 CD's, out of perhaps 300 I own, and is certainly a "desert island disk." Deservedly, almost everyone on this page has given it 5 stars. It doesn't get any better than this, kids."
AN ALBUM YOU WILL TREASURE FOREVER!
02/23/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Long before Brian Setzer did "Jump Jive N' Wail," and David Lee Roth did "Just A Gigolo," there was Louis Prima. He is one of the most underated and unappreciated American musicians of the 20th century! Just listen to Setzer's and Roth's (but don't waste your money buying their CD's) versions of those songs, and then listen to Prima's. Not only did Roth and Setzer literally rip off Prima (because they did little to embellish on what Prima had already done), but Prima was making this music 40 years before them! However, this is a testament to Prima's immense talent because his music is as hip today as it was 40 years ago when he was one of the greatest shows in Vegas. Prima was also a gifted songwriter and trumpet player. His voice is unique and no one else has a style like him. The music on this CD covers Prima in his prime and the sound qaulity is excellent. There is a remarkable timelessness to this album because the recordings sound so spontaneous. This album will kick any party into high-gear and will always put a smile on your face. If you really want the real Mcoy when it comes to swing, then Prima's music can't be beat. Prima was a pioneer in swing/jazz who's time has come. He deserves more than just Gap commercials and soundtracks to movies. His place in American music needs to be redefined as one of the greats whose genius was just as immense as Sir Duke's and Dizzy's. Get this album and you'll see what I'm talking about and then tell your friends where the real Swing comes from."