Track Listings (21) - Disc #1| All Artists: Louis Prima Title: Say It With a Slap Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Buddha Original Release Date: 6/29/1999 Release Date: 6/29/1999 Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Broadway & Vocalists Styles: Traditional Blues, Jump Blues, Swing Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Dixieland, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Classic Vocalists, Traditional Vocal Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 744659961427 |
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 | Louis Prima Say It With a Slap Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Broadway & Vocalists
By now, everyone has heard trumpeter-bandleader Louis Prima singing his lounge classics from the '50s--"Jump Jive N' Wail," "Old Black Magic," and "Just a Gigolo." But here's a package of Prima's lesser-heard recordings--s... more » |
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Amazon.com essential recording By now, everyone has heard trumpeter-bandleader Louis Prima singing his lounge classics from the '50s--"Jump Jive N' Wail," "Old Black Magic," and "Just a Gigolo." But here's a package of Prima's lesser-heard recordings--sides from 1947 to 1949--by the then-leader of an 18-musician big band. Recorded for the Victor record company long before Prima founded his Vegas nightclub routine, these songs often sound more indebted to Spike Jones than to Frank Sinatra. They're jazzy, frenetic, and--most of all--filled with cornball humor. Prima, a master of the double-entendre, performs memorable numbers such as "All Right Louie, Drop the Gun," "The Bee Song," and "You Can't Tell the Depth of the Well"--all songs you're not likely to find on the next hipster compilation. Remastered and sounding much better than other recordings from this period, this is a great package and a must-have for Prima-philes. A young Keely Smith joins her future husband on a few numbers, and there's really not a dud tune in the set. Great stuff. --Jason Verlinde Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsLaughs with Louis from his late-forties "novelty" band Scott MacGillivray | Massachusetts, USA | 04/27/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "Louis Prima had several careers as a bandleader. In the 1930s he led his "Dixieland Gang" in hot jazz, then in the early forties he formed a more conventional big band, and in the fifties he found his niche as the genial king of the Las Vegas lounge bands. This collection showcases the obscure late-forties Prima band, which emphasized novelty tunes and scored only one mainstream hit, "Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)." The opening cut, "All Right, Louis, Drop the Gun," is the closest this album comes to a Spike Jones record; you'll even hear Jones's vocalist George Rock in an uncredited falsetto. But in general, this band is closer to Kay Kyser than Spike Jones. These guys aren't satirists like the Jones gang and aren't as outrageously zany, but they do have fun with silly songs. The arrangements are big and brassy in the swing-era tradition, and most of them have amusing call-and-response vocals between maestro and band (Louis begins to sing "All of Me" and the band yells "NO!!!!!"). Some of the standards heard here have unique twists -- "Five Foot Two" opens with Louis hilariously imitating a police call! -- but there's some good "straight" material, too. The best is "Mean to Me," boasting fine musicianship by Prima and band.Fidelity is excellent. A good bet for big-band fans, and if you like Prima you'll enjoy this."
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