Release Date: 21 May, 1991
Audio CD
Tracks
- Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
- Oh Marie
- Buona Sera
- Jump, Jive, An' Wail
- Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South
- Lip
- Whistle Stop
- 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days
- Banana Split for My Baby
- There'll Be No Next Time - Sam Butera
- When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)/The Sheik of Arab
- Baby Won't You Please Come Home
- I've Got the World on a String
- Pennies from Heaven
- Angelina/Zooma Zooma
- Beep! Beep!
- Embraceable You/I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
- Sing, Sing, Sing
- That Old Black Magic
- Music Goes 'Round and Around
- Hey Boy, Hey Girl
- Lazy River
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- You're Just in Love
- Twist All Night
- St. Louis Blues
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Rating 5.0
Wildly EntertainingI bought this CD because "That Old Black Magic" was always one of my favorites. I had heard that Prima was pretty good but I wasn't familiar with the level of his (and his band's) talent. This CD blew me away the first time I heard it and it lifts me up every time I play it. Prima and his band have a lively sound and they obviously have a good time producing it. I saw, from the liner notes, that they were billed "the wildest show at Tahoe" and I can believe it. I'm only sorry that I never had the occassion to see this act live.
The songs on this CD are almost all very good. In fact, the ones I didn't care for that much ("Banana Split", "Hey Boy, Hey Girl") probably can be found on someone else's favorites list. The ones that I really livened up to were "Just a Giolo-Ain't Got Nobody", "Oh Marie", "When You're Smiling", "Pennies From Heaven" and "Angelina-Zooma Zooma". I pared that list down leaving off a lot of other great ones (including "That Old Black Magic"). Listen to these and you'll feel the excitement of music.
I have bought other Prima CD's since this one and I have enjoyed them but they do not come close to the beginning to end quality that there is on this CD. If chamber music is your thing then you're not even reading this review. If you want to jump, jive, and wail, THIS is the music for you!Louis Prima Is A Wildman!This is a "must have" CD for any fan of Louis Prima. This album really SWINGS and even ROCKS at times! There's not a bad cut on it. Backed by his excellent tenor sax man, Sam Butera, Prima blasts through a series of cuts in his own inimitable style, on occasion abeted by the great Keely Smith. Prima was a one-of-a-kind performer whose career spanned the big band era, post-war jazz era and the rock era. If you only get one Louis Prima album, make it this one!The Music Goes 'Round and AroundSongs are performed between 1956 and 1962 by Sam Butera and The Witnesses and by Luigi's wife Keely Smith. All the classics are here "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" gave Dave Lee Roth a hit, "Jump, Jive, An' Wail" was a big hit for "The Brian Setzer Orchestra", "Sing, Sing, Sing" for Benny Goodman Orchestra. This is goddamn great Jump Blues! |
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