LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET)

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Louis Prima (December 7, 1910 - August 24, 1978) was born into a musical family in New Orleans. His family emigrated from Sicily, Italy, and after a brief stay in Argentina settled in the United States. Prima studied violin for several years as a child. His older brother Leon was a well regarded local bandleader. Prima was proud of his heritage, and made a point of letting the audience know at every performance that he was Italian-American and from New Orleans. His singing and playing showed that he absorbed many of the same influences as his fellow Crescent City musician, Louis Armstrong, particularly in his hoarse voice and scat singing.

In his youth, Prima played trumpet with Irving Fazola, his brother's band, and the pit band of the Saenger Theater. In 1933 he began his busy recording career, as part of the David Rose orchestra at station WGN, Chicago; he
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LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Play Pretty For The People album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Play Pretty For The People
Big Band 1946
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) The Wildest! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Wildest!
Swing 1956
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Louis Prima With Orchestra album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Louis Prima With Orchestra
Big Band 1957
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Strictly Prima! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Strictly Prima!
Big Band 1959
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Wonderland By Night album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Wonderland By Night
Big Band 1960
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Pretty Music Prima Style Volume One album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pretty Music Prima Style Volume One
Swing 1960
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Doin' The Twist With Louis Prima album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Doin' The Twist With Louis Prima
Swing 1961
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) New Sounds of the Louis Prima Show album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
New Sounds of the Louis Prima Show
Big Band 2002

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LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) The Call of the Wildest album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Call of the Wildest
Big Band 1957
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Louis Prima & Keely Smith album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Louis Prima & Keely Smith
Swing 1987
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Zooma Zooma: The Best of Louis Prima album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Zooma Zooma: The Best of Louis Prima
Big Band 1990
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Louis Prima Orchestra album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Louis Prima Orchestra
Big Band 1991
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) His Greatest Hits album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
His Greatest Hits
Big Band 1994
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) The Capitol Recordings album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
The Capitol Recordings
Big Band 1994
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Louis Prima - Feat. Keely Smith - Greatest Hits album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Louis Prima - Feat. Keely Smith - Greatest Hits
Big Band 1995
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) The Original Louis Prima album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Original Louis Prima
Big Band 1996
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) V-Disc: A Musical Contribution by America's Best for Our Armed Forces Overseas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
V-Disc: A Musical Contribution by America's Best for Our Armed Forces Overseas
Big Band 1998
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Pretty Music & Wonderland by Night album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pretty Music & Wonderland by Night
Big Band 1998
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Beepin' & Boppin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Beepin' & Boppin'
Big Band 1999
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Louis Prima And His New Orleans Gang : 1934-1935 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Louis Prima And His New Orleans Gang : 1934-1935
Swing 1999
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Say It With a Slap album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Say It With a Slap
Big Band 1999
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Buona Sera - The Best, the Wildest album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Buona Sera - The Best, the Wildest
Big Band 2000
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Cocktail Hour album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cocktail Hour
Big Band 2000
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Just a Gigolo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just a Gigolo
Big Band 2002
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Best of the War Years album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Best of the War Years
Big Band 2003
LOUIS PRIMA (TRUMPET) Jump, Jive an' Wail: The Essential Louis Prima album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jump, Jive an' Wail: The Essential Louis Prima
Big Band 2007

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