Louis Prima - Louis Prima, Vol. 1

Trumpeter and vocalist Louis Prima originally patterned himself after Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller. Prima's first recordings, dating from 1934 and 1935, mostly consist of Tin Pan Alley pop tunes cheerfully (and recklessly) run through the wringers of hot novelty dance music, Dixieland and small band swing. Released by JSP in 1994, this parcel of primeval Prima is almost identical to the first volume of his complete recordings as issued five years later by the producers of the Classics Chronological Series. Read More