Louisiana Music Factory

Louisiana Music Factory Louis Prima University Of Illinois Press ISBN - 0-252-07090-9
	Louis Prima Garry Boulard paperback pp 182 University Of Illinois Press ISBN - 0-252-07090-9	$18.95
NOTES: Louis Prima Garry Boulard This is the first paperback edition of the only biography of Louis Prima, one of the most underrated jazz musicians and entertainers of the twentieth century. In a career that spanned four decades, Prima infused the grit and grace of Dixieland jazz with swing rhythms, big band sounds, and the first resonances of rock 'n' roll as he enthralled audiences with a stage presence steeped in vaudeville tradition. A native of New Orleans, this Guy Lombardo Protege known as "The Italian Satchmo" was the country's smashing new jazz sensation at New York's Famous Door in the 19030's. He went on to be a successful big band leader and a Vegas nightclub staple, virtually creating the concept of the lounge act. But because Prima, like fellow New Orleanian Louis Armstrong, emphasized his talents as an entertainer, he was frequently dismissed throughout most of his career by serious jazz critics, an omission that would be corrected only after his death. Garry Boulard is a freelance writer based in New Orleans and the author of Huey Long Invades New Orleans: The Siege of a City, 1934-36

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