Louis Prima Jr. & The Witnesses To Release Blow On June 10 A different kind of musical dawn is coming with flashes of rowdy big band, simmering soul and swaggering rock 'n' roll as Louis Prima Jr. and ...

The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles is celebrating the legacy of a legendary musician. Its Louis Prima Party kicks off at 6 p.m. Friday, March 22. “This event is presented in conjunction with ...

As he discussed his second-generation show business career, Louis Prima Jr., son of the late Crescent City showman, rolled up his sleeve to reveal a portrait of his father tattooed on his left forearm ...

Sam Butera, 81, a hard-swinging tenor saxophonist who formed a rowdy and successful onstage partnership with entertainers Louis Prima and Keely Smith in the 1950s, died June 3 at a hospital in Las ...

Sam Butera, photographed in his native New Orleans in 2002. Sam Butera, the hard-driving, hard-swinging New Orleans saxophonist who was Louis Prima's longtime musical partner, died Wednesday in Las ...

Louis Prima Jr. knows all about having to live up to a famous father’s legacy. “I could open the gates for the Second Coming, and people would go, ‘Yeah, but He’s not His father,’ ” he jokes. The son ...

The son of a legendary jump-swing bandleader, Louis Prima Jr. grew up listening to classic rock and even fronted a rock band in the 1980s "with long hair and everything." But the excitement of his ...

Chicago, IL, December 10, 2001 – The music of the legendary Louis Prima will “Jump, Jive and Wail” its way back onto stages nationwide during his daughter Lena Prima’s live tribute “Louis Prima, ...

You may not know the names behind the original 1950s Las Vegas lounge act, Louis Prima and Keely Smith, but you've definitely heard of a duo they influenced: Sonny and Cher. Like Keely, Cher sang and ...

Lena is the youngest daughter of the legendary Louis Prima, a native of Las Vegas and raised in New Orleans, where she found her calling in the vibrant tunes of her father's legacy. Expect a ...

A former bandmate of Louis Prima argues in this 1999 video biography that the exuberant crooner, trumpeter, and composer belongs on the “Mount Rushmore of Italian singers,” alongside Sinatra and ...