Louis Leo Prima was an Italian-American singer, actor, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he formed a seven-piece New Orleans-style jazz band in the late 1920s, fronted a swing combo in the 1930s and a big band group in the 1940s, helped to popularize jump blues in the late 1940s and early to mid 1950s, and performed frequently as a Vegas lounge act beginning in the 1950s.
Louis Prima
Active - 1936 - 2010 |
Birth - Dec 7, 1910 |
Death - Aug 24, 1978 |
Genres - Music, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Romance
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Subgenres - Musical, Exploitation Film, LGBT-Related Film, Romantic Comedy, Western Film
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