Louis Prima |
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| Author:
| Boulard, Garry |
| Series title: | Music in American Life Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-07090-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2002 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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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 and big band sounds, the first whiffs of rock 'n' roll, and a vaudevillian-like stage ......
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 and big band sounds, the first whiffs of rock 'n' roll, and a vaudevillian-like stage ......