{"product_id":"louis-prima","title":"Louis Prima","description":"\u003cp\u003eLouis 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 stage presence. Garry Boulard pens the biography of the underrated jazz musician, Las Vegas mainstay, and popular entertainer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native of New Orleans, Prima was a Guy Lombardo protÉgÉ known as \"The Italian Satchmo\" who became the country's new jazz sensation at New York's Famous Door in the 1930s. He went on to success as a big band leader before virtually creating the lounge act as a Las Vegas nightclub staple. Employing and later marrying singer Keely Smith, Prima rode high with a series of hit songs and smash albums in the Fifties. But Boulard also looks past the over-the-top stage antics to restore Prima's legacy as an overlooked jazz musician and vocalist, and as a bandleader with an uncanny ability to fuse disparate styles into music that kept audiences cheering and dancing for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54244352754008,"sku":"9780252070907","price":26.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780252070907.jpg?v=1779859857","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/louis-prima","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}