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 ...

Born in New Orleans, trumpeter, singer and entertainer Louis Prima grew up in the city's Italian-American community. He was influenced not only by New Orleans's Black jazz and folk culture but also ...

Louis Prima Jr., Kate Curran and The Witnesses. (Staten Island Advance/Carol Ann Benanti) Louis Prima Jr. and The Witnesses, who travel the world bringing the music of his famous dad (of the same name ...

For the type of obsessive listeners who scour liner notes and credits, the new Kanye West and Kid Cudi album Kids See Ghostsprovided a treasure trove of information. But in between the nod to the ...

When your father was Las Vegas royalty and one of the hippest cats in history, you naturally grow up with music in your blood. Born in 1965, Louis Prima Jr. is the son of Louis Prima and Gia Maione, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The lights will shine again in Lorenzo’s Cabaret, the popular entertainment venue at Hilton Garden Inn, Friday evening. Louis Prima Jr. and The Witnesses, a team of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lena Prima, daughter of "The King of Swing," wants to help set the record straight. For years, many have wondered how her father Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra – two Italian crooners who heated up Sin ...

It's likely that Louis Prima would have faded into obscurity if not for the Gap ad that featured young, khaki-wearing twenty-somethings swing dancing to "Jump, Jive, and Wail. That ad appeared at the ...

Every week, Good Food’s Music Supervisor Gary Mecija selects a song to cook by. All of Gary’s music selections are added to Good Food’s Music to Cook By Playlist which lives on the right-hand sidebar ...

Louis Leo Prima was an American trumpeter, singer, entertainer, and bandleader. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he ...