The Wildest!

This is an album I didn’t know I needed to hear. But I did. So fun. It is an album that would be great to listen to while making homemade pasta and gravy for my (nonexistent) large Italian family with my (also nonexistent) Italian sisters. Also, I am not Italian.

This was a fun and diverse listen. Prima must have been a great show to catch live.

Fun

8.5/10. I loved it. It reminded me of fallout. Love the brass accompanying it.

I had a really fun time listening to this one. I think we can thank Fallout for me even entertaining the idea of music like this. Now I have a fondness for this sound. I especially like the duets. I'm starting to find the vocal jazz artists that I enjoy. 4

Super fun, loved the voice on Keely Smith. *insert gif of George McFly boppin’ at the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance*

Gramp's own Pa's easy listening. Put the record on in the ol' folks home and watch them stare far away into the distant past remembering a different time back when they were young and spry and their parents who controlled the radio had Louis Prima on it. So far away, and yet, I can connect with the music today. The Wildest! endures.

Honky honky tonk

Tasty!

The title says it all. AROo Very cool pre alt sound, very special. Didn't stick in my brain a lot melodically but i don't think it's trying to. The contrasts hold a place in me though.

Wild and swingin!

Great lively swing with timeless appeal

50 talet hade sån slop production man... de hä gick hårt

Very fun record

Came without expectations, found a nice collection of songs

"The Wlldest!" is an album that was recorded by New Orleans trumpeter and vocalist Louis Prima, vocalist and wife Keely Smith and saxophonist Sam Butera and The Witnesses. The album was recorderded live at the Las Vegas Sahara Lounge at 3AM on April 19, 1956. The genre is swing and jump blues. The album begins with a cover medley of "Just a Gigolo" and "Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me)." Now this is fun. Swing and jump blues....Yes. Great female backing vocals. A sax and trumpet solo. Of course, a lot of people may know this from the David Lee Roth cover. Keely Smith takes over the vocals on "(Nothing Too Good) For My Bady." Horns. Piano. Goofy vocals making up sounds as they go as Louis joins in. "The Lip" continues the fun and games. More blues with piano. "Yip. Yip, yip...no one plays like Louis the Lip." The piano that is. A song that defines swing and jump blues is "Jump, Jive an' Wail." Great horns. A piano solo. Another song remade later on by Brian Setzer. "Buona Sera" is a serenade to Napoli, the Mediterranean and his girl. Prima scatting and the song starts to jive. Sax, noises, clapping and I'd imagine lots of dancing while recording. I'd never thought of time traveling back to 1956 but if I did I'd probably want to be in The Sahara Longe on April 19 at 3AM. I can see why a number of artists have covered versions of these songs. A album to kick back and have fun to.

Good stuff

Absolutely fantastic. Love the call and response with him and the saxophone. Also my first quote when I heard the album was “I think this is the guy who sings Pennies from heaven” and it was. Would have given 5 stars, but “a woman is a woman, and man ain’t nothin but a male” could be seen as problematic in 2023.

I think I have heard his voice on TikTok videos. I like this quite a lot.

already heard 7.5/10

This whole album feels like a joke, but it did put a smile on my face. Love the double bass going on with the walking bass lines!

Brilliant album

Makes me smile almost the whole album long. Extra fun if you imagine shooting ghouls while this is playing

for what it is i kinda liked it

What a bop of a record! I'm not really the guy who gets up and dances, but man, do these songs jack me up!! All songs swing like there's no tomorrow, Louis Prima was a fine bandleader, had great charisma, unmatched energy and transformed these songs into something else! Favorite lyrics: - Buona sera, signorina, buona sera. It is time to say goodnight to Napoli. - When your dead and in your grave, no more ravioli will you crave. Key tracks: Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody, (Nothing's Too Good) For My Baby, Oh, Marie, Basin Street Blues / When It's Sleepy Time Down South, Jump, Jive, An' Wail, Buona Sera, Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days, Banana Split For My Baby 7,5 out of 10

Obviously dated but pretty fun.

what a blast, sheer joy

Good vibes all round!

I absolutely loved this. OK, it can lose a point for being all covers.

Good vibes, good times!

Super leuke plaat. Erg blij ook, ze zijn echt een lekker jaren 50 feestje aan het bouwen. 4 sterren.

Sexy vibes

Great

Enjoyed this album a lot. A bit silly, but well played swingin’ pop.

I could have gone through my whole life never hearing this. So glad it came up. It’s an absolute riot!

Superb fun. The Lip and Banana Split for my baby the highlights, but joyous throughout

Kinda listenable, but Karan didn’t love it

Just some ridiculously catchy toe tapping jazz :)

What a fun album, I enjoyed this thoroughly! Especially the livelier tracks full of unhinged noises haha It was a bit much in one go, but having split the listening in two worked quite well! Saved tracks: 'Oh, Marie', 'Jump, Jive, An' Wail' ,'Night Train', 'Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days'

Good

It's christmas eve, feeling generous.

Louis Prima has such an electric charm to him that makes it impossible for me not to get into his music. The songs were original and didn’t blend together. Band played great other a well. Fun album, but nothing too deep. 4/5

Noice.

Coneixia només algunes cançons, i en general l'àlbum m'ha semblat força entretingut.

Listed to 40%

This was good shit.

Very 50s had a couple surprising moments. Good overall. Enjoyable album

Took a couple of tracks for me to get into this but once I settled into it I really enjoyed it. As stated by other, it really is great fun, after around 500 albums it think this is the first one that made me lol out loud. Tell you what though, if he ever invites you round for meatballs DO NOT eat more than your allocated amount coz this guy can really hold a grudge.

Fantastic will listen again

"The Wildest" heralds from the distant haze of 1958- to this millennial, it might as well be a time wrapped in legend and myth, where "the wildest" anybody ever behaved was in blasts of saturated saxophones and gruff, rasping vocals and bursts of scat. Throughout the running time, Louis Prima comes swinging out of these songs with a swaggering, irresistible charm. He's deft, energetic and relentlessly upbeat. His ad-libs in "I Ain't Got Nobody", his responses to Keely Smith in "The Lip", his manic enthusisasm in "Jump, Jive and Wail", his brief steam train impression in "When It's Sleepy Time Down South", his unexpected tenderness in the lovely "Buona Sera". These are all great songs, but the real showstopper comes right out of the gate with "Just a Gigolo/Ain't Got Nobody". It's a magnificent showcase for Prima and his backing band, encapsulating the spirit the whole album has to offer. The moment it switches to the latter track, the energy kicks up a gear, the backing vocals swell underneath Prima, and the drummer (Bobby Morris) absolutely lets rip on the snare. You could just listen to this and not miss too much nuance from the other tracks, but the whole album is worth spending time with. There's some welcome variation in the rest of the album. Keely Smith is a welcome addition on vocals- she gives great performances in "(Nothing's Too Good) For My Baby" and "The Lip", with amusing interjections from Prima. "Body and Soul" and "Night Train" are two gloriously performed instrumentals, with real passion and panache from the whole band. Is "The Wildest" an all-out masterpiece? Probably not. But it's certainly the most fun I've had listening to any pre-60's album on the list so far- perhaps the earliest album I could put on at a party and know it would guarantee a good time for all.

Infectious attitude carries this album. The songs are pretty good too, but the best part was just the feeling of joy that permeated the whole thing.

Прослушано! Отличный ретро альбом с хорошей музыкой и тёплым вокалом.

9/10

How many times does he say baby? Will need to do a count later

I quite liked this album. The man can play some serious trumpet. Makes me want to watch Jungle Book again :) 4/5

Just super fun swing music. Hard not to tap your foot to the groove. Saxophone drives the rockin' album. Standouts are "Jump, Jive, An' Wail" and "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody"

A really good listen. This isn't an album that you put on to just listen to. You put it on and let the music enhance the mood of the room.....if that makes sense.

very awesome

absolutely pleasant. 4.

Super fun album that somehow manages to be of its time and also timeless. Best track: Night Train

“Daddy is in the kitchen looking for a bottle of ale. Mama is in the backyard learning how to jive and wail.” You can’t beat that!

Sure it's repetitive and a little dated, but as a person of spaghetti heritage something about Louis Prima just kind of hits right.

This was a nice antidote to the last album. More energy and just a good time all around. I assume gigolo meant something different in the 1950’s? Also wonder if this was one Pops liked

Strong 4, high note grease

This was a fun experience from the beginning to the end. I might have heard of his name before but this definitely makes me eager to check out his other songs. I recognized "Buona Sera", but I'm not sure if it was from TV or movies or what.

Thoroughly enjoyed that, literally danced my way to work.

Hilarious, joyful, and great. 4/5

That was fun! I recognized a lot of the songs. Love "Just a Gigolo" especially.

I had never heard of Louis Prima, but his voice and several songs on this album were familiar to me. It's kinda impossible not to like this - this musicianship is amazing, the songs irresistibly upbeat, swingy, and fun.

This album was a lot more fun and free than I thought it was going to be. Pretty innovative for it's time.

Probably the old album that I still like. Good jazz.

I loved it! I’m slowly realizing I love oldies music.

I really liked this album. Would listen to it again. Had heard several songs before but didn’t know him as the original artist!

Very enjoyable and fun, sounds like they were having a blast while making it! Not really my kind of thing up to now, but maybe it should be!

This almost strikes me as a novelty record more about comedy than music. The songs are upbeat and fun. Prima’s raspy vocals are perfect for this. Jazz is such a broad term but this is probably as mainstream and accessible it can be.

I read on Wikipedia that the intention here was to preserve the feeling of his live Vegas show and I think they was done well. Louis Prima has a unique voice and is quite charming. Also, Jump, Jive, an’ Wail, gives us the bridge between big band era jazz and early rock and roll and shows us the similarities between them.

I have been listening to jazz quite a bit in the past few years and studying jazz as both a listener and beginner musician, and the more I explore it and learn about its roots and history, the more I love it. I had heard of Louis Prima by name but don't think I'd listened to him. This is great stuff! Love this era of jazz and the songs on this album help transport me to a time I never experienced. Really fun to time travel.

Fun album, high energy and easy listening.

Shockingly delightful! I tend to find the 50's crooners boring but this was so jazzy and fun!

Jump jive! Solid album, love Louis Prima's voice.

Awesome!

Hresst jive, mjög skemmtilegt.

Listened Before? N Holy wow! This was soo good! I love the swing style here and the band and singers are all top-notch. Another highly rated 50s album for me. Looks like I was missing out on a whole decade! Added to Library? Y Songs added to playlist: Just a Gigilo, Jump, Jive and Wail

Fun album.

Retro. Se escucha lindo y es alegre, con buenos temas. Para poner un domingo al mediodía, de fondo.

Good classic jazz blues standards from the late 50’s

Not really my style of music, but a nice chill vybe

Classic

so may songs I didn't know I knew. great vibes. reminds me of many classic films

Vibey

So much fun.

Not my favourite flavour of jazz by quite a margin, but - This is very good jazz, delivered sublimely by an excellent voice. A bit of a heretical anecdote: I much prefer David Lee Roth's Just a Jigolo. Not that there's anything wrong with Prima's.

What a great album! I was pleasantly surprised. Really dug the trombone player's chops on "Body And Soul". So many great tunes. Found my toe tapping many times. Fun Fact: Keely Smith was Prima's then-wife. They eventually divorced. She had 4 husbands and many known affairs and boyfriends. Scandalous! :D

Perfect Monday tunes

A fun and enjoyable listen

This was a really fun listen. I have to admit I wasn’t immediately familiar with Louis Prima’s name, but I definitely recognized his voice and a lot of the songs. Jump Jive N Wail brought me back to that 18 month period in 7th/8th grade when everyone was briefly obsessed with swing dancing. I liked how many songs had jokes, like banana split for my baby. I also kept expecting to hear “Pennies from heaven” and I couldn’t figure out why. I looked it up after and that is another one of his songs.

I enjoyed this! Jump, Jive, An'Wail is a classic, I assume this may have been a cover? Not really sure, but I really enjoyed the opening track as well (Just a Gigolo). I don't normally listen to this genre but definitely added some new music to my rotation!

This is a lot of fun. I imagine sipping a pina colada on a beach with the cast of Goodfellas.

interesting album. I liked it and recognized some re-makes from later artists.

Fun!

oh, I never knew who sang "Just a Gigolo". This is kind of like the cuban big band stuff for me. It's raucous and fun. The musicians are legit. The sound is so big and brassy... and for some reason I never listen to it. I'm dumb.

I absolutely love bombastic electric jazzy big bands. Louis Prima "The Wildest!" fires on all cylinders to really energize.

Four stars for the abundance of great trombone solos

A joy to listen to. Highly recommended.

What an absolutely fantastic jazz album. Scats and hollers. Howls and jams in all the best ways. Prima is at his prime for sure. Such a great musical piece.

Prima living it the fuck up. I love this guys shit man.

I enjoyed this quite a bit more than I expected. I was thinking it would just be some nostalgic, dated bullshit, but it still sounds great. A rip roarin' good time. 4 stars.

Really enjoyed this great 50’s album from King Louie himself.

This album was certainly wild! I enjoyed it very much. Familiar songs in Just A Gigolo and Jump, Jive, and Wail. All the rest of the songs may have been new to me, but I enjoyed every minute of the album.

Liked this more than I expected. I think it's because of the goofiness. The lyrics were funny and engaging. 3.75/5

Some fun and catchy jazz with a lot of classics, enjoyed this quite a bit.

I only really knew Louis as King Louie, but hey, this is a lot of fun! I guess this is more of a greatest hits than a cohesive album, but that's fine, it lives up to the promise. B

Flott rödd og gott swing. What's not to like?

A great, fun album!

This is really great; I kind of know Louis Prima as a bit of a jokey guy, and this is ridiculous, but it's also really good.

Pretty good.

Lots of fun. Makes me want to dance

I love music like this and just a gigolo is great but this album got on the annoying side after a while with how high energy and busy some of the songs are. Not too annoying tho

made me laugh

This album is loads of fun...just like it's most famous tune....Just a Gigolo. 4 🌟

4.5. This is a fun album. Definitely didn't realize I knew this artist a little when it came up!

I could listen to this all day... and pretty much did.

Absolutely loved this album really enjoyed listening!! I have since gone back and re-listened to some of the songs and added them to playlists as well. I love this era/genre of music and I especially love the Jungle book soundtrack so it was fun to hear elements of that in these songs as well. I actually really love the 50s thing of combining two songs into one it's great!

C'est bien, c'Est comique et les standards de jazz sont bien exécuté. Je vais dire comme une autre critique sur ce site, c'est un bon album pour cuisiner et pour écoute ren background. Ca sonne bien. Franchement ahah 4.0

Really enjoyed this… upbeat and fun!

Good tunes. Sounds like they had the time of their lives making then.

Fun! I don't really see myself being in the mood for this on many occasions, but I did enjoy it and it would be really perfect for an old-timey themed party.

If you can't enjoy this album, there must be something wrong with you. A mix of jazz, swing, Jive and Blues. You can just hear these songs being played in a Tim Burton or John Hughes film when everyone is just enjoying life. And why shouldn't you once in a while? Best Tracks: Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody; Jump, Jive an' Wail; Buona Sera

'Just a Gigolo' è un classico, con un particolare stile che avrei ricondotto al periodo tra le guerre. (infatti è così) Bellissima anche "Oh marie"

A very fun, swinging 50s album that I will surely come back to!

I don't think I wanted to jump off that ride, but it was going so fast that in the end that matters not at all. Great to have a plain fun album again. Strong tunes, interesting vocal performance, great medley choices and a joke to top it off (until I get through the bonus tracks tomorrow).

Yep. It swings, hepcats. Really impressed by the production and how great the entire record sounds. Prima’s voice is one of a kind (just like Diamond Dave’s) and despite some of the weirder affectations he does with it I never grew annoyed or agitated by the performance (also, just like Diamond Dave’s). He clearly found a lane for himself and that voice and is just cruising with the top down, probably smoking like 90 cigarettes an hour. Thanks for the reminder, Craig. I just barely remember her in that movie but now I want to check out her solo stuff.

-He definitely be groovin' and jivin' on the sax and/or trumpet. Overall just a bunch of fun tracks with lots of energy -"(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You" is pretty savage

Pretty good jazz

Reminds me of my days of playing Fall Out 3 and 4. Nostalgia and the fact that it’s pretty catchy give it a solid 4.5 for me.

Muy bueno

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! Proper loves this!

Louis Prima is amazing! But ...Listen, would you mind explaining to me how the fuck this list does not contain any Chuck Berry or Louis Armstrong? How is that possible? (7/10) FT: Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me), (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You

Cool

This album is a great reminder on the impact that Louis Prima had on so many genres of music; storyteller, swing, jump blues, Orleans Jazz, pre-Rock and Roll. Most people would know his music by more recent versions by other artists, they likely would not recognize him as the voice of King Louie in the original Jungle Book and his great take on "I Wanna Be Like You". This is a compelling album and is easy to get hooked on, it puts a smile on your face and a jump in your step! Singer, songwriter, bandleader and trumpet player, he does it all. Hard to pick favorites but I will go with, "Just a Gigolo Medley", "Oh Marie", "Buena Sera", "Jump, Jive an Wail". 4 out of 5 stars

The Wildest! truly imparts Louis Prima's style onto a record, as the singer/trumpeter sounds like he's barely holding it together or about to burst out laughing with some of the lyrics he's squeezing into certain bars. I have a soft spot for this era, and Prima provides a nice combination of upbeat blues, jazz and early rock'n'roll. (Hats off to Louis and his band for adapting to the new rock style and not rejecting it). Fav Tracks: Just a Gigaloo/I Ain't Got Nobody, Oh Marie, Jump Jive an' Wail, (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You, Buena Sera

This is precisely the kind of discovery I most appreciate about this exercise: a hidden gem I would have most likely never sought out otherwise. The Wildest! is a freewheelin' mish-mash of early rock, 50s jazz, soul, and a whole lot more shot through with exuberance. It's sounds like the best party you've never been to. Favourite tracks: Just a Gigalo/I Ain't Got Nobody; Jump, Jive, An' Wail; Bouna Sera

Infectious, light hearted, fun music with piano and brass, and Louis Prima’s mellow joy inspiring vocals. Tempted to give it 5 stars especially in context of 1956, but I think that might do a disservice to some of the deeper jazz that appeared in this era

Good fun album!

great songs great execution still swings after more than 60 years

I was surprised by a few things on this album: 1) How many of these songs I knew that other artists covered. 2) How many of them Prima put the accents on very different spots in the songs. It was a little jarring, but definitely intriguing. This was not a surprise, as I already liked Prima's work. I was surprised at how the album was considered so... eclectic in some ways. The mix is very appealing. Definitely something I will revisit.

Great energy on this album. And nice to discover that some of the songs were first recorded (or first gained traction) with Louis Prima (Jump, Jive, and Wail; Buona Sera). A fun, rocking blues/jazz/swing album. Great rendition of Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody (far better than DLR and always a fun medley).

A fun swing album from start to finish. This is the first time I've listened to Louis and can definitely hear the influence on David Lee Roth. Favorite tracks: Just A Gigolo, Oh Marie, Buono Sera.

A pure delight of a record from a truly unique artist. This album is one of the best of its time and still is a joy to listen to today

This was very enjoyable and catchy. Favorites: Body and Soul; Jump, Jive an' Wail

A biased 4, this music just brings me a big smile!

Dope. Diverse and exciting track list.

Midway through it now, listening to "Body and Soul". While I haven't been loving or hating this album, I've gotta give this man his flowers for the trumpet work here. I used to play back in middle school and holy heck is he doing some wild stuff with that thang. Hahaha the banana split song is really fun, too. That one might be a keeper. I've actually been jamming to this way harder than previous albums on this list - my shoulders and feet keep grooving all on their own!

* Great tunes.swing music? Great remasters for songs recorded 56 years ago.

Great swing record, but easily remembered for Prima's vocal chops and energy more than anything else. Are there good solos on here? Sure. But there's also Prima's crazy scatting and that's the guy on the cover, so who are you really here for?

So wild! The Wildest!

Rimelig hyggeligt! :D

This was a lot of fun. I think I need more of this kind if music in my life. I can't give it a 5 but there's really not a bad song in here.

Cool to hear the originals to some classic songs. FUN, is the work I would use to describe this album. Music=Joy.

This is a really fun album. Love the classic jazzy pop sound of the sounds and the topics of the lyrics keep it an interesting listen. 7/10

I thoroughly enjoyed this album, but not sure whether I'd revisit a lot of these songs again.

What a fun album! I will listen to this again. Especially loved the Banana Split song.

100324 19:43 4

Opens strong with a jazzy melodic surprisingly touching song about the intangible nature of youth and identity. From there the rest of the album is great Frankie and Bennies music. A lot more to this than most albums like this. The good: Just a gigolo, The Lip

Upbeat and fun. Quite liked this.

Sounds very experimental, some are nice some are roo experimental for me

Definitely not my go-to genre but the entire album was upbeat and fun to listen to. Glad I did.

Definitely a lot of fun. His live shows must have been insane - imagine a New Years Eve party with him. Prime Prima. Note: David Lee Roth's "Just a Gigolo" is a note-for-note, word-for-word, scat-for-scat copy of Louis Prima's original on this album.

Great to hear where all those songs everyone knows came from. I had no idea.

Fun. Baby hated it.

Very fun! Soundtrack to New York in ~the past~

Fun!

old and good music

Just good old time sound

Джаз, зашло, +трек в плейлист

Fun, but starts to feel a bit one note by the end

Made my Friday working session pretty enjoyable!

"Gimme a C, a bouncy C."

Bela amostra do swing dos anos 50.

4/5 you know what, this was a good one.

Fantastic. Origin of many familiars.

The album sounded like primo 1950s in a good way. I was surprised by how many songs I recognized but had heard performed by others.

good and goofy swing music, not extremely outstanding but it was nice to listen to and i really liked the harmonies on the first song. 8/10

8/10. Very energetic, lots of fun to listen to

It's a lot of fun! 8

Fills a very real need.

Timeless

Bello ma non il mio genere

Some great classics: Giggalo/I ain't got nobody, The Lip,k Jump Jive and Wail, You Rascal You...

Just a jigalo

How could you not like it?

listened to it before

Love the old school big band vibes

Fun, a bit formulaic, but fun.

This is a fun listen

Good fun

Love me some Louis Prima. Brings me back to weddings as a kid.

It was nice in the background but not my style and not something I would actively listen to

I love these 50’s jazzy pop albums! So good!

50s best decade. Fight me

Solid album, plenty fun to listen to.

Começa bastante bem, mas fica um pouco repetitivo, mas é bastante bom. Nota: 7/10

Better than expected

Big band! Just a jiggalo! Took some work to get this to play but it's pretty good. Fun.

I enjoy this a surprising amount, best album we've had on the list for a while.. Lighthearted fun, nice mix of jazzy backing and nonsense

I loved listening to this. Fun and upbeat from start to finish.

Aangenaam

Muziek om vrolijk van te worden. Maar naar het einde toe was het een beetje te veel van hetzelfde

Classic big band swing, cool endings to the tunes. Must've been very influential at the time. Blues meets rock and roll.

Ahh memories of the Reservoir Lounge. We would go there after squash league every week for a couple of years. Bradley and the Bouncers was the house band on the night we played. I got to know Bradley quite well. They always played "Just a Gigolo" and he would let me, and any other inebriated squash guy who was up for it,  "help" sing the ``I ain't got nobody" line. I kept bugging Bradley  to let me sing the "Babadebabadebabaduloop" part but he strictly followed  the first rule of letting a patron sing. That rule is to hold the mic near the patron but NEVER NEVER let go of the mic. Needless to say my short singing career never did include singing the gibberish part of the tune. Bradley was a wise man.  Buona Sera is another classic Louis P tune.. I had a soundtrack to the movie "The Big Night" which was about some Italians from the old country who had a restaurant in New York. The soundtrack was classic Italiano and included a few Louis P tunes including Buona Sera and Oh Marie. I can't go less than 4 given the great memories of the Res as well as the glory days of squash. Thanks in advance to Mike for keeping his views on our relative squash abilities to himself. 

8/10

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Surprisingly good. Voice of King Louis from the jungle book too. Perfect length, would have begun to grate if it was much longer I think

I'm so glad Louis made The List. They live on nowadays mostly being played over the house PA in Italian restaurant chains like Buca de Beppo, but damn they were a great band, and Louis a great bandleader. Reminds me of a little bit Satchmo, a little bit Count Basie. So many songs were covered later, right? "Just a Gigolo" by David Lee Roth (hit in the 80s). "Jump Jive and Wail" by Brian Setzer (late 90s/early-oughts). I always hated how in "It's a Wonderful Life", in the Good Side version of the Universe, Bedford Falls is all white bread and black people are hired help and Martini's is a quaint little Italian tavern playing lame music, while in the Dark Side version of the universe, Potterville, the streets are lined with bars blasting seriously great music, and Martini's is manifested as Nick's, where Louis Prima and his band would totally fill up the juke box.

Joined this group to find some new music. Glad I found this.

The old swing jazz thing can be a bit cheesy, but it's still really nice to listen to

Great fun

It was good fun. It will be good to have on when I have friends or family for dinner.

This was great. Some good jazz standards. Will listen to this again.

Fun album

A lot of fun

I felt like I traveled through time to a really fun club. I really enjoyed it. But I also don’t think I will listen to it over and over

Really liked this

Excellent, a good discovery I can see myself listening to this again in the future.

C’mon Lou!

Excellent to potter around the house to

Timeless. Not a bad track on it. Have added to my library. Take a point off for singing other peoples songs but other than that love his voice and the vibe of the thing. More of this. 4/5

Very cool. Works as background music and loud

Pretty good, reminds of Mafia soundtrack

Funny and fresh

Who knew that every song having "(feat. so-and-so)" was not invented recently! Lively, catchy music from a bygone era. Overall a solid listening experience. Makes me want to do swing dancing!

Excelente descubrimiento

No sabía que es el jump blues. No sabía que esa canción se llamaba Jump, Jive An' Wail y al parecer no sabía nada de la vida. Songs: Jump, Jive An' Wail; (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You, The Lip, Oh Marie,

There’s a reason they call him king louie

Goofin and funnin

Loved it. Sounds of the 50s

Very fun record! I'm really enjoying this blast from the past.

Es un cuatro que debería ser cinco pero no me animé. Y es que está buenísimo, perfecto y todo, pero ¿lo escucharía cualquier día para pasar el rato? No lo sé. 4.99 por eso. Lo siento.

Good

Chulada papaw

Awesome

So GOOD

Brill, wanna be like you. Some classics.

Este disco ya era bien rockanrolero y jump jive es un claro ejemplo Había escuchado varias canciones pero no sabía de quieren eran. Supongo que era la música diabólica de sus tiempos

Loved it. Great album. Would listen to again.

Fun, enjoyable

ridiculous and old timey and la mf prima fav track: jump, jive an' wail

EXTREMELY fun to listen to!

Jazzy and fun.

unexpected bop

Good classic

Entertaining - good background music. 40s/50s lots of horns.

Really fun! More of a background music album than a deep-dive, but a few very fun big band classics along with some lovely jazz tunes.

Louis-esque jazz

fun oldies!

Reminds me of Mad Men and Fallout.

Primo dino 50's jazz. Jump, Jive, an Wail.

Classic oldies fifties plaatjes. Soms zeer typisch, soms zeer leuk.

quite good

I dug this one

Spotify. Fave Song - "(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You" 4.25 fun listen.

7/10 F.t.: Just a gigolo

Kind of reminds me of christmas. I enjoyed it though

Simple fun

King Louie the orangutan chucking out those juicy big band swing jazz vibes. Stupidly fun.

I'd not heard of this. (I did know Prima's spot in Jungle Book.) I get that this could have been decent party music back in its day; I can hear how boogie-woogie fed into rock'n'roll; there is some fun band work (love the drumming when it slaps out); but I'm not totally convinced. (Apart from anything else, while I like Smith's singing and the backing vocals, I'm put off and concerned that Prima's voice is so hoarse, did he strain it?) The tracks are okay to play through but none are calling me to include them in some fun playlist for contemporary use (Jump, Jive An' Wail comes closest, but not quite), the album seems rather to be of educational or historic interest, so I'll just call it Okay, 6/10.

good stuff here

Calm

This was fun.

There are some tunes on here I like but overall this is just not my thing

This style jazz and swing is fun, but not something I'd often play myself. Usually there's great performances on these kind of records and Louis is no exception with an energetic and pleasant style. Instrumental quite nice too with great horns.

I am not a huge fan of orchestral music, whether it be classical (or baroque, or whatever from centuries past) or big band, crooner type stuff from the 50’s. But this kept me interested the whole way through. “Just a Gigolo…” I recognized immediately from David Lee Roth’s cover from his solo career and “Jump, Jive, An’ Wail” took me back further into my youth, with the Stray Cats’s cover. Lots of energy throughout and enjoyable

Can see why this would be immediately grating to people now but I enjoyed most of this

Nice trumpet work. I knew Just a Gigolo from David Lee Roth and it's intersting how little he changed it from this version. Still nothing I would repeatedly listen to.

its very fun and whimsical. his voice is also very nice

Stark start, blir mycket av samma till slut. Bästa just a gigolo/aint got nobody.

It’s okay, I listened a few times and had some fun with it. The sound palette is pretty small and therefore makes a lot of the songs sound very similar, but I suppose that’s to be expected with something that released in 1956. FT: Oh, Marie Rating: 3/5

**

The type of music your grandparents (or great-grandparents, depending on how old you are) got fucked up to, the Playboi Carti of its day. Does it transcend historical interest? Well, not really, but it’s a lot of fun to listen to and imagine you’re wilding out circa 1956. Best track: “Jump, Jive, An’ Wail”

Good 50's record. It is what I expected.

This sounds very fresh, and there's a couple of true classics, but Keely Smith deserved a much bigger tag on the cover

This is where the cultural gulf between when this came out and now makes it very difficult to hear what made this record special. However, one can hear that seeing this live would have been a blast.

Haven’t finished it, but am enjoying it so far.

I enjoyed it but boy does it drag on for a while. I think it's a good background album if you're going about your day and doing other stuff.

Fun.

Funny and entertaining. 50s vibes are strong

Actually pretty cool old-school stuff.

Certainly a very fun album to listen to. The trumpet work blew me away in certain songs, especially during "Basin Street Blues / When It's Sleepy Time Down South" where Prima's is just going full-speed ahead with what I can only describe as inhuman skill. What lets it down is the fact that very few of the tracks are long enough to really sit with, instead fading out when they could have gone further in exploring the sounds being created. Aside from that, I still really enjoyed this swing album which truly rocks, with a cover that really gives you a feel for the rambunctousness of Prima right from the off. Favourite track: Basin Street Blues / When It's Sleepy Time Down South Least favourite track: The Lip

always loved you

fan of the expressive vocals and use of brass 5/10

Very fun! Nice background music for reading

Album #211 Louis Prima: The Wildest Well, the album certainly lives up to its name. For the 50s, I’m pretty sure this is as wild as it gets, though of course those of us today live in such a clown show that this album wouldn’t even register as quirky. Still, though, the staying power of this album proves that it is always the people who aren’t afraid to stand out who are remembered the longest, since I’m not sure how many big band songs from the 50s I would recognize, yet I found multiple on this album alone that I knew. It hasn’t aged the best, but to be fair, I wouldn’t say anything from the 50s has, outside of jazz. But even then, the energy is timeless and I can’t really see anyone not at least finding a few songs here that they jive with. Best Songs: Just a Gigolo, Buona Sera, Oh, Marie Worst Song: The Lip Score out of 10: 6.5

Fallout vibes

Rather tame

Horns go so hard on this

classy and refinated

2.7

One of those ones that's always fun in the background

Great

I don't know how to rate this exactly, since it's so far into rock's ancestry and away from even the jazz I'm moderately familiar with. Enjoyable enough and it helps me enjoy the (very faithful) Roth cover more to hear the original Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody.