The Wildest!

Album was upbeat and was a fun listen. I can see this being a pretty popular set of dance tracks for the mid 50s. Louis definitely keeps the energy moving and there was some great back and forth on some of the songs. Overall I thought it was a solid 6/10 and gave it 3 stars.

“raunchy mix of demented gibberish, blaring sax, and explosive swing” say no more.

Yeah, this was fun. I could picture myself going back in time and dancing to a Louis Prima performance. If dancing at concerts was even allowed back then.

5/10

This album was a 4 - but bonus point given as he is the voice of King Louie, so it's a 5

So much fun!

makes me wanna cook a lasagna

Like atomic Mr Bassie, extremely fun. Won't listen enough to it/strip out singles that it's worth a 5 probably, but completely worth a listen

You'll never hear someone sound so happy to be so sad and lonely.

Big band always gets me. It's fun, it's energetic!

Largely dismissible. Should not be in the 1001 list.

Merci Louis, tu m’as permis de réveiller un gros ours qui ne voulait pas sortir de mon lit, même après avoir acheté un gros petit-déjeuner. Cool ! Franchement, après un Marilyn Manson, ça nous fait du bien.

Absolute banger

Love the energy of King Louis!

This was fun. Pete Fountain's Basin Street Blues is the best version.

As my dear old grandma said to me on her deathbed - "SKA BIBBIDY BAP BA DIBBIDY DOOT DA OIDDY BIBBIDY SCABBIDY SCOO"

I feel like I'm wandering through a Pottery Barn. Solid big band/jazz sound with classics like I Ain't Got Nobody and Jump, Jive, and Wail. Ooh, and Night Train reminds me of my favorite movie, Back to the Future. Good times! (4)

I enjoyed this for about ten minutes and then I got a bit bored. I've listened to a lot worse over the last 297 days though.

New to me and dreadful stuff I’m afraid. One star, but above like you know the Dire Straits/Allman Brothers type one stars. Tom.

too louis armstrong for my taste

ok

Fun stuff

I can imagine that this was a big deal back then.

Fun throw back!

What a banger

7/10

Very fun. Contains the classic: "Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody".

Not generally my thing but this was a fun and at times eccentric listen ^-^ 3.25/5

This was fun from beginning to end. I listened to more Louis afterwards which is a first for me as I work through this list.

Not really sure what I just listened to tbh. Think it was maybe jazz but felt like a very bizarre thing to listen to. Definitely not one of my favourites.

Who is Louis Prima? Yet another totally blind listen. "Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody": Now I know where David Lee Roth got it. This is rockin' + "(Nothing's Too Good) For My Baby": Fun and Upbeat. Prima and Smith have great voices. + "The Lip": Not for me but hearing "LIP-er-ace" made me laugh - "Body and Soul": Fun instrumental but fell off pretty quick. - "Oh Marie": Bouncy and fast, fun song + "Basin Street Blues / When It's Sleepy Time Down South": This one wore thin on me. Fun beat and instruments but I wasn't feeling it - "Jump, Jive, an Wail": I have heard this for sure. Was there a cover of this during the swing resurgence in the 90's? Fun song. + "Buona Sera": Starts as a slower ballad and rises to another bouncy, swing song. It's good + "Night Train": Great instrumental with a singing trumpet. Another good one. + "(I'll Be Glad When Your Dead) You Rascal You": Closing out with a high-energy blast of swing. I think that man stole more than ravioli. + Songs added to playlist: Just a Gigolo; Oh, Marie; Jump, Jive, An' Wail; Buona Sera; Night Train This was a treat because it was bouncy and danceable, along with Prima's raspy and sometimes garbled vocals and his trumpet blaring. It's obvious that this album influenced many artists that would come later. I agree this is an album that everyone should hear at least once (or at least when they are playing Fallout). 4 stars

Banger after banger, amazing

Hell ya this is the stuff right here

This is fine. First couple of songs are fun, gets a bit repetitive around halfway through. Can't complain too much though. Prima's voice is great, the band is lively. It's charming. Just kind of blends together a bit. The band really kills it on the instrumental tracks, though. Good stuff!

Fun stuff. Who knew one album would provide David Lee Roth and Brian Setzer with their biggest solo hits decades later. Gave me a reason to ponder the late 90s swing era, what was that all about? But it seems we're do for another one in the next decade?

This album was great to go back to while replaying Fallout 4. Louis Prima's fun lyrics and upbeat brass are a perfect mix for the game's setting.

Yeah, on the anniversary of Tan’s death I’m not listening to some stuff that’s really evoking the playlists we’d listen to on the way to Disneyland. I left this genre in the past

It’s still pretty wild

It is good but just not something I am connecting with

First part of the album was sooo groovy, I almost gave it a 5. 4 for the pleasant surprise.

Cool Mix between Jazz and "popular" music of that age

Fun in small doses

this is one of those objectively good ones

Louis Prima and Keely Smith--fab combo! Louie is always fun.

yeah ok this is fun. previously ive not been fuckin w/ swing so much but like. idk it feels like they're having so much fun with it it's almost infectious, yknow? this album has a good energy. im not really sure what it is what makes me like this so much more than the other swing we've rolled so far but the coarse quality of prima's voice sure helps. although having said that even the instrumental tracks like "night train" are still great. maybe its the tempo, maybe its the fast and loose feel of the brass, idk. but whatever it is im popping the fuck off to this version of "you rascal you". get his ass prima! didnt think id ever find myself giving more than a 3 to a swing album but like here we are i guess. fuck it. im just glad to find out there's swing i do actually like.

Love him

This is what’s great about this project, I would never have gone out of my way to find this music. Really enjoyed it, one happy album

Fantástico. Repleto de energia, muito divertido de escutar, com letras hilárias e um tom bem leve e descontraído. Consigo facilmente imaginar as festas insanas que o pessoal na década de 50 fazia ouvindo Prima. É muita energia de arruaceiro, e eu adoro isso. Os instrumentais são tão bons quanto os vocais primorosos de Prima (ba-dum-tss), e acende em qualquer ouvinte o espírito jovial, de pegar uma dama (com os calcanhares à mostra – safada!) e sair dançando o Charleston por aí. Muito melhor do que eu esperava. 5/5

JUMP JIVE AND WAIL! Man this was fun. Very jazzy, almost rock and roll at many times in this process. Prima's voice is iconic to many folks due to Elf and his role as King Louie in The Jungle Book. I'll come back to this again.

This type of noise is my idea of hell. Smug smooth vommit inducing jazz. The worst of all music.

This isn’t something I would necessarily choose to listen to, but I have to admit, it’s a lot of fun. It reminds of lots of old movies. A cosy album that makes you smile.

Ja prima

Funny tunes. First two are banger. 3rd is a little less my style very repetitive. Jungle book type songs. VIBE

Classic! Loved it.

Prima is my least favourite part, the best this album gets is those sexy sexy sax solos and these amazing musicians get to go off

it’s alright. It’s a 3. It’s a 2.5, maybe. It’s fine. The melody isn’t too interesting to me, wish it was a bit more complex. Maybe it is, and my ears are just bad. The lyrics also aren’t too gripping.

É o que eu imagino quando penso em Jazz classico, porem com uma pegada mais descontraida

Very fun and danceable. Definitely old, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's bad. I enjoyed the first few tracks a bit more, but found myself loosing interest slightly. It's just not the type of music I would normally listen to. Overall, 3/10.

This was a fun listen. I love the production value of these old albums from the 50s, there's a warmness and welcoming feel that gets lost sometimes with the clarity and crispness of modern-day recordings. More tradeoff between male and female vocals than I would have expected, which gave the album an interesting layer that matched up with the energy of that big band sound. I could see myself putting this on during a dinner party.

jazz chulo, como vi en una review “I could picture myself going back in time and dancing to a Louis Prima performance.” también me ha hecho imaginarme en mi futura casa cocinando sonando de fondo

enjoyed

Fine. Not my cup of tea but not bad

Going through the Scorsese films chronologically and having just seen Goodfellas this album hit pretty hard. So many standards both genuine and I guess some have become such a parody of itself it’s not parody anymore? Great voice, great lyrics, awesome arrangements

Ikke helt utenfor Gubberock-boksen, men nærmer seg i alle fall kanten.

Just started this album, I feel like he’s been sampled thru out hip hop

Body and Soul really tingles my brain!

im not a huge fan of jazz, however this kinda grew on me

Gammelt, men OK

Production: 4 Can easily distinguish between drum, kick, saxaphone, trombone and the lot although the bass/kick is a bit quiet / low quality Vocal delivery sits perfectly on top of the instruments but it kind of feels like the instruments are fighting for space Sound design and texture uses live recordings that give it a rich, vintage kind of feel Uses volume changes to build up energy Album appears to be polished with no sound distortion and stuff BUT again, the drum kick / bass is a bit quiet probably due to the recording style which was analog tapes so kick / drum may be a bit compressed Enjoyability: 4 The albums fast paced tracks grab my attention within the first few seconds Little to medium replay value for me Invokes the desire to dance on the listener Has a clear target audience, those wanting that 50s style jazz music and would fit on that genre’s radio station Melody and groove have some memorablle moments but gets overly repetitive Cohesion: 4 - Has a clear danceable mood - Songs fit together but gets a bit repetetive towards the end of the album - Vocals and instruments work together although sometimes one is louder than the other - Style feels intentional - Flows naturally Lyrics: 1.5/2 - Romantic and meaningful - Has some memorable lines but a bit cliché Composition: 1.5/3 - I remember some parts after the album but t kind of all bleeds into one as album kind of all sounds the same - Has good rhythms and arrangements Songs liked: 1/14

This will be a short review for a short album. How can you not love Louis Prima? That one-of-kind raspy delivery, the fun songs, the way he jumps out of the track and owns every moment. Singing in close harmonies like you hear on the track 2 duet is deceptively hard, but it just sounds so so sweet, and it's a hell of a lot of fun when you hit it right as a singer. I appreciate that this album also takes time to showcase Prima's top-tier trumpet playing and the sax of Sam Butera - there is a clear link here between the end of the big band era, the bebop movement in jazz, and the early rock n roll sounds of Capitol and Atlantic records. The "Night Train" interpretation here is great - that choppy stroll rhythm with the pregnant pauses between verses - very hip. Overall, this is fun listen with plenty to glean from Prima and the Witnesses, sitting somewhere in between the emerging rock and roll sounds of the mid 50s and the Jump Band heyday in the early 50s. 3 stars.

As an Italian American man raised by the greatest generation and boomers, Louie Prima was always apart of our household music. Grandpa in particular. Its really excellent music and highly energetic. Just very of the time and a little one dimensional. So near perfect album, aside from it being hard to discerne from its genremates. Ill admit, nobody does psychobabble quite like Louie lmao.

Amazing stuff

Not my favorite genre, but it was fun for a change

Horrible

Now this is my type of jazz. This was cheerful and fun. 3.5 Top tracks: Oh, Marie; Jump, Jive, An’ Wail; Buona Sera

8/10 Buen album, muy divertido. Ritmos muy buenos que te alegran y una voz excelente

FUN! Great voice and clear recording. 3.1

되게 신나는 재즈

I’ve heard this album a number of times recently. Sometimes that ensures an increase in its rating. Not so today. Last week this was a 4 for the production value and fun. The musicianship. Today it’s a 3 because I want it’s bouncing exuberance to end. 3 Boolean: True

Maybe this was wild back in the dinosaur year of 1956 but this shit is boring as fuck. It makes me wonder what todays classics, like to pimp a butterfly or smth, will sound like in 70 years. ...Ill probably be dead by that time though. Anyway, ive never been into 50's to early 60's pop (and before). It sounds so cheasy and dated I dont get the appeal.

I think this music is okay. It’s not my favorite. I can listen to a song or two and enjoy it. After that it just starts sounding the same. It’s cool and you can probably dance to it. It’s just not something I want to listen to.

I would have given this 5 stars but these guys didn’t show up to the big dinner party we planned for them so my brother and I had to close our restaurant and move back to Italy.

Músicas muito iguais, nada genial, literalmente nenhuma me deu vontade de ouvir de novo

It's fun, upbeat, and a little wacky. I felt that the album started strong and slightly diminished in quality as it went on, but I won't argue against its inclusion here. Can't help but want to move whilst listening.

I really liked "This Is Fats Domino" by Fats Domino, but this record is even more fun. A lot of these songs have been covered in more modern times (David Lee Roth, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, etc.) so I already knew a few, and I watched the Jungle Book a lot as a kid so I already knew the voice.

Sabroso

I honestly don't know if I'll have remembered listening to this album a couple weeks from now. Definitely an easy listen that put me in a good mood, but not very memorable for me. I can see why people like this album but it's probably not something I would revisit.

A good surprise I would say. Nice to listen this one. It's not remarkable to me, but it was a good album to add to my historic.

Solid; very easy listening

Pretty good

Really good sound lots of fun. It sounds more like white people making Black music than some other similar artists. It has a distinctly Louis Armstrong and Cab Calloway vibe. Not sure how to feel about that.

I knew Prima's name, but almost nothing about him. This is an odd blend of very solid swing orchestra jazz and Rat Pack goofballery. Kind of entertaining, kind of dumb. Eh. I would have been okay with going to my grave without hearing this album.

If you can resist Louis Prima you are a stronger person than I am. First heard him in the soundtrack to "Big Night" which I listened to a lot. Then realized my father was a fan and then I listened to him some more. Still, I had never heard this album in its entirety, and I really enjoyed it.

Skibbity bee bop doo wop. Ba dum tsh!

These are all basically the same song. But they're all great!

Brassy, swingy and a whole heap o' fun.

Több dalt is szeretek róla, de így egyben hallgatva még jobban tetszik. Igazi klasszikus.

This is a fun album

Not memorable really

A+ stuff here