Louis Prima

LOUIS PRIMA d1978. American singer, songwriter, bandleader and trumpeter. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music and jump blues, he touched on various genres throughout his career. He formed a seven-piece New Orleans-style jazz band in the late 1920s, fronted a swing combo in the 1930s and a big band group in the 1940s. He helped to popularize jump blues in the late 1940s and early to mid 1950s and performed frequently as a Vegas lounge act beginning in the 1950s