【有生之年不得不听的1001张唱片】0004 | Louis Prima | The Wildest! (1956)

A popular nightclub singer/trumpeter in the 1930sand '40s, initially in his native New Orleans and thenin New York, Prima found work had dried up by 1954.With new wife and stage partner Keely Smith in tow—he a rugged 43, she a whitewashed 22—he called in afavor and landed a gig in the lounge of the Sahara,LasVegas,hiring young New Orleans saxophonist SamButera to drill the band. Success came immediately;this sparkling half-hour, cut live in the studio in April1956, iced the cake.
路易斯·普里玛是20世纪30年代和40年代的一位受欢迎的夜总会歌手和小号手，最初在他的故乡新奥尔良，然后在纽约发展。然而，到了1954年，他发现工作机会减少了。带着新妻子和舞台搭档基利·史密斯（他当时43岁，她当时22岁），他请求帮忙，并在拉斯维加斯的撒哈拉酒店的休息室找到了一份工作，雇佣了年轻的新奥尔良萨克斯手山姆·布特拉来指导乐队。成功来得很快；这张在1956年4月在录音室现场录制的闪亮的半小时演奏成功了。

Jazz hounds often dismiss Prima as just an ltalianateLouis Armstrong impersonator，perhaps because ofthe three Satchmo hits here:“You Rascal You,” and amedley joining a restrained “Basin Street Blues” to anon-soporific"When lt’s Sleepy Time Down South.“Butthat is to miss the point: this is simply irrepressiblemusic that more than matches its glorious cover shot.Prima is joyous, rumbustious, and irresistible,makingeven the band chuckle on “Oh Marie,” with Smith incontrast, a delightfully straight-laced foil.Butera andpals, meanwhile, set them up with some of the fizziestjump-jive ever recorded.The sound has been imitatedoften, not least when Brian Setzer’s cover of"Jump, Jive,An’Wail” helmed a GAP@ commercial. Butera, whosearrangement it appropriated, grumbled that he waspaid three pairs of pants for the privilege.
爵士乐迷常常将普里玛简单地视为意大利风格的路易斯·阿姆斯特朗模仿者，可能是因为他在这里演唱了三首阿姆斯特朗的热门歌曲：“You Rascal You”，以及将克制的《Basin Street Blues》与一首非常有活力的《When lt’s Sleepy Time Down South》组合成的串烧。但这样说法是错失了重点：这只是一种无法抑制的音乐，完全不逊色于其辉煌的封面。普里玛充满喜悦、活力十足，令人难以抗拒，甚至在《Oh Marie》中连乐队成员也忍不住笑了起来。而史密斯则以她迷人的正经形象成为普里玛的完美搭档。与此同时，布特拉和他的伙伴们以一些最活力四溅的跳跃摇摆乐为他们打下了基调。这种声音经常被模仿，尤其是当布赖恩·塞策（Brian Setzer）翻唱《Jump, Jive, An’Wail》为GAP商业广告担当领唱时。而布特拉，他为该曲进行了编曲，抱怨说他只为此付了三条裤子的费用。

Prima died in 1978,but his legacy lives on throughdaughter Lena, herself seen recently performing at theSahara,and through his later turn as a regal,jive-talkingorangutan in The Jungle Book.Truly,the man was theking of the swingers.
普里玛于1978年去世，但他的遗产通过女儿莉娜一直延续至今。最近，她在撒哈拉酒店表演，并通过在《森林王子》中扮演威严而充满活力的交谈猩猩的角色继续传承他的音乐遗产。这位男子真正是摇摆之王。