Louis Prima and Keely Smith - Buona Sera

Buona Sera   By;  Louis Prima and Keely Smith Very ++ Good Condition. (Includes original artwork inserts, jewel case, and Cd, all in very good condition) Louis Prima, a trumpeting, band-leading apostle of King Oliver and Louis Armstrong, comes across as the entertaining extrovert in the wildly expressive tradition of Al Jolson. This collection is from Prima's post-WW II nightclub period, when he had fully developed a Louis Armstrong presentation of novelty playing with a solid swing and jazz backing band. Wife Keely Smith figures prominently as a backing vocalist, and that on-it band is Sam Butera and the Witnesses. This places these songs in the late '50s, after tenor saxophonist and bandleader Butera joined and before Prima's divorce from Smith. These are the Las Vegas days and the arrangements are calculated to give the audience the expected Italian dialect and swing band tricks. Tracklist 1          Buona Sera      2          Just A Gigolo  2.1       Ain't Got Nobody       3          Oh Marie         4          On The Sunny Side Of The Street      4.1       Exactly Like You        5          You Rescal You          6          The Lip            7          Embraceable You        7.1       I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good    8          Sing, Sing, Sing          9          I've Got The World On A String        10        Pennies From Heaven 11        A Foggy Day  12        Them There Eyes        12.1     Honeysuckle Rose      13        Come Back To Sorento           14        Angelina          14.1     Zooma Zooma 15        Banana Split For My Baby     16        Robin Hood    16.1     Oh Babe          17        Basin Street Blues       17.1     When It's Sleepy Time Down South  18        Jump, Jive An' Wail    19        Gotta See Baby Tonight         20        Don't Worry 'Bout Me            20.1     I'm In The Mood For Love