Louis Prima - Call of the Wildest/Wildest Show at Tahoe
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Artist: Louis PrimaEdition: Music CD
Format: Import, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1998-04-06
Music Label: EMI Europe Generic
Soundtracks:
- The Call Of The Wildest: When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)/The Sheik Of Araby
- The Call Of The Wildest: Autumn Leaves
- The Call Of The Wildest: I've Got The World On A String
- The Call Of The Wildest: Blow Red Blow
- The Call Of The Wildest: The Pump Song
- The Call Of The Wildest: They'll Be No Next Time
- The Call Of The Wildest: Pennies From Heaven
- The Call Of The Wildest: The Birth Of The Blues
- The Call Of The Wildest: Closest To The Bone
- The Call Of The Wildest: Sentimental Journey
- The Call Of The Wildest: When The Saints Go Marching In
- The Wildest Show In Tahoe: Medley - On The Sunny Side Of The Street/Exactly Like You
- The Wildest Show In Tahoe: Foggy Day
- The Wildest Show In Tahoe: How High The Moon
- The Wildest Show In Tahoe: Angelina/Zooma Zooma
- The Wildest Show In Tahoe: Don't Worry Bout Me/I'm In The Mood For Love
- The Wildest Show In Tahoe: Come Back To Sorrento
- The Wildest Show In Tahoe: I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
- The Wildest Show In Tahoe: Robin Hood/Oh Babe
Music reviews of Call of the Wildest/Wildest Show at Tahoe
Music Review: PRIME PRIMA!
Rating: 4 Stars
Although he's likely listening to the ethereal harmonizing of an angel choir now, when my Pa (who was truly one of my best friends) was still with us, his favorite vocalists were Nat King Cole and Dinah Washington. But the records I remember him most often playing were 'Golden Hits' by Roger Miller (he had a penchant for waking us up for school by blasting, 'You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd') and the two LOUIS PRIMA albums collected here on this one cd.
As a little kid I was fascinated by the cover photo on 'THE CALL OF THE WILDEST' and I spent a lot of time scrutinizing it. I thought that the over-the-top rambunctiousness of the song THERE'LL BE NO NEXT TIME was hilarious (and I didn't even know what adultery was!)
The second album, 'THE WILDEST SHOW AT TAHOE', recorded live at Harrah's Club in 1958 always reminds me of our family vacation to Lake Tahoe, Nevada, about fourteen years later : Out on the lake in a small boat, my Pa says, "Look at the size of that fish!" Stephen, like the idiot he was and is, peers over the side of the boat and gets the predictable shove in the back. My Pa knew he had erred when I resurfaced bluer than the lake. Cold? Folks, you don't even know what cold is until your Pa has pushed you into the notoriously frigid Lake Tahoe! My brain was instantaneously transformed into blue raspberry Jello. Forget swimming! I couldn't even remember how to dog paddle! But over the years, that regrettable little event gained me great leverage - "Pa, you remember that time when you........?" Ah, such fond memories this disc calls to mind for me.
The music produced by this top-notch small jazz band (featuring Sam Butera on tenor sax) is consistently good. It's performed fast and loose with a sense of humor and an eye toward the novelty. But they play it straight (and quite well) on most of those numbers that feature Keely Smith. Two things about Keely that cannot be disputed: 1) She was perpetually in great need of a decent hair stylist. 2) The lady could really sing! I like her renditions of AUTUMN LEAVES and THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES, but I love FOGGY DAY and I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES with its shifts in tempo. This may be the definitive take on these songs.
LOUIS PRIMA, of course, supplied the voice for the animated character, King Louie, in Disney's original movie THE JUNGLE BOOK (1967). If you liked his singing in that, you'll like his singing in this - they're essentially cut from the same cloth. THERE'LL BE NO NEXT TIME still cracks me up, and this is simply the best Tenor Sax-Honkin' Italian Jazz Novelty Lounge Music I own. In fact, this is the ONLY Tenor Sax-Honkin' Italian Jazz Novelty Lounge Music I own. Afterall, it's not exactly an extensive genre, you know.
As an adult in 1990, I had the great pleasure to visit Las Vegas with my Pa, and to catch Keely Smith and Sam Butera at the Sands Hotel playing on a stage the size of a Klondike Bar. Keely was still in desperate need of a decent hair stylist, but vocally the gal could still bring it. They were great fun. After the show, my Pa and I sauntered across the Vegas Strip to get a drink at Caesar's Palace, where he pushed me into a Roman Fountain in the Hotel courtyard. Not exactly the "drink" I'd had in mind. Gee, how I miss the Old Man, but I've still got his music!
Description of Call of the Wildest/Wildest Show at Tahoe
Two of the legendary vocalist's 1958 albums for Capitol digitally remastered, and on one CD with the original artwork of each intact: 'The Call Of The Wildest' and 'The Wildest Show At Tahoe'. Both feature his vocalist wife KeelySmith, plus Sam Butera and The Witnesses. A combined total of 19 tracks. 1998 EMI release.Blues CDs
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