Louis Prima - The Wildest! (feat. Keely Smith, Sam Butera And The Witnesses) (2002)

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Artist: Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera, The Witnesses
Title: The Wildest!
Year Of Release: 1965 / 2002
Label: Capitol Jazz – 7243 5 38696 2 5 / CD, Reissue
Genre: Jazz, Vocal, Rhythm & Blues, Swing
Quality: 320 / FLAC (tracks+.cue,log artwork)
Total Time: 41:33
Total Size: 136 / 341 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01. Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody (4:43)
02. Nothing's Too Good for My Baby (2:36)
03. The Lip (2:16)
04. Body and Soul (3:22)
05. Oh Marie (2:26)
06. Basin Street Blues / When It's Sleepy Time Down South (4:13)
07. Jump, Jive an' Wail (3:29)
08. Buona Sera (2:58)
09. Night Train (2:46)
10. (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You (3:14)
11. Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days (2:09)
12. Banana Split for My Baby (2:30)
13. Whistle Stop (2:16)
14. Be Mine (Little Baby) (2:35)

Allmusic expressed that "The Wildest! is the gem of Louis Prima's catalogue. None of his other efforts transcend its raunchy mix of demented gibberish, blaring sax, and explosive swing, which rocked as hard as anything released at the time." The album is considered a collection of Prima's signature recordings. The Wildest! is noted in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In it, critic Will Fulford-Jones states, "this is simply irrepressible music that more than matches its cover shot. Prima is joyous, rumbustious, and irresistible."

Tracks #1-10 originally issued as Capitol T755.
#11-14 originally issued as Capitol singles F3566 and F3615.

Personnel:
Bass – Amato Rodrigues
Drums – Bobby Morris
Guitar – Jack Marshall
Piano – Willie McCumber
Producer – Voyle Gilmore
Tenor Saxophone – Sam Butera
Trombone – James "Litte Red" Blount, Jr.
Trumpet, Vocals – Louis Prima
Vocals – Keely Smith (tracks: 2, 3)

Recorded at:
Capitol Studios, Los Angeles on April 19 & 20 (#1-10) and September 13 (#11-14), 1956.

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