Return of the Wildest!

by The Witness, Louis Prima Jr.

Overview

Louis Prima Jr. has a larger-than-life legacy to live up to, but after the first notes of "Oh Babe," the Prima Sr. track that opens this album, comes blasting out of the speakers, you'll have no doubt that he's up to the task. Louis Jr. has assembled a new band of Witnesses including vocalist Sarah Spiegel, and they add a razor-sharp rock & roll edge to the to ten of the tunes his dad made famous. "Bei Mir Bist du Schoen," a duet with Spiegel, follows the aforementioned "Oh Babe." Wisely, Spiegel doesn't try to outsing Keely Smith, but settles on a mischievous delivery that's all her own. Later on, her lead on "A Sunday Kind of Love" displays a simmering, low-key soul halfway between Vegas and a Detroit street corner. Louis Jr. is a powerful vocalist himself, exhibiting the same kind of irrepressible energy that made his dad such a formidable performer. The band rips through classics like "Las Vegas Woman," "Night Train," and "Jump, Jive an' Wail" with an energy that would make his dad proud. Louis Jr. may not be the new King of Swing yet, but this album cements his place as a Crown Prince. This CD with blow the roof off of any party once you hit play and turn up the volume. ~ j. poet

Product Details

Release Date:	07/10/2012
Label:	Lpj Records / Warrior Records
UPC:	0802097113126
Rank:	94314

Tracks

1. Oh Babe
2. Bei Mir Bist du Sch¿¿n
3. Night Train
4. I Wan'na Be Like You
5. A Sunday Kind of Love
6. Las Vegas Woman
7. I Want You to Be My Baby
8. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
9. Jump, Jive an' Wail
10. Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Louis Prima Jr.   Primary Artist
The Witness   Primary Artist
Marco Palos   Saxophone
Michael Gerbino   Bass
Philip Clevinger   Trombone
Ted Schumacher   Trumpet
Marco Fox   Keyboards
Sarah Spiegel   Featured Artist
Ryan McKay   Guitar
A.D. Adams   Drums
Gregg Fox   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Joey Resly   Engineer
Louis Prima Jr.   Producer,Executive Producer
Brian Brown   Cover Photo,Photography
Dallas Fueston   Graphic Design
Michael Gerbino   Additional Production
Spencer Williams   Composer
Stan Rhodes   Composer
Irving Kahal   Composer
Barbara Belle   Composer
Leonello Casucci   Composer
Jon Hendricks   Composer
Robert B. Sherman   Composer
Louis Prima   Composer
Saul Chaplin   Composer
Julius Brammer   Composer
Richard M. Sherman   Composer
Jimmy Forrest   Composer
Milt Kabak   Composer
Anita Leonard   Composer
Irving Caesar   Composer
Lewis Simpkins   Composer
Jim Ervin   Executive Producer
Roger Graham   Composer
Jacob Jacobs   Composer
Oscar Washington   Composer
Sholom Secunda   Composer
Vinnie Castaldo   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Mastering