Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (died 1978)

Louis Prima

American musician (1910–1978)

Louis Leo Prima was an American trumpeter, singer, entertainer, and bandleader. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he formed a seven-piece New Orleans–style jazz band in the late 1920s, fronted a…