Jump, Jive an' Wail

Louis Prima · 1956

Context

Composition by Louis Prima, recorded in spring 1956 at sessions on April 19 and 20 at the Sahara casino in Las Vegas for the album The Wildest! (Capitol, 1956). Brian Setzer's cover in 1998 made it a hit.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Jump blues, R&B, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Jump blues, R&B: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Boogie-woogie, Swing, big bands, Kansas City, Gospel.

By the same artist

• Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody (1956)
• Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) (1936)

Sources

• EN: The Wildest!

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