{"id":4828,"date":"2022-11-18T13:39:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T18:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=4828"},"modified":"2022-11-18T13:39:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T18:39:31","slug":"louie-prima-jr-and-the-witnesses","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/event\/louie-prima-jr-and-the-witnesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Louie Prima Jr. and The Witnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">\u201cLike his father, Prima, Jr. is a talented entertainer whose jocular vocals led much of the action\u2026 it catapulted the sound into the present and these stunning Witnesses enjoyed numerous featured spots as vocalists and instrumentalists. Tireless doesn\u2019t begin to describe each perspiration-filled moment.\u201d- New York City Jazz Record<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Louis Prima Jr. and The Witnesses are a boisterous, horn-driven, 10-piece New Orleans-style band known for their energetic performances that raise the roof and bring audiences to their feet. Their eclectic and rowdy style crosses several genres, from big band and swing to rock and blues, combining original music from their two albums with tail-shakin\u2019 and foot stompin\u2019 favorites from the five-decade career of Louis Prima Sr. With the band\u2019s collective talents and diverse musical tastes, their shows have a sound that is unique while staying true to the vintage Prima style.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;\">Prima Jr. is the son of legendary entertainer Louis Prima, known for his New Orleans-flavored music and lively performances. Prima had a career that spanned five decades and included record-breaking contracts to perform in Las Vegas where legends such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and Louis Armstrong would regularly jump on stage with the entertainer and his band. His popularity was so great at one point that he was asked to perform at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy. His classic \u201cSing, Sing, Sing\u201d was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, he won the first ever Music Group Grammy for \u201cThat Old Black Magic\u201d and his classic \u201cJump, Jive \u2018an Wail\u201d went on to start a swing revolution in the 90s.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLike his father, Prima, Jr. is a talented entertainer whose jocular vocals led much of the action\u2026 it catapulted the sound into the present and these stunning Witnesses enjoyed numerous&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4830,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[48,10],"class_list":["post-4828","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-live-music","tribe_events_cat-performing-arts","cat_live-music","cat_performing-arts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/4828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/4828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4831,"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/4828\/revisions\/4831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4828"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=4828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}