Keely Smith is a marvelous jazz-pop singer best known for her year?s with the legendary Louis Prima. In this interview, Keely reflects on her career with both Prima and as soloist. For anyone interested in both Smith and Prima, this is a fascinating recollection of two unique voices during an interesting musical period. The interviewer does a good job of covering Smith?s career and the piece includes several musical excerpts of Smith as a soloist and with Prima. The length of the interview and the production style may limit how some stations could use the piece which is unfortunate since Smith story is an interesting one and Prima remains one of the distinctive voices in the world of jazz and pop music.
Review of Singing Legend Keely Smith
John Voci
Posted on April 24, 2007 at 11:31 AM
Keely Smith is a marvelous jazz-pop singer best known for her year?s with the legendary Louis Prima. In this interview, Keely reflects on her career with both Prima and as soloist. For anyone interested in both Smith and Prima, this is a fascinating recollection of two unique voices during an interesting musical period. The interviewer does a good job of covering Smith?s career and the piece includes several musical excerpts of Smith as a soloist and with Prima. The length of the interview and the production style may limit how some stations could use the piece which is unfortunate since Smith story is an interesting one and Prima remains one of the distinctive voices in the world of jazz and pop music.