Sam Butera, 81, a hard-swinging tenor saxophonist who formed a rowdy and successful onstage partnership with entertainers Louis Prima and Keely Smith in the 1950s, died June 3 at a hospital in Las ...
Music journalists near and far are mourning yesterday’s passing of Sam Butera, Louis Prima’s saxophonist sideman and praised secret weapon, who died in Las Vegas’ Sunrise Hospital from complications ...