They saved the saxophone until the end of the traditional Catholic funeral Mass. And the recording was not "When the Saints Go Marching In," the hand-shaking closer of nearly every lounge show Sam ...

Sam Butera, photographed in his native New Orleans in 2002. Sam Butera, the hard-driving, hard-swinging New Orleans saxophonist who was Louis Prima's longtime musical partner, died Wednesday in Las ...

Tenor sax player Sam Butera joined up with Louis Prima -- a fellow New Orleans native of Italian heritage -- in 1954, and for almost two decades they recorded hit albums for Capitol Records, were ...

Legendary saxophonist Sam Butera poses Wednesday, April 19, 2000. Photo by: AARON MAYES / LAS VEGAS SUN Another link to Las Vegas’ storied past was cut Wednesday morning with the passing of legendary ...

Las Vegas gets little credit for creating a uniquely American music scene, but snazzy sax man Sam Butera deserves plenty of plaudits for giving the Strip's jumping, jiving lounge sound some of the ...

NEW YORK, June 5 (UPI) -- Famed New Orleans-born jazz and R&B musician Sam Butera has died in Las Vegas his family said. He was 81. Butera, who played saxophone with singer-songwriter-musician Louis ...

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 ...

LAS VEGASLAS VEGAS — Sam Butera, a saxophonist who helped usher in lounge entertainment in Las Vegas and shared the stage with Louis Prima and Keely Smith, has died. He was 81. Butera died Wednesday ...

WASHINGTON — Sam Butera, 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 ...

THE ORIGINAL KING of swing, Louis Prima, would be turning over in his grave if he heard ex-Stray Cat/neo-swing rocker Brian Setzer's recently updated version of his seminal swing hit "Jump, Jive and ...

Saxophonist Sam Butera died Wednesday. Along with Louis Prima, he was a major force in the development of the Las Vegas lounge music scene in the 1950s. Butera arranged many of Prima's classics, ...

Sam Butera, the hard-driving, hard-swinging New Orleans saxophonist who was Louis Prima's longtime musical partner, died Wednesday in Las Vegas following a long illness. He was 81. Mr. Butera joined ...