Louis Prima Jr. • jazz, swing

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The New Year's Eve celebration at Route 66 Casino Hotel's Legend's Theatre features bandleader, trumpeter and singer Louis Prima, Jr. in concert with his latest band, The Witnesses. There are two performance on Tuesday, Dec. 31, at 3pm and 8pm. Prima is a hip player who is following in his parent's footsteps. Louis Prima, Sr. and mother Gia Malone were big jazz personalities in the '50s and their son carries that signature sound capably into the next decade with a style that is part traditional and all contemporary. Prima's expressive explorations of jazzed up rock, soul and swinging blues get audiences dancing and New Year's Eve is the perfect time to indulge the band's joyous sound. This all-ages concert celebration costs only $20. (August March)