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 ...
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 ...
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 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 morning of ...
Sam Butera, whose saxophone kept the Strip swingin' for 50 years, died Wednesday in Las Vegas. He was 81. The Louis Prima band, with Butera as his saxophone sidekick, gave Las Vegas a distinctive ...
Monday, December 18, 2023, at age 81. Predeceased by his parents, Paul and Felicia Butera. He is survived by his loving wife of 25 years, Jane E. Butera. His daughter, Melissa Butera; stepdaughters, ...