by Ian Bell | Feb 27, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Cabaret, Comedy, Interviews, Live Music
[CABARET/Jazz ~ SA] by Ian Bell Adelaide’s Zooma Zooma is keeping the music of Louis Prima alive! Louis Prima was a super hep cat. Born in 1910 and by the time he was twenty the American Italian was playing New Orleans style jazz. In the 1930s he fronted a swing...
by Adrian Miller | Feb 24, 2022 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2022, Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Pop ~ WORLD PREMIERE ~ SA] The Moa (open-air) at Gluttony, Wed 23 Feb. If we had been expecting (from the name of this show) to hear classical music renditions of favourite Beatles songs, that is quickly blown away when ringmaster Anthony Leppa – dressed in Sgt...
by Adrian Miller | Mar 4, 2020 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2020, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Jazz ~ SA] Nexus Arts, Tue 3 Mar. Zooma Zooma is a marvellously entertaining musical outfit dedicated to presenting the songs of Italian-American jazz singer and Las Vegas legend Louis Prima. Prima was seemingly driven to create a maximum of irreverent fun...
by Jenna Bonavita | Feb 21, 2019 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2019, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews
[CABARET/MUSIC ~ SA] Nexus Arts, Wed 20 Feb. Paying homage to showbiz legend Louis Prima, Zooma Zooma successfully presents an authentic big band era sound despite only being a four piece. As with Prima, Zooma Zooma permeate an exuberant playfulness, and it’s...
