Sammy Price

Sammy Price
Price (background) with Wilbur De Paris (left), Sidney De Paris, Eddie Barefield and Charlie Traeger, Jimmy Ryan's (Club), New York, c. July 1947. Photograph by William P. Gottlieb.
Background information
Birth nameSamuel Blythe Price
Born(1908-10-06)October 6, 1908
Honey Grove, Texas, United States
DiedApril 14, 1992(1992-04-14) (aged 83)
New York City, United States
GenresJazz, jump blues
Occupation(s)Musician, dancer
Instrument(s)Piano, vocals

Samuel Blythe Price (October 6, 1908 – April 14, 1992)[1] was an American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader.[2] Price's playing is dark, mellow, and relaxed rather than percussive, and he was a specialist at creating the appropriate mood and swing for blues and rhythm and blues recordings.[3]

  1. ^ Scott Yanow. "Sammy Price | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  2. ^ Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music (1st ed.). Fulham, London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 181. ISBN 1-904041-96-5.
  3. ^ Ross., Russell (1971). Jazz style in Kansas City and the Southwest. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0520018532. OCLC 205031.

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