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'''Samuel Blythe Price''' (October 6, 1908 – April 14, 1992)<ref name="amg">{{cite web|author=Scott Yanow |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sammy-price-mn0000835654/biography |title=Sammy Price | Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=2015-10-06}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]], [[boogie-woogie]] and [[jump blues]] pianist and bandleader.<ref name="Music">{{cite book | first= Paul | last= Du Noyer | year= 2003 | title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music | edition= 1st | publisher= Flame Tree Publishing | location= Fulham, London | isbn= 1-904041-96-5 | page= 181}}</ref> |
'''Samuel Blythe Price''' (October 6, 1908 – April 14, 1992)<ref name="amg">{{cite web|author=Scott Yanow |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sammy-price-mn0000835654/biography |title=Sammy Price | Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=2015-10-06}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]], [[boogie-woogie]] and [[jump blues]] pianist and bandleader.<ref name="Music">{{cite book | first= Paul | last= Du Noyer | year= 2003 | title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music | edition= 1st | publisher= Flame Tree Publishing | location= Fulham, London | isbn= 1-904041-96-5 | page= 181}}</ref> Price's is a less percussive pianist; his playing is dark, mellow, and relaxed, and he is a specialist at ccreating the appropriate mood and swing for blues and rhythm and blues recordings. <ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/205031|title=Jazz style in Kansas City and the Southwest.|last=Ross.|first=Russell,|date=1971|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0520018532|location=Berkeley,|oclc=205031}}</ref> |
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==Life and career== |
==Life and career== |
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Price was born in [[Honey Grove, Texas|Honey Grove]], [[Texas]], United States.<ref name="Dead">{{cite web|url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1992.html|title=The Dead Rock Stars Club 1992 - 1993|publisher=Thedeadrockstarsclub.com|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref> During his early career, he was a singer and dancer<ref name="wynn">{{Citation | last =Wynn | first =Ron | authorlink= Ron Wynn |editor=[[Ron Wynn]]|others=M. Erlewine, V. Bogdanov| year =1994 | title =[[All Music Guide to Jazz]] | place =San Francisco | publisher =Miller Freeman | page=533 | isbn =0-87930-308-5}}</ref> in local venues in the [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]] area. Price lived and played jazz in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Chicago]] and [[Detroit]]. In 1938 he was hired by Decca Records as a [[session musician|session]] [[sideman]] on piano, assisting singers such as [[Trixie Smith]] and [[Sister Rosetta Tharpe]].<ref name="russell"/> |
Price was born in [[Honey Grove, Texas|Honey Grove]], [[Texas]], United States.<ref name="Dead">{{cite web|url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1992.html|title=The Dead Rock Stars Club 1992 - 1993|publisher=Thedeadrockstarsclub.com|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref> During his early career, he was a singer and dancer<ref name="wynn">{{Citation | last =Wynn | first =Ron | authorlink= Ron Wynn |editor=[[Ron Wynn]]|others=M. Erlewine, V. Bogdanov| year =1994 | title =[[All Music Guide to Jazz]] | place =San Francisco | publisher =Miller Freeman | page=533 | isbn =0-87930-308-5}}</ref> in local venues in the [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]] area. Price lived and played jazz in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Chicago]] and [[Detroit]]. In 1938 he was hired by Decca Records as a [[session musician|session]] [[sideman]] on piano, assisting singers such as [[Trixie Smith]] and [[Sister Rosetta Tharpe]].<ref name="russell"/> |
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Price was most noteworthy for his work on [[Decca Records]] with his own band, known as the Texas Bluesicians, that included fellow musicians [[Don Stovall]] and [[Emmett Berry]].<ref name="russell">{{cite book | first= Tony | last= Russell | year= 1997 | title= The Blues - From [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]] to [[Robert Cray]] | edition= | publisher=Carlton Books Limited | location= Dubai | pages= 156–157 | isbn= 1-85868-255-X}}</ref> Price also had a decade-long partnership with [[Henry Red Allen|Henry "Red" Allen]]. |
Price was most noteworthy for his work on [[Decca Records]] with his own band, known as the Texas Bluesicians, that included fellow musicians [[Don Stovall]] and [[Emmett Berry]].<ref name="russell">{{cite book | first= Tony | last= Russell | year= 1997 | title= The Blues - From [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]] to [[Robert Cray]] | edition= | publisher=Carlton Books Limited | location= Dubai | pages= 156–157 | isbn= 1-85868-255-X}}</ref> He was the accompanist on countless recording sessions for the Decca blues, race, and rhythm-and-blues catalogs, and featuring such singers as Trixie Smith (''Trixie Blues''), Blue Lu Barker (''Georgia Grind''), and Cousin Joe (''Box Car Shorty''). Price recorded under his own name, with gospel singers (Rosetta Tharpe, Evelyn Knight) and with Lester Young, toured Europe with Jimmy Rushing, appeared at numerous jazz festivals, and performed in a Broadway play starring Tallulah Bankhead (''Clash By Night'')<ref name=":0" />. Price also had a decade-long partnership with [[Henry Red Allen|Henry "Red" Allen]]. |
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During the Sixties he was active in the law, politics, and civil rights advocating for the homeless. In Harlem he was organizing street-level campaigns for Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, President Lyndon Johnson and Senator Bobby Kennedy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jazzhotbigstep.com/4204.html|title=Sammy Price|website=www.jazzhotbigstep.com|access-date=2018-03-05}}</ref> |
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Later in his life, Price partnered with the [[Roosevelt Hotel (New York)|Roosevelt Hotel]] in New York City, and was the headline entertainment at the Crawdaddy Restaurant, a [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] themed restaurant in New York in the mid-1970s. Both [[Benny Goodman]] and [[Buddy Rich]] played with Price at this venue. in the 1980s he switched to playing in the bar of [[Boston]]'s [[Copley Plaza]].<ref name="russell"/> |
Later in his life, Price partnered with the [[Roosevelt Hotel (New York)|Roosevelt Hotel]] in New York City, and was the headline entertainment at the Crawdaddy Restaurant, a [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] themed restaurant in New York in the mid-1970s. Both [[Benny Goodman]] and [[Buddy Rich]] played with Price at this venue. in the 1980s he switched to playing in the bar of [[Boston]]'s [[Copley Plaza]].<ref name="russell"/> |
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,_New_York,_ca._July_1947_(William_P._Gottlieb_02031).jpg) 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 | |
| Born | October 6, 1908 Honey Grove, Texas, United States |
| Died | April 14, 1992 (aged 83) New York City, United States |
| Genres | Jazz, 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 is a less percussive pianist; his playing is dark, mellow, and relaxed, and he is a specialist at ccreating the appropriate mood and swing for blues and rhythm and blues recordings. [3]
Life and career
Price was born in Honey Grove, Texas, United States.[4] During his early career, he was a singer and dancer[5] in local venues in the Dallas area. Price lived and played jazz in Kansas City, Chicago and Detroit. In 1938 he was hired by Decca Records as a session sideman on piano, assisting singers such as Trixie Smith and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.[6]
Price was most noteworthy for his work on Decca Records with his own band, known as the Texas Bluesicians, that included fellow musicians Don Stovall and Emmett Berry.[6] He was the accompanist on countless recording sessions for the Decca blues, race, and rhythm-and-blues catalogs, and featuring such singers as Trixie Smith (Trixie Blues), Blue Lu Barker (Georgia Grind), and Cousin Joe (Box Car Shorty). Price recorded under his own name, with gospel singers (Rosetta Tharpe, Evelyn Knight) and with Lester Young, toured Europe with Jimmy Rushing, appeared at numerous jazz festivals, and performed in a Broadway play starring Tallulah Bankhead (Clash By Night)[3]. Price also had a decade-long partnership with Henry "Red" Allen.
During the Sixties he was active in the law, politics, and civil rights advocating for the homeless. In Harlem he was organizing street-level campaigns for Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, President Lyndon Johnson and Senator Bobby Kennedy.[7]
Later in his life, Price partnered with the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, and was the headline entertainment at the Crawdaddy Restaurant, a New Orleans themed restaurant in New York in the mid-1970s. Both Benny Goodman and Buddy Rich played with Price at this venue. in the 1980s he switched to playing in the bar of Boston's Copley Plaza.[6]
He died of a heart attack in April 1992, at home in Harlem, in New York City, at the age of 83.
References
- ^ Scott Yanow. "Sammy Price | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
- ^ Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music (1st ed.). Fulham, London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 181. ISBN 1-904041-96-5.
- ^ a b Ross., Russell, (1971). Jazz style in Kansas City and the Southwest. Berkeley,: University of California Press. ISBN 0520018532. OCLC 205031.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "The Dead Rock Stars Club 1992 - 1993". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ Wynn, Ron (1994), Ron Wynn (ed.), All Music Guide to Jazz, M. Erlewine, V. Bogdanov, San Francisco: Miller Freeman, p. 533, ISBN 0-87930-308-5
- ^ a b c Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books Limited. pp. 156–157. ISBN 1-85868-255-X.
- ^ "Sammy Price". www.jazzhotbigstep.com. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
