Sammy Price

American musician
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Also known as: Samuel Blythe Price
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In full:
Samuel Blythe Price
Born:
Oct. 6, 1908, Honey Grove, Texas, U.S.
Died:
April 14, 1992, New York, N.Y. (aged 83)

Sammy Price (born Oct. 6, 1908, Honey Grove, Texas, U.S.—died April 14, 1992, New York, N.Y.) was an American pianist and bandleader, a jazz musician rooted in the old rhythm and blues and boogie-woogie traditions who had a long career as a soloist and accompanist. Price first toured as a dancer before working in bands in the Southwest and Midwest during the 1920s and ’30s. He moved to New York City in 1937, where he became a staff musician and a musical director for Decca Records. There he supervised recording sessions and frequently accompanied such singers as Trixie Smith, Sister ...(100 of 180 words)