Sammy Price
Artist: Sammy Price
Genre(s):
Blues
Discography:
Collection (Boogie Woogie)
Year:
Tracks: 2
Sammy Price had a long and fertile vocation as a flexible blues and boogie-woogie-based piano player. He studied pianissimo in Dallas and was a singer and social dancer with Alphonso Trent's band during 1927-1930. In 1929, he recorded one solitary side under the title of "Sammy Price and His Four Quarters." After a few geezerhood in Kansas City, he exhausted time in Chicago and Detroit. In 1938, Price became the house piano player for Decca in New York and appeared on many vapours sides with such singers as Trixie Smith and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. He light-emitting diode his possess dance orchestra on records in the other '40s which included (on one memorable session) Lester Young. Price worked steadily on 52nd Street, in 1948 played at the Nice Festival with Mezz Mezzrow, exhausted time back in Texas, and then a decade with Red Allen; he was besides heard on many rock candy & roll-type roger Sessions in the 1950s. In later geezerhood he recorded with Doc Cheatham. Sammy Price was active until skinny his expiry, 63 days after his recording debut.
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