| LC control no. | n 85098931 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Price, Sammy |
| Variant(s) | Price, Sam, 1908-1992 Price, Samuel Blythe |
| See also | Corporate body: Sam Price Trio Corporate body: Sam Price's Fly Cats (Musical group) Corporate body: Texas Blusicians Corporate body: Four Quarters (Musical group : Sammy Price) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) Dallas (Tex.) |
| Birth date | 1908-10-06 |
| Death date | 1992-04-14 |
| Place of birth | Honey Grove (Tex.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Music Piano music (Jazz) Piano music (Boogie woogie) Piano music (Blues) |
| Profession or occupation | Pianists African American jazz musicians |
| Found in | Cheatham, D. Doc & Sammy [SR] 1977?: container (Sammy Price, piano) His Do you dig my jive [SR] p1985: label (Sam Price) container (b. Samuel Blythe Price in Honey Grove, Tex., 10-6-08) The birth of soul [SR] 1969: label (Sam Price Trio) Shavers, C. Timeless Historical presents Charlie Shavers and the blues singers [SR] 1995: label (Sam Price's Fly Cats) All music guide WWW site, Mar. 18, 2005 (Sammy Price; b. Oct. 6, 1908, Honey Grove, TX, d. Apr. 14, 1992, New York, NY; blues and boogie-woogie pianist) Sammy Price papers, 1929 -1992: (Samuel "Sammy" Blythe Price (Oct. 6, 1908, Honey Grove, Texas - Apr. 14, 1992, New York City), a self-taught pianist, debuted onstage dancing the Charleston with the Alphonso Trent Orchestra in 1925; American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader) New York times online, viewed January 20, 2017 (obituary dated April 16, 1992: Sammy Price, jazz pianist; born in Honey Grove, Texas; moved to New York in the late 1930s and became a staff musician for Decca records, recording regularly behind blues, jazz and gospel singers; also led his own group, the Texas Blusicians, which included at different times Ike Quebec and Lester Young; in the 1950s he moved to Dallas, where he owned two clubs; later performed in Europe, at festivals, and in New York City; active in Harlem politics; died Tuesday [April 14, 1992] at age 83) The Frog blues & jazz annual no. 2, 2011: label (Sammy Price and his Four Quarters) program notes in The Frog blues & jazz annual, no. 2, page 176 (Douglas Finnell, trumpet ; Bert Johnson, trombone ; Sammy Price, piano ; Percy Darensbourg, banjo; recorded Sept. 29, 1929, Dallas, Tex.) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 87115390 |
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