Sammy Price
Samuel Blythe Price (October 6, 1908 – April 14, 1992) was an American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader. 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. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 6, 1908 (Honey Grove), Died April 14, 1992 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1956
Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, vocalist, guitar, leader
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Recordings (Results 351-375 of 377 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 91762 | 10-in. | 9/13/1939 | Let's get together | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 91820 | 10-in. | 9/29/1939 | Nobody knows the trouble I see | Jimmie Gordon | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 91821 | 10-in. | 9/29/1939 | The boogie man | Jimmie Gordon | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 91822 | 10-in. | 9/29/1939 | Ease it to me | Jimmie Gordon | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 91823 | 10-in. | 9/29/1939 | Henpecked man | Jimmie Gordon | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 91824 | 10-in. | 9/29/1939 | Brown skin woman | Gene Gilmore | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 91825 | 10-in. | 9/29/1939 | Charity blues | Gene Gilmore | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 91826 | 10-in. | 9/29/1939 | Dead letter blues | James Carter | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 91827 | 10-in. | 9/29/1939 | Death cell blues | James Carter | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 93010 | 10-in. | 6/4/1940 | Trigger Slim blues | Jimmie Gordon | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 93011 | 10-in. | 6/4/1940 | (Roll 'em Dorothy) Let 'em jump for joy | Jimmie Gordon | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 93012 | 10-in. | 6/4/1940 | L & N blues | Jimmie Gordon | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 101950 | 5/16/1956 | St. Louis blues | Sidney Bechet | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 101952 | 5/16/1956 | Back home | Sidney Bechet | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 101953 | 5/16/1956 | The Memphis blues | Sidney Bechet | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 101954 | 5/16/1956 | Yes, we have no bananas | Sidney Bechet | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 101955 | 5/16/1956 | Dinah | Sidney Bechet | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 101956 | 5/16/1956 | Tin roof blues | Sidney Bechet | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 101957 | 5/16/1956 | Jazz me blues | Sidney Bechet | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | N 1800 | 10-in. | 3/1/1944 | That's kicks ; That's kicks (incomplete) | Sammy Price and his Bluesicians | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | N 1801 | 10-in. | 3/1/1944 | Pluckin' that thing | Sammy Price and his Bluesicians | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | N 1802 | 10-in. | 3/1/1944 | A boogie woogie notion | Sammy Price and his Bluesicians | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | N 1803 | 10-in. | 3/1/1944 | House rent boogie | Sammy Price and his Bluesicians | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | N 1804 | 10-in. | 3/1/1944 | Big Joe | Sammy Price and his Bluesicians | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | N 1805 | 10-in. | 3/1/1944 | Boogin' a plenty | Sammy Price and his Bluesicians | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Price, Sammy," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.
Price, Sammy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.
"Price, Sammy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Price, Sammy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85098931
Wikidata: Sammy Price - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q725312
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