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	Role
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

(Results 351-375 of 377 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Price, Sammy," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.

Price, Sammy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.

"Price, Sammy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.