Sammy Price (October 6, 1908 - April 14, 1992) was an American jazz and blues pianist and bandleader who was born in Honey Grove, Texas. Price is most noteworthy for his work with his own band on Decca Records, known as the Texas Bluesicians that included fellow musicians Don Stovall and Emmett Berry. The artist is equally notable for his decade long partnership with Henry "Red" Allen. During his early career, Price was a singer in local venues in the Dallas area.

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  • Sammy Price (October 6, 1908 - April 14, 1992) was an American jazz and blues pianist and bandleader who was born in Honey Grove, Texas. Price is most noteworthy for his work with his own band on Decca Records, known as the Texas Bluesicians that included fellow musicians Don Stovall and Emmett Berry. The artist is equally notable for his decade long partnership with Henry "Red" Allen. During his early career, Price was a singer in local venues in the Dallas area. Price lived and played jazz in Kansas City, Chicago and Detroit. In 1938 Price was hired by Decca Records as a session sideman on piano, assisting singers such as Trixie Smith and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Later in his life, he partnered with the Roosevelt Hotel in New York; and was the headline entertainment at the Crawdaddy Restaurant, a New Orleans themed restaurant in New York in the mid 1970s. Both Benny Goodman and Buddy Rich played with Price at this venue. in the 1980s he switched to playing in the bar of Boston's Copley Plaza.
  • Samuel Blythe Price, genannt Sam oder Sammy, war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz, Blues und Boogie Woogie Pianist. Price studierte Klavier in Dallas und war am Anfang seiner Karriere auch Sänger und Tänzer in der Band von Alphonse Trent (1927 bis 1930). Seine erste Aufnahme machte er 1929 („Sammy Price and his Four Quarters“). Er war danach einige Jahre in Kansas City und dann in Chicago und Detroit. 1938 wurde er Hauspianist bei Decca in New York, wo er u.a. die Blues-Sängerinnen Sister Rosetta Tharpe und Trixie Smith begleitete. In den 1940er Jahren leitete er dort seine eigene Band „Texas Blusicians“, die auch einmal mit Lester Young aufnahmen. Daneben spielte er regelmäßig in den Clubs der 52. Street und in Musicals. 1948 spielte er auf dem Jazzfestival in Nizza mit Mezz Mezzrow. 1951 war er wieder in Texas. 1954 war er in New York und begleitete Mahalia Jackson und Jimmy Rushing. Er spielte auch viel mit Rhythm and Blues Bands. 1955/6 war er mit eigener Band auf Europa-Tournee. Danach war er bis 1967 der Partner von Red Allen. Danach spielte er im Roosevelt Hotel in New York und Mitte der 1970er Jahre im New Orleans-orientierten Crawdaddy Restaurant in New York, wo er auch z.B. mit Benny Goodman und Buddy Rich auftrat. Price blieb bis kurz vor seinem Tod als Musiker aktiv.
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  • Sammy Price (October 6, 1908 - April 14, 1992) was an American jazz and blues pianist and bandleader who was born in Honey Grove, Texas. Price is most noteworthy for his work with his own band on Decca Records, known as the Texas Bluesicians that included fellow musicians Don Stovall and Emmett Berry. The artist is equally notable for his decade long partnership with Henry "Red" Allen. During his early career, Price was a singer in local venues in the Dallas area.
  • Samuel Blythe Price, genannt Sam oder Sammy, war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz, Blues und Boogie Woogie Pianist. Price studierte Klavier in Dallas und war am Anfang seiner Karriere auch Sänger und Tänzer in der Band von Alphonse Trent (1927 bis 1930). Seine erste Aufnahme machte er 1929 („Sammy Price and his Four Quarters“). Er war danach einige Jahre in Kansas City und dann in Chicago und Detroit. 1938 wurde er Hauspianist bei Decca in New York, wo er u.a.
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