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 1-25 of 377 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Brunswick	DAL464	10-in.	10/26/1929	Blue rhythm stomp	Four Quarters ; Sammy Price	Jazz/dance band	leader
Brunswick	DAL465	10-in.	10/26/1929	Nasty but nice	Bert Johnson ; Sammy Price	Trombone solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano
Brunswick	DAL466	10-in.	10/26/1929	The right string but the wrong yo-yo	Douglas Finnell ; Royal Stompers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Brunswick	DAL467	10-in.	10/26/1929	Sweet, sweet mama	Douglas Finnell ; Royal Stompers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Decca	60520	10-in.	2/19/1936	Rhythm for sale	Monette Moore		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	60521	10-in.	2/19/1936	Two old maids in a folding bed	Monette Moore		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63756	10-in.	5/12/1938	Crying my blues away	Jimmie Gordon		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63757	10-in.	5/12/1938	Fast life	Jimmie Gordon		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63758	10-in.	5/12/1938	Sail with me	Jimmie Gordon		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63759	10-in.	5/12/1938	Lonesome bedroom blues	Jimmie Gordon		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63760	10-in.	5/12/1938	Alberta, Alberta	Jimmie Gordon		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63761	10-in.	5/12/1938	She's doin' it now	Jimmie Gordon		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63762	10-in.	5/12/1938	Keep your nose out of other people's business	Jimmie Gordon		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63763	10-in.	5/12/1938	Don't you loud mouth me	Cow Cow Davenport		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63764	10-in.	5/12/1938	I ain't no ice man	Cow Cow Davenport		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63765	10-in.	5/12/1938	The mess is here	Cow Cow Davenport		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63766	10-in.	5/12/1938	Railroad blues	Cow Cow Davenport		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63767	10-in.	5/12/1938	That'll get it	Cow Cow Davenport		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63862	10-in.	5/25/1938	Swing low, sweet chariot	Three Ebony		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63863	10-in.	5/25/1938	Go down Moses	Three Ebony		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63864	10-in.	5/25/1938	Heartbroken blues	Three Ebony		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63865	10-in.	5/25/1938	Mississippi moan	Three Ebony		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63866	10-in.	5/26/1938	Freight train blues	Trixie Smith		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63867	10-in.	5/26/1938	Trixie blues	Trixie Smith		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63868	10-in.	5/26/1938	My Daddy rocks me	Trixie Smith		instrumentalist, piano

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Price, Sammy," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.

Price, Sammy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.

"Price, Sammy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.