Sammy Price

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Toon Town Dave · #1 Post by **Toon Town Dave** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:25 pm

I was just poking around jazz-on-line.com and stumbled across a few sides by Sam/Sammy Price and his Texas Blusicians. Really cool stuff, even a few cool recordings with Lester Young.

According to allmusic, he's known for his blues and boogie woogie piano and did a lot of studio work. Some of his early stuff sounds pretty good with a little more of a small-group swinging jazz sound.

Jonas · #2 Post by **Jonas** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:41 am

I regularly spin "The Goon Drag" and "Just Jivin' Around", both with Lester Young, from "The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions, Vol. 6, Rare Items" [Blue Moon #1006] (with Lester Young being the album artist).

Apart from those, I don't enjoy much else from Price's catalogue for dancing though. As usual, Lester's presence really lifts the atmosphere.

/Jonas

Matt · #3 Post by **Matt** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:14 pm

I picked up a great CD that I spin from a lot, Sammy Price featuring Emmett Berry in the Americans Swinging in Paris series.