Ruth Price

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Ruth Price
Born (1938-04-27) April 27, 1938 (age 86)
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres Jazz, vocal jazz
Occupation(s)Singer

Ruth Price (born April 27, 1938) is an American jazz singer and Artistic Director of the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles, California. Price attended ballet school in 1952. In 1954, she sang with Charlie Ventura and later worked as a singer and dancer in Philadelphia and New York City. She moved to Hollywood in 1957 and toured with Harry James from 1964 to 1965. [1] In the 1960s and 1970s, she had several TV appearances both as herself in musical specials and as an actress in popular TV shows of the time.

Price's repertoire includes many obscure, lesser-known gems from the Great American Songbook. She has worked as an adjunct assistant professor at the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology.

Discography

RecordedAlbum TitleLabelCatalogue No.Release
1955My Name Is Ruth Price....I Sing! Kapp KL-1006LP/CD
1956Ruth Price Sings with the Johnny Smith Quartet(Roost RLP 2217LP/CD
1957The Party's OverKapp RecordsKL-1054LP
1961 Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole Contemporary S7590LP/CD
1963Live And Beautiful Ava A-54LP
1983Lucky To Be Me ITI LP
2014Dearly BelovedBlue Playa RecordsCD/Digital Compilation Album

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References

  1. Yanow, Scott. "Ruth Price". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. "Ruth Price | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2016.


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