Ruth Price | |
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Born | (1938-04-27)April 27, 1938 (age 86) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz,vocal jazz |
Occupation | Singer |
Ruth Price (born April 27, 1938) is an Americanjazz singer and Artistic Director of theJazz Bakery in Los Angeles, California. Price attended ballet school in 1952. In 1954, she sang withCharlie Ventura and later worked as a singer and dancer in Philadelphia and New York City. She moved to Hollywood in 1957 and toured withHarry James from 1964 to 1965.[1] In the 1960s and 1970s, she had severalTV 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 theGreat American Songbook. She has worked as an adjunct assistant professor at theUCLA Department ofEthnomusicology.
Recorded | Album Title | Label | Catalogue No. | Release |
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1955 | My Name Is Ruth Price....I Sing! | Kapp | KL-1006 | LP/CD |
1956 | Ruth Price Sings with the Johnny Smith Quartet | (Roost | RLP 2217 | LP/CD |
1957 | The Party's Over | Kapp Records | KL-1054 | LP |
1961 | Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole | Contemporary | S7590 | LP/CD |
1963 | Live And Beautiful | Ava | A-54 | LP |
1983 | Lucky To Be Me | ITI | LP | |
2014 | Dearly Beloved | Blue Playa Records | CD/Digital Compilation Album |
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