Barrelhouse and Blues

• Artist: Sammy Price
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• Release Date: December 04, 1969
• Total Time: 72:38
• Genre: Blues

Review

After being largely off records (at least as a leader) since 1961, pianist Sammy Price recorded four sets in Europe for Black & Blue and Black Lion before disappearing from records again until 1975. This CD reissues a surprisingly Dixieland-ish outing with a British sextet that includes trumpeter Keith Smith, trombonist Roy Williams and clarinetist Sandy Brown. Since Price loved to play boogie-woogie and blues, there is a fair sampling of that music on the date (including "West End Boogie" and "Boogie Woogie Minuet"), and such Dixieland favorites as "Rosetta," "Keeping Out of Mischief Now" and "Royal Garden Blues." An exuberant, spirited set with all of the musicians playing in fine form. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Honey Grove Blues	Sammy Price	Sammy Price	(3:45)
Rosetta	Earl Hines, Henri Woode	Sammy Price	(4:29)
St. James Infirmary	Joe Primrose, Irving Mills, Traditional	Sammy Price	(3:01)
West End Boogie	Sammy Price	Sammy Price	(6:32)
In the Evening [Take 2]	Don Raye, Leroy Carr, Huddie Ledbetter	Sammy Price	(5:20)
Keepin' Out of Mischief Now	Andy Razaf, Fats Waller	Sammy Price	(2:50)
Struttin' With Georgia	Sammy Price	Sammy Price	(9:43)
Royal Garden Blues	Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams	Sammy Price	(5:04)
Jelly on My Mind	Sammy Price	Sammy Price	(4:05)
Boogie Woogie Minuet	Sammy Price	Sammy Price	(2:52)
How Long Blues	Leroy Carr, Traditional	Sammy Price	(3:51)
Hungarian Rhapsody	Traditional	Sammy Price	(3:14)
In the Evening [Take 1]	Don Raye, Huddie Ledbetter, Leroy Carr	Sammy Price	(5:34)
Blues for the Bluesicians	Sammy Price	Sammy Price	(3:07)
Just a Lonesome Babe in the Wood	Sammy Price	Sammy Price	(9:11)

Credits

Roy Williams (Trombone), Terry Brown (Producer), Alun Morgan (Liner Notes), Sammy Price (Piano), David Redfern (Photography), Lennie Hastings (Drums), Sammy Price (Vocals), Ruan O'Lochlainn (Guitar), Malcolm Walker (Design), Alan Bates (Producer), Sandy Brown (Clarinet), Harvey Weston (Bass), Carlos Olms (Engineer), Sammy Price (Arranger), Keith Smith (Trumpet)