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Sammy Price and the Blues Singers

 
Album Review: Sammy Price and the Blues Singers
 

  • Artist: Sammy Price
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: June 19, 1998
  • Type: Compilation (best of), Box set
  • Genre: Blues

Review

When the Austrian Wolf logo decided to pay tribute to pianist Sammy Price's prolific legacy as both leader and sideman, they really did it up right. Ninety-four sides on four discs dating from 1929 to 1950 spotlight Price's rippling ivories behind a plethora of vocalists -- Peetie Wheatstraw, Harmon Ray, Bea Booze, Johnny Temple, Monette Moore, Scat Man Bailey, and a great many more -- as well as some very tasty instrumentals of his own. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide

Tracks



CD 1

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Mr. Freddie Blues J.H. Shayne Sammy Price, Beatrice Booze (3:08)
Gulf Coast Blues Sammy Price, Wee Bea Booze (2:59)
Moanin' Dove Sammy Price, Lee Brown (2:45)
New Little Girl, Little Girl Lee Brown Sammy Price, Lee Brown (3:03)
Do Your Duty Sammy Price, Lether McGraw (2:40)
Low Down Dirty Groundhog Sammy Price, Lether McGraw (2:50)
Possum Den Blues [Take A] Peetie Wheatstraw, Sammy Price (2:59)
A Working Man's Blues Peetie Wheatstraw, Sammy Price (3:03)
The Monkey Swing Sammy Price, Harlem Stompers (2:31)
My Understanding Man Sammy Price, Harlem Stompers (2:36)
Married Woman Blues Sammy Price, Georgia White (3:23)
How Do You Think I Feel Sammy Price, Georgia White (3:11)
Good Suzie (Rusty Knees) Johnnie "Geechie" Temple, Sammy Price (3:00)
Stick up Woman (Let Me Make This Trip With You) Johnnie "Geechie" Temple, Sammy Price (2:57)
Death Letter Blues Sammy Price, James Carter (2:39)
Death Cell Blues Sammy Price, James Carter (2:57)
Rock Me in the Groove Sammy Price, Sweet Georgia Brown (2:58)
These Low Down Men Blues Sweet Georgia Brown Sammy Price, Sweet Georgia Brown (3:11)
If I'm a Fool Sammy Price, Wee Bea Booze (2:39)
I Love to Georgia Brown So Slow Sammy Price, Wee Bea Booze (3:04)
Give It up Daddy Blues Sammy Price, Albinia Jones (3:13)
Sammy's Boogie Sam Price & His Trio (2:53)
Frenchy's Blues Sam Price & His Trio (2:51)
Working Man (Doing the Best I Can) Sammy Price, Ray Herman (2:59)


CD 2

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Let Me Rock You Home Sammy Price, Nora Lee King (2:42)
Why Don't You Do Right? Sammy Price, Nora Lee King (2:55)
My Mellow Man Sammy Price, Yack Taylor (3:00)
Knockin' Myself Out Sammy Price, Yack Taylor (3:11)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Traditional Sammy Price, Ebony Three (2:24)
Go Down Moses Traditional Sammy Price, Ebony Three (2:44)
Make Me Love You Porter Grainger Sammy Price, Ruby Smith (2:57)
Fruit Cakin' Mama Porter Grainger Sammy Price, Ruby Smith (3:17)
Try and Get It Traditional Sammy Price, Bea Foote (2:45)
I Want a Long Time Daddy Porter Grainger Sammy Price, Bea Foote (2:43)
Mound Bayou Leonard Feather, Andy Razaf Sammy Price, Pete Brown & His Band (2:44)
Unlucky Women (Unlucky Blues) Pete Brown, Sammy Price (3:14)
Black Gal Sammy Price, Ruby Smith (2:36)
Thinking Blues Ruby Smith Sammy Price, Ruby Smith (3:31)
After Hours Erskine Hawkins, Avery Parrish Sammy Price, Randy Brooks (3:20)
The Rain Is Falling Sammy Price, Albinia Jones (3:14)
Papa Tree Top Blues Sammy Price, Albinia Jones (2:34)
Eiffel Tower Sammy Price (2:55)
Low Down Blues Sam Price & His Trio (2:57)
President's Blues Sammy Price, Ray Herman (3:18)
My Oh My Sammy Price, Scatman Bailey (2:29)
Raindrop Blues Sammy Price, Scatman Bailey (3:15)


CD 3

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Fire on the Mountain Sammy Price, Georgia White (3:13)
When the Red Sun Turns Gray I'll Be Back Sammy Price, Georgia White (3:10)
Jive Lover Sammy Price, Bea Foote (3:03)
Possum Den Blues [Take B] Peetie Wheatstraw, Sammy Price (3:01)
Jammin' in Georgia Sammy Price, Harlem Stompers (2:41)
Brown Skin Woman Sammy Price, Gene Gilmore (2:44)
Charity Blues Sammy Price, Gene Gilmore (2:38)
Easy Way Blues Peetie Wheatstraw, Sammy Price (2:58)
Serenade to a Jitterbug Sammy Price, Harlem Stompers (2:43)
The Lowdown Lonely Blues Sammy Price, Sweet Georgia Brown (3:12)
Black Cat Bone Sweet Georgia Brown Sammy Price, Sweet Georgia Brown (3:21)
You're Gonna Go Your Way and I'm Gonna Go Mine Sammy Price, Yack Taylor (3:04)
Don't Stop Know Sammy Price, Yack Taylor (2:50)
Deep Sea Diver Sammy Price, Nora Lee King (2:54)
Gonna Buy Me a Telephone C. Williams Sammy Price, Pete Brown & His Band (3:07)
Cannonball Pete Brown, Sammy Price (2:44)
Candy Blues Sammy Price, Lem Johnson (2:36)
See See Rider Blues Sammy Price, Wee Bea Booze (3:17)
Let's Be Friends Sammy Price, Wee Bea Booze (2:50)
Love Is Such a Mystery Albinia Jones, Sam Price & His Quartet (2:44)
Pretty Mama Blues Sammy Price, Clyde Bernard (2:23)
Hey Little Boy Albinia Jones, Sam Price & His Quartet (2:38)
My Heart Belongs to You Sammy Price, Clyde Bernard (3:07)


CD 4

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Uncle Sam Come and Get Him Sammy Price, Wee Bea Booze (3:17)
If I Didn't Love You Sammy Price, Wee Bea Booze (3:05)
Machine Gun Blues Peetie Wheatstraw, Sammy Price (2:55)
Heartbroken Blues Sammy Price, Ebony Three (3:13)
Skin and Bones Woman Johnnie "Geechie" Temple, Sammy Price (3:17)
Love Me Sammy Price, Nora Lee King (3:03)
Lonesome Hut Blues Sammy Price, Effie Scott (2:26)
Sunshine Special Sammy Price, Effie Scott (2:25)
Mississippi Moan Sammy Price, Ebony Three (3:03)
Catchin' as Catch Can Sammy Price, Wee Bea Booze (2:57)
War Rationin' Papa Sammy Price, Wee Bea Booze (3:02)
Yump da da Da Sammy Price, Nora Lee King (2:35)
Fireman Blues Johnnie "Geechie" Temple, Sammy Price (3:10)
My Nightmare Jockey Yack Taylor Sammy Price, Yack Taylor (3:04)
I Have a Way of Lovin' Albinia Jones, Sam Price & His Quartet (2:29)
Song Man Sam Price & His Rocking Rhythm (3:12)
Hole in the Wall Sam Price & His Rocking Rhythm (2:40)
Good Paree Sam Price & His Trio (2:53)
Montparnasse Sam Price & His Trio (3:02)
Trouble Blues Sammy Price, Ray Herman (2:20)
Another Woman's Man Monette Moore, Sam Price & His Trio (3:07)
I'm a Little Piece of Leather Sammy Price, Ray Herman (2:27)
Please Mr. Blues Monette Moore, Sam Price & His Trio (3:17)
Ain't Nobody's Business Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins Sam Price & His Rocking Rhythm (3:04)
Back Street Sam Price & His Rocking Rhythm (2:45)

Credits

Lonnie Johnson (Guitar), Peetie Wheatstraw (Vocals), Buster Bailey (Clarinet), Danny Barker (Guitar), Al Casey (Guitar), Buck Clayton (Trumpet), Leonard Feather (Photography), Dizzy Gillespie (Trumpet), Helen Humes (Vocals), Albert Nicholas (Clarinet), Buddy Tate (Sax (Tenor)), Charlie Shavers (Trumpet), Pete Brown (Sax (Alto)), George Van Eps (Guitar), Sammy Price (Piano), Sammy Price (Main Performer), Teddy Bunn (Guitar), John Hardee (Sax (Tenor)), Wellman Braud (Bass), Walter Page (Sax (Baritone)), Randy Brooks (Trumpet), Vincent Bair-Beyes (Sax (Alto)), Vincent Bair-Beyes (Sax (Baritone)), Emmett Berry (Trumpet), Abe Bolar (Sax (Baritone)), Lee Brown (Vocals), Big Sid Catlett (Drums), Kenny Clarke (Drums), Ernie Englund (Trumpet), Pops Foster (Sax (Baritone)), Richard "Dick" Fullbright (Sax (Baritone)), Jimmy Hamilton (Clarinet), J.C. Higginbotham (Trombone), George James (Sax (Alto)), Walter Johnson (Drums), Don Jones (Trombone), John Lindsay (Sax (Baritone)), Dave McRae (Sax (Baritone)), Monette Moore (Vocals), Al Norris (Guitar), John Sanford (Trumpet), Ruby Smith (Vocals), William O. Smith (Sax (Baritone)), O'Neill Spencer (Drums), Erik Trauner (Cover Art), Leonard Ware (Guitar), Dicky Wells (Trombone), Hy White (Guitar), Williams (Guitar), Georgia White (Vocals), Billy Butler (Guitar), Lem Johnson (Vocals), John Lesko (Sax (Tenor)), Sam Price (Piano), Sam Price (Band), Haig Stephens (Sax (Baritone)), Charles Drayton (Sax (Baritone)), Bea Foote (Vocals), Lether McGraw (Vocals), Dave Pitman (Trombone), Hal West (Drums), Art Lopez (Sax (Alto)), Hester Lancaster (Vocals), Albinia Jones (Vocals), John Robinson (Clarinet), Dorothea Smith (Drums), Walter Williams (Sax (Baritone)), Gene Gilmore (Performer), Billy Taylor (Sax (Baritone)), Yack Taylor (Vocals), Bert Johnson (Trombone), Percy Joell (Sax (Baritone)), Percy Darensbourg (Guitar), Daniel Gugolz (Compilation), Daniel Gugolz (Editing), Christoph Streissler (Artwork), Christoph Streissler (Typesetting), Paul Lajoie (Sax (Baritone)), Eddie Shomer (Baritone), James Carter (Vocals), Georges Hadjo (Sax (Baritone)), Scatman Bailey (Performer), Clyde Bernard (Vocals), Clyde Bernard (Performer), Ebony Three (Performer), Harlem Stompers (Performer), Effie Scott (Vocals), Effie Scott (Performer)
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