Ruth Price

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Name = Ruth Price


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Instrument = Vocals
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Genre = Jazz
Occupation = Singer
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Ruth Price (born April 27, 1938) is an American jazz singer and the owner of the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles, California. Price was originally a dancer, and attended ballet school in 1952.All Music Guide Biography [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wifyxqy5ldke~T0] ] In 1954, she sang with Charlie Ventura, and later worked singing and dancing in Philadelphia and New York City. She moved to Hollywood in 1957, later touring with Harry James from 1964-1965. Price's diverse 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.UCLA Faculty Page [http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/people/pricer.htm] ]

Discography

*"My Name is Ruth Price: I Sing" (1955)
*"Ruth Price Sings with the Johnny Smith Quartet" (1956)
*"The Party's Over" (1957)
*"Ruth Price With Shelley Manne at the Manne-Hole" (1961)
*"Live and Beautiful" (1963)
*"Lucky to Be Me" (1983)

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External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wifyxqy5ldke~T0 Ruth Price on the All Music Guide]
* [http://jazz.about.com/od/losangelesjazzclubs/a/pricejazzbakery.htm Interview with Ruth Price at About.com]