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Sammy Price photograph collection.

Title: Sammy Price photograph collection.
Author: Price, Sammy
Publication: [between 1930 and 1987?]

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Sammy Price Collection Box 2	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Sammy Price Collection Box 1	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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p1pc Price, Sammy Sammy Price papers, 1929-1992 (OCoLC)949779517

Description

232 items (.6 cubic ft., two boxes); 26 x 21 cm and smaller.
78 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
136 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
15 photographic prints : color ;
1 photographic postcard : gelatin silver, black and white ;
1 photomechanical prints : halftone, black and white ;
1 photographic prints : dye diffusion, black and white ;

Summary

Depictions mainly of the music career and related activities of jazz and blues pianist Sammy Price from the 1930s to the 1980s. The collection consists of individual portraits of Price; individual and group portraits, with Price, of his family; views of Price in solo and group musical performances; group portraits showing Price with musicians, celebrities, public figures and civic groups; views of musical performances, social gatherings and other events; and publicity photographs and candid shots of other musicians and singers. Also depicted is some of Price's involvement with Harlem community activism. Depictions of Price's personal life and career prior to the 1930s are limited.
Of note are group portraits and views of Price, his family, and his All Stars jazz band, which included Pops Foster, Freddie Moore and Emmett Berry, in France and Tunisia during a tour of Europe and North Africa (1956); views of various concert performances for the Jazz Festival Society of Philadelphia (co-founded by Price) that include Sidney Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow, Bunk Johnson and Lester Young (1940s); views of a jazz tribute concert for Sidney Bechet at Carnegie Hall, New York (1959); and views of Price's work with Harlem's Neighborhood Board #2, a community organization associated with HARYOU-ACT (late 1960s-1970s).

Subject

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1930-1989.
Group portraits – 1930-1989.
Publicity photographs – 1940-1989.
Gelatin silver prints – 1930-1989.
Dye coupler prints – 1970-1989.

Note

Title taken from Sammy Price Papers.
Some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's hand stamp on verso; some items bear photographer's name printed on recto; some items bear photographer's address labels attached to verso.
Some items bear handwritten captions on verso; some items bear caption labels attached to verso; some items bear printed captions on recto. Some items bear cropping marks; some items are cropped.
Some items are duplicates. Some items show wear or damage. One item is in souvenir mat.
Collection contains work by James J. Kriegsmann, Cecil Layne, David McAdams, Claude Mitchell, Roger Pariente, Raymond Ross, and the San Jacinto Photo Service, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

Some items are under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

Sammy Blythe Price, 1908-1992, was a Texas-born African American jazz and blues pianist and bandleader. Starting his career as a singer and dancer in Dallas, Texas, in the late-1920s, Price performed in jazz groups throughout the American Midwest before moving to New York in 1938 to do session work at Decca Records. At Decca, he worked on blues, jazz and gospel recordings, became a recording supervisor, and formed his own band, the Texas Bluesicians. During the 1940s, Price recorded and performed either solo or with groups that included Sidney Bechet and Mezz Mezzrow. In the 1950s, he moved to Dallas, opened two clubs there, and often toured with his own band in Europe. Moving back to New York in the 1960s, Price became involved in Harlem political and community activities, but returned to the music business during the 1970s and 1980s. Price died in New York in 1992.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Sammy Price Papers, 1929-1992.

Publications (note)

What do they want: a jazz autobiography by Sammy Price. Oxford : Bayou Press, 1989.

Call Number

Sc Photo Sammy Price Collection

OCLC

1285721850

Author

Price, Sammy, collector.

Title

Sammy Price photograph collection.

Production

[between 1930 and 1987?]

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Some items are under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Sammy Blythe Price, 1908-1992, was a Texas-born African American jazz and blues pianist and bandleader. Starting his career as a singer and dancer in Dallas, Texas, in the late-1920s, Price performed in jazz groups throughout the American Midwest before moving to New York in 1938 to do session work at Decca Records. At Decca, he worked on blues, jazz and gospel recordings, became a recording supervisor, and formed his own band, the Texas Bluesicians. During the 1940s, Price recorded and performed either solo or with groups that included Sidney Bechet and Mezz Mezzrow. In the 1950s, he moved to Dallas, opened two clubs there, and often toured with his own band in Europe. Moving back to New York in the 1960s, Price became involved in Harlem political and community activities, but returned to the music business during the 1970s and 1980s. Price died in New York in 1992.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Sammy Price Papers, 1929-1992.

Publications

What do they want: a jazz autobiography by Sammy Price. Oxford : Bayou Press, 1989.

Local Note

Sc MG 465

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Added Author

Bradley, Jack, 1934- , photographer.

Jackson, James, photographer.

Kriegsmann, James J., photographer.

Layne, Cecil, photographer.

Leloir, Jean-Pierre, photographer.

McAdams, David, Bro., photographer.

Mitchell, Claude, photographer.

Nusco, Al, photographer.

Pariente, Roger, photographer.

Ross, Raymond, photographer.

San Jacinto Photo Service (Dallas, Tex.), photographer.

Found In:

p1pc Price, Sammy Sammy Price papers, 1929-1992 (OCoLC)949779517

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Sammy Price Collection

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