Ruth Price
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| Ruth Price | |
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 Ruth Price With Shelley Manne at the Manne-Hole (1961)
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| Birth name | Ruth Price |
| Born | April 27, 1938 |
| Origin |  U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
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.[1] In 1954, she sang with Charlie Ventura, and later worked singing and dancing in Philadelphia and New York City.[1] She moved to Hollywood in 1957, later touring with Harry James from 1964-1965.[1] Price's diverse repertoire includes many obscure, lesser-known gems from the Great American Songbook.[2] She has worked as an adjunct assistant professor at the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology.[2]
[edit] 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)
