Ruth Price

Ruth Price
Birth name Ruth Price
Born (1938-04-27) April 27, 1938
Origin Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocal jazz
Notable instruments
Vocal jazz

Ruth Price (born April 27, 1938) is an American jazz singer and Artistic Director 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, and later toured 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]

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  1. 1 2 3 Allmusic Biography
  2. 1 2 UCLA Faculty Page

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