Ruth Price
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 2 3 Allmusic Biography
- 1 2 UCLA Faculty Page
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