Sammy Price, Club Harlem, 1934-1935

Summary

Jazz pianist Sammy Price (1908-1992) had a storied career. He began as a touring musician in the 1920s and continued to play until the 1980s. As a staff musician for Decca Records, he accompanied famous artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sidney Bechet, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. This publicity photo is from Club Harlem in Detroit, Michigan, circa 1935.

Jazz pianist Sammy Price (1908-1992) had a storied career. He began as a touring musician in the 1920s and continued to play until the 1980s. As a staff musician for Decca Records, he accompanied famous artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sidney Bechet, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. This publicity photo is from Club Harlem in Detroit, Michigan, circa 1935.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1934-1935

Creators

Unknown

Collection Title

Warbler Family Papers 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2004.30.3.8

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Allene Warbler in Remembrance of Her Parents Allen and Rene Warbler.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 9.750 in

Width: 7.750 in

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