And today, Price soldiers on---much like Mother Courage---in search of a new home for her long-running L.A. music venue, The Jazz Bakery. Introduced here by Bobby Troup. Kinescoped off of one of those old gasoline powered TVs. The bassist is Scott LaFaro.
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Ooh, thank you so much.
I bought the Johnny Smith album a few years ago, as one of my very first 'rare jazz singers collectoritems'.
Since then a big fan of Price, and I acatually like her even more now that I saw her perform.It's about time for a comeback, no?
Thank you!
j.
Somewhat ironically Ruth was at her jazz space, the Bakery, almost every night of the week announcing the acts, taking tickets, but I am not aware that she ever sang there. Not even sure if she fancies herself as a singer anymore. She sure was (is?) good, though.
I have three of her CDs and think she's terrific. I've looked on You Tube to see if anything was posted there, and it's not, so I figured I'd never see what she was like on film. She's terrific--and better looking than her album covers suggest. Thanks for posting.
Well never been at the Bakery but the most recent work I heard from hear are a couple of songs on an Al Cohn tribute cd by Herb Geller(Herb Geller Plays the Al Cohn Songbook,Fresh Sound, 1994).Price sings three songs; "Mr. Music", "High On You" and "The Underdoug". The last song, instrumentally also known as "Ah Moore", Cohn wrote for his (first?)wife singer Marilyn Moore. I believe the linernotes included some words from Flo Handy, who was first married to arranger George Handy before she married Cohn. (But you probally knew that already)
I must say that I like Price's voice more on these three songs than on some of her earlier work, though I must admit that I'm only familiar with three of her earlier albums. Don't know if I express myself correctly as I say that it seems that her voice is smoother on the Geller album.
j.
Very nice clip. I'm just catching up with it as I'm about to do a segment on Ruth Price for my Short List series on KCCK88.3, a full-time jazz station in Cedar Rapids, IA. (www.kcck.org) It was nice to see her; she had a strong clear voice then.
It is always nice to know that there are people who are so into this old stuff. They are great musical inspirations.
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