PRICE, SAMUEL BLYTHE (SAMMY
). Jazz pianist ( in Honey Grove, Texas). As a child he played alto horn in a boys' band in Waco, Texas. His family moved to Dallas, Texas, when he was ten, and he began piano study with Portia Pittman. At the age of fifteen he won a dancing contest and began performing professionally, first touring with Alphonso Trent. Later he became active as an accompanist. He also led his own big band, played with Lee...