VITO PRICE • SWINGING THE LOOP • 1958 1st MONO DG PRESS LP ARGO 631 SUPERB
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262
$ 262
Sold For
Jan 28, 2019
Sold Date
Jan 18, 2019
Start Date
$ 199
Start price
4
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France
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Description
Tracklist
• SWINGING THE LOOP
• MOUSEY’S TUNE
• WHY WAS I BORN
• DUDDY
• IN A MELLOW TONE
• EYE STRAIN
• TIME AFTER TIME
• BEAUTIFUL LOVE
• CREDO
• AS LONG AS I LIVE
Recording Data
Recorded at – Chess Studios, 2120 Michigan Avenue, Chicago - January 20, 1958
EYE STRAIN
TIME AFTER TIME
BEAUTIFUL LOVE
CREDO
AS LONG AS I LIVE
Credits
Bass – GUS JOHNSONDrums – MAX BENNETT
Guitar – FREDDIE GREEN
Piano – LOU LEVY
Tenor Saxophone – VITO PRICE
Recording Data
Recorded at – Chess Studios, Michigan Avenue, Chicago - January 25, 1958SWINGING THE LOOP
MOUSEY’S TUNE
WHY WAS I BORN
DUDDY
IN A MELLOW TONE *
Credits
Baritone – BILL CALKINSBass – MAX BENNETT
Drums – MARTY CLAUSEN
Guitar – REMO BIONDI
Piano – HORACE SILVER
Trombone – PAUL CRUMBAGH
Bass Trombone – BARRETT O'HARA
Trumpet – BILL HANLEY , JOHN HOWELL
Alto Saxophone – VITO PRICE *
Tenor Saxophone – VITO PRICE
SAXOPHONIST VITO PRICE IS VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN TODAY... IN FACT, HE WAS VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN BACK IN JANUARY 1958, WHEN HE RECORDED THIS ALBUM FOR CHICAGO’S “ARGO” LABEL. AT THE TIME, PRICE WAS 28 AND A VETERAN OF A CLUTCH OF ROAD BANDS LED BY BOB CHESTER, ART MOONEY, TONY PASTOR AND CHUBBY JACKSON. HE MOVED TO CHICAGO FROM NEW YORK IN THE SUMMER OF ’55 TO JOIN THE STAFF ORCHESTRA OF TV STATION WGN, WHERE HE REMAINED FOR YEARS. “SWINGING THE LOOP” IS ONLY ONE OF TWO KNOWN LEADERSHIP SESSIONS RECORDED BY PRICE AND WAS RECORDED OVER TWO DAYS, ON JANUARY 20 AND JANUARY 25 –––– VITO PRICE PLAYS TENOR SAXOPHONE ON ALL TRACKS EXCEPT IN “IN A MELLOW TONE” WHERE HE PLAYS ALTO ... TOP COPY !
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