RAY PRICE QUARTET

The Ray Price Quartet was formed in the early 60s in Sydney. Ray Price had been a member of The Port Jackson Jazz Band since 1947. Besides his work as a jazz musician, he was also a member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra during the 50s as a double bass player. Many famous names passed through the ranks of the band including Col Nolan, Dick Hughes and John Sangster. Signed to CBS their first release was the Sidney Bechet composed ''A Moi De Payer'' which made the top twenty on the charts in 1962. The quartet recorded three albums, 'One Day I Met An African', 'Puff And Others' and 'The History Of Jazz'. In 1965 they charted with the folk song ''Puff The Magic Dragon''. The quartet had a residency at the Adams Hotel's Tavern of the Seas on George Street Sydney for many years. Price died of pseudomonas pneumonia on 5 August 1990 at Redcliffe, Brisbane, and was cremated in Sydney.

Members

Ray Price (banjo), Johnny MacCarthy (clarinet), Dick Hughes (piano), John Costelloe (trombone)
Wally Wickham (bass), Pat Rose (clarinet/sax), John Sangster (trumpet), Col Nolan (keyboards)

SINGLES
'' Moi De Payer (#16) / Dardanella'' 1962 CBS Coronet
''Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (That Means You're Grand) / Shuffle Off To Buffalo'' 1962 CBS Coronet
''The Fishmonger / Sweet Pappa Willie'' 1962 CBS Coronet
''Twelfth Street Rag / Sac 'O Woe'' 1963 CBS
''Cossack Patrol / Pity Me'' 1964 CBS
''Puff (The Magic Dragon) (#84) / Uhuru'' 1965 CBS
''America / Dark Eyes'' 1965 CBS
''Coming Home, Baby / Serenade To A Cuckoo'' 1966 CBS

EPs

'Gospel And Blues Volume 1' [with Kerrilee Male] 1965 Pix
Gospel And Blues Volume 2 [with Kerrilee Male] 1965 Pix

ALBUMS

'One Day I Met An African' 1963 CBS

'The History Of Jazz' 1963 CBS

'Puff And Others' 1964 CBS