Jesse Price Discography

This is a discography page for the jazz drummer Jesse Price. I have tried to provide as much information as I can about each track. If you have any additional information about a track or any other questions or comments please feel free to email me.

As Bandleader

Personnel from the liner notes of "The Singing Drummer Man; Jesse Price. The Complete Recordings 1946-1957" unless noted.

Date	Label	Artist	Song	Writer(s)	Credit	Personnel	Notes
c. July 1946	Capitol 295	Jesse Price With His Orchestra	Kansas City Mama	Jesse Price	Vocal, Drums	Clarence Thornton (trumpet), Theodore Smalls (alto sax), Seeward Evans (tenor sax), Ken Bryan (piano), Nappy Lamare (guitar), Billy Hadnott (bass)
c. July 1946	Capitol 326	Jesse Price With His Orchestra	Sleepy Baby Blues	Jesse Price, Dan Baxter	Vocal, Drums	Clarence Thornton (trumpet), Theodore Smalls (alto sax), Seeward Evans (tenor sax), Ken Bryan (piano), Nappy Lamare (guitar), Billy Hadnott (bass)
c. July 1946	Capitol 295	Jesse Price With His Orchestra	You Satisfy	Dan Baxter	Vocal, Drums	Clarence Thornton (trumpet), Theodore Smalls (alto sax), Seeward Evans (tenor sax), Ken Bryan (piano), Nappy Lamare (guitar), Billy Hadnott (bass)
August 1946	Capitol 326	Jesse Price With His Orchestra	Sweet Man Blues	Jesse Price	Vocal, Drums	Vernon "Geechie" Smith (trumpet), Joe Lutcher (alto sax), Maxwell Davis (tenor sax), Arthur Dennis (baritone sax), Fletcher Smith (piano), Lucky Enois (guitar), Herman Washington (bass)
October 1946	Capitol 348	Jesse Price With His Blues Band	I'm the Drummer Man	Jesse Price, Betty Hall Jones, Harper	Vocal	Snookie Young (trumpet), Buddy Tate & Gene Porter (tenor sax), Allan Beale (piano), Nappy Lamare (guitar), Bill Davis (bass), Al Wichard (drums)
October 1946	Capitol 40093	Jesse Price And His Blues Band	Froggy Bottom	John Williams	Vocal	Snookie Young (trumpet), Buddy Tate & Gene Porter (tenor sax), Allan Beale (piano), Nappy Lamare (guitar), Bill Davis (bass), Al Wichard (drums)	Partial personnel listing on label.
October 1946	Capitol 391	Jesse Price And His Blues Band	Big Town Blues	Jesse Price, W.T. Reid	Vocal	Snookie Young (trumpet), Buddy Tate & Gene Porter (tenor sax), Allan Beale (piano), Nappy Lamare (guitar), Bill Davis (bass), Al Wichard (drums)
October 1946	Capitol 15370	Jesse Price And His Blues Band	Just Another Day Wasted Away	Charles Tobias, Roy Turk	Vocal	Snookie Young (trumpet), Buddy Tate & Gene Porter (tenor sax), Allan Beale (piano), Nappy Lamare (guitar), Bill Davis (bass), Al Wichard (drums)
October 17, 1946	Capitol 348	Jesse Price With His Blues Band	I Ain't Mad at You (And You Ain't Mad at Me)	Bob Sparkler	Vocal	Red Nichols (cornet), Heinie Beau (clarinet/alto sax), Dave Cavanaugh (tenor sax), Chuck Gentry (baritone), Tommy Linehan (piano), Dave Barbour (guitar), Bill Davis (bass), Nick Fatool (drums)
October 17, 1946	Capitol 391	Jesse Price And His Blues Band	You Can't Take It With You	Jesse Price, Betty Hall Jones	Vocal	Red Nichols (cornet), Heinie Beau (clarinet/alto sax), Dave Cavanaugh (tenor sax), Chuck Gentry (baritone), Tommy Linehan (piano), Dave Barbour (guitar), Bill Davis (bass), Nick Fatool (drums)
March 20, 1947	Capitol 40014	Jesse Price And His Blues Band	That's The Way She Feels	Jesse Price, Bob Johnson	Vocal	Pete Daily (cornet), Clint Neagley (alto sax), Eddie Miller & Dave Cavanaugh (tenor sax), Bob Poland (baritone sax), Tommy Linehan (piano), Nappy Lamare (guitar), Harry Babasin (bass), Frank Carlson (drums)
March 20, 1947	Capitol 40014	Jesse Price And His Blues Band	Blue Book Boogie	Vernon White	Vocal	Pete Daily (cornet), Clint Neagley (alto sax), Eddie Miller & Dave Cavanaugh (tenor sax), Bob Poland (baritone sax), Tommy Linehan (piano), Nappy Lamare (guitar), Harry Babasin (bass), Frank Carlson (drums)
March 20, 1947	Capitol 15245	Jesse Price And His Blues Band	What's Happening	Jesse Price, Allison, Gabriel	Vocal	Pete Daily (cornet), Clint Neagley (alto sax), Eddie Miller & Dave Cavanaugh (tenor sax), Bob Poland (baritone sax), Tommy Linehan (piano), Nappy Lamare (guitar), Harry Babasin (bass), Frank Carlson (drums)
March 20, 1947	Capitol 40047	Jesse Price And His Blues Band	Jump It With A Shuffle	Daniel G. Bater	Vocal	Pete Daily (cornet), Clint Neagley (alto sax), Eddie Miller & Dave Cavanaugh (tenor sax), Bob Poland (baritone sax), Tommy Linehan (piano), Nappy Lamare (guitar), Harry Babasin (bass), Frank Carlson (drums)
March 20, 1947	Capitol 40047	Jesse Price And His Blues Band	Nagasaki	Mort Dixon, Harry Warren	Vocal	Pete Daily (cornet), Clint Neagley (alto sax), Eddie Miller & Dave Cavanaugh (tenor sax), Bob Poland (baritone sax), Tommy Linehan (piano), Nappy Lamare (guitar), Harry Babasin (bass), Frank Carlson (drums)
October 1947	Capitol 15245	Jesse Price And His Blues Band	Mistreated	Ross, Williams, Leonard	Vocal, Drums	Gerald Wilson (trumpet), Paul Quinichette & Dave Cavanaugh (tenor sax), unknown (alto sax, baritone, piano, guitar, bass)
October 1947	Capitol 40093	Jesse Price And His Blues Band	Frettin' For Some Pettin'	Dave Cavanaugh	Vocal, Drums	Gerald Wilson (trumpet), Paul Quinichette & Dave Cavanaugh (tenor sax), unknown (alto sax, baritone, piano, guitar, bass)	Partial personnel listing on label.
October 1947	Capitol 15370	Jesse Price And His Blues Band	The Whirligig	Joe Desmond or "The Gang"	Drums	Gerald Wilson (trumpet), Paul Quinichette & Dave Cavanaugh (tenor sax), unknown (alto sax, baritone, piano, guitar, bass)	There are 2 different label variations for this record (blue and purple); one says this song was written by Joe Desmond (blue), the other says "The Gang." (purple)
November 28, 1947	Capitol 15138	Jesse Price And His Blues Band	Baby Let's Be Friends	Jesse Price, Duke Brooks	Vocal	Ray Linn (trumpet), Jimmy Giuffre (alto sax), Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Red Norvo (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Red Callender (bass), Jackie Mills (drums)	Personnel is written on label.
November 28, 1947	Capitol 15138	Jesse Price And His Blues Band	My Baby Done Left Me	Jesse Price, Florence C. Cadrez	Vocal	Ray Linn (trumpet), Jimmy Giuffre (alto sax), Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Red Norvo (piano), Red Callender (bass), Jackie Mills (drums)	Personnel is written on label.
1948	Miltone 5250 B or Gotham G-236-B	Buddy Floyd, Maxwell Davis and the Miltone Orchestra (Miltone) or Buddy Floyd with Maxwell Davis Orchestra (Gotham)	Just Before Sunrise	Buddy Floyd, Maxwell Davis	Drums	Buddy Floyd & Maxwell Davis (tenor sax), unknown (trumpet, alto sax, piano, guitar, bass)
1948	Miltone 5250 A or Gotham G-236-A	Jesse Price and His Jump Jivers	Tippin' Out (Creepin & Peepin)	Price	Drums	Buddy Floyd & Maxwell Davis (tenor sax), unknown (trumpet, alto sax, piano, guitar, bass)
1957	ebb 136 (45)	Little Jesse	Geechi	D. Hug, Jesse Price	Drums	unknown (2 tenor sax, piano, guitar, bass)	45rpm
1957	ebb 136x (45)	Little Jesse	Huggin	D. Hug, Jesse Price	Drums	unknown (2 tenor sax, piano, guitar, bass)
unknown	Choctaw CH-100-A (45)	Jesse Price	Pizza Beat	B. Carter, A. McCoy	Drums	unknown
unknown	Choctaw CH-100-B (45)	Jesse Price	The Wright Way	A. Wright, Jesse Price	Drums	unknown

As Sideman (Work in Progress)

Date	Label	Artist	Song	Credit	Notes
Mid to Late 1920s?	Columbia Unknown	W.C. Handy	Loveless Love, Hooking Cow Blues, and 2 others	Drums	Apparently 4 sides including Loveless Love and Hooking Cow Blues were recorded with portable equipment in Memphis. Any information is appreciated...
January 11, 1940	Bluebird B-10586-A	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Rockin' With The Rockets	Drums
January 11, 1940	Bluebird B-10625-A	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Hairy Joe Jump	Drums
January 11, 1940	Bluebird B-10586-B	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Contact	Drums
January 11, 1940	Bluebird B-10883-B	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Snaky Feelin'	Drums
January 11, 1940	Bluebird B-10625-B	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	My Gal Sal	Drums
January 11, 1940	Bluebird B-10919-B	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Skee	Drums
March 11, 1940	Bluebird B-10919-A	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire	Drums
March 11, 1940	Bluebird B-11032-A	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Ride My Blues Away	Drums
March 11, 1940	Bluebird B-10736-B	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	I'm In A Weary Mood	Drums
March 11, 1940	Bluebird B-10736-A	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Parade Of The Stompers	Drums
July 15, 1940	Bluebird B-10883-A	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Rock And Ride	Drums
July 15, 1940	Bluebird B-10823-B	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	400 Swing	Drums
July 15, 1940	Bluebird B-11032-B	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	My Dream	Drums
July 15, 1940	Bluebird B-10823-A	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	My Pop Gave Me A Nickel	Drums
July 15, 1940	Bluebird B-10899-B	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Please Don't Squabble	Drums
July 15, 1940	Bluebird B-10899-A	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	A La Bridges	Drums
November 13, 1940	Victor LPV-531	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Dameron Stomp	Drums
November 13, 1940	Rejected	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Society Steps Out (Rachmaninoff Jumps)	Drums
November 13, 1940	Bluebird B-11544-A	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Mistreated	Drums
November 13, 1940	Bluebird B-11544-B	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Too Much	Drums
November 13, 1940	Bluebird B-11302-A	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Keep Rockin'	Drums
November 13, 1940	Victor LPV-531	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Take 'Um	Drums
November 13, 1940	Bluebird B-11302-B	Harlan Leonard and his Rockets	Dig It	Drums
November 30, 1944	Continental C-6002-A	Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra	Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You	Drums	Personnel on label
November 30, 1944	Continental C-6002-B	Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra	The Lady In Bed	Drums	Personnel on label
November 30, 1944	Continental C-6003-A	Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra	Big "D" Blues	Drums	Personnel on label
November 30, 1944	Continental C-6003-B	Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra	It Ain't Like That	Drums	Personnel on label
July 26, 1946	Mercury 8018-B	Jay McShann And His Sextette	Ernestine	Drums
July 26, 1946	Mercury 8020-B	Jay McShann And His Sextette	Bucktown Boogie	Drums
July 26, 1946	Mercury 8018-A	Jay McShann And His Sextette	Roll On Katy	Drums
July 26, 1946	Mercury 8020-A	Jay McShann And His Sextette	Voodoo Woman Blues	Drums
August 1946	Capitol 303	Geechi Smith	The Kaycee Kid	Drums
August 1946	Capitol 303	Geechi Smith	T-Town Jump	Drums
November 13, 1946	Mercury 8026-A	Jay McShann And His Sextette	I Want A Litle Girl	Drums
November 13, 1946	Mercury 8026-B	Jay McShann And His Sextette	Jimtown Boogie	Drums
November 13, 1946	Mercury 8032-A	Jay McShann And His Sextette	Have You Ever Loved A Woman	Drums
November 13, 1946	Mercury 8032-B	Jay McShann And His Sextette	Gone With The Blues	Drums
April 18, 1947	Rejected	Pete Johnson	Margie	Drums
April 18, 1947	Apollo 768	Pete Johnson	Minuet Boogie	Drums
April 18, 1947	Apollo 768	Pete Johnson	66 Stomp	Drums
April 18, 1947	Rejected	Pete Johnson	Pete Kay Boogie	Drums
		Pete Johnson	Despite the label of the rerelease, Jesse Price most likely did not play drums on Hollywood Boogie or Central Avenue Drag.
June 10, 1947	Mercury 8046-A	Walter Brown And Jay McShann's Quartet	W.B. Blues	Drums
June 10, 1947	Mercury 8046-B	Walter Brown And Jay McShann's Quartet	Sloppy Drunk	Drums
June 10, 1947	Mercury 8054-B	Walter Brown And Jay McShann's Quartet	Lovin' A Beggar	Drums
June 10, 1947	Mercury 8054-A	Walter Brown And Jay McShann's Quartet	Just Thinkin'	Drums
October 14, 1947	Capitol 15083	Red Norvo's Nine	Hollyridge Drive	Drums
October 14, 1947	Capitol 15083	Red Norvo's Nine	Under A Blanket Of Blue	Drums
November 29, 1947	Capitol 40074	Crown Prince Waterford	Move Your Hand Baby	Drums
November 29, 1947	Capitol 40132	Crown Prince Waterford	L. A. Blues	Drums
November 29, 1947	Capitol 40103	Crown Prince Waterford	Coal Black Baby	Drums
November 29, 1947	Capitol 40074	Crown Prince Waterford	Weeping Willow Blues	Drums
November 29, 1947	Capitol 40132	Crown Prince Waterford	Strange Woman's Boogie	Drums
November 29, 1947	Capitol 40137	Crown Prince Waterford	P. I. Blues	Drums
November 29, 1947	Capitol 40103	Crown Prince Waterford	Crown Prince Blues	Drums
November 29, 1947	Capitol 40137	Crown Prince Waterford	Leaping Boogie	Piano	Rare time Jesse plays something other than drums.
October 31, 1949	Capitol 1094	Bus Moten And His Men	Turn It Over	Drums
October 31, 1949	Capitol 831	Bus Moten And His Men	That Did It	Drums
October 31, 1949	Rejected	Bus Moten And His Men	Best Friend Blues	Drums
October 31, 1949	Capitol 1094	Bus Moten And His Men	Baby You Messed Up	Drums
October 31, 1949	Capitol 957	Walter Brown With Jay McShann's Kaycee Stompers	You Better Leave My Woman Alone	Drums
October 31, 1949	Affinity 66 (LP)	Walter Brown With Jay McShann's Kaycee Stompers	You, Cindy Lou	Drums
October 31, 1949	Affinity 66 (LP)	Walter Brown With Jay McShann's Kaycee Stompers	Squabblin' Woman	Drums
October 31, 1949	Capitol 957	Walter Brown With Jay McShann's Kaycee Stompers	I'm Gonna Get Married	Drums
November 1, 1949	Capitol 806	Walter Brown	New Style Baby	Drums
November 1, 1949	Capitol 1112 (Released on both 78 and 45)	Walter Brown	Let's Love Awhile	Drums	Personnel on label
November 1, 1949	Capitol 806	Walter Brown	Nasty Attitude	Drums
November 1, 1949	Capitol 1112 (Released on both 78 and 45)	Walter Brown	Slow Down Baby	Drums	Personnel on label
Unknown	Proverb Records PR-45-1019-A (45)	Brother Willie Cotton	He's The One	Drums	Personnel on label
Unknown	Proverb Records PR-45-1019-B (45)	Brother Willie Cotton	Old Ship Of Zion	Drums	Personnel on label
1957	(LP)	B.B. King	Singin' The Blues	Drums	Two drummers played on the album, Jesse Price and Jesse Sailes; which songs they played on I do not know.
1967	Capitol 2645 (LP)	Jay McShann	McShann's Piano	Drums	Jesse Price and Paul Gunther played drums on this album. It is possible Jesse only played on Moten Swing.
Unknown	Proverb Records PR-LP-500 (LP)	Willie Cotton	Take Me To The Water	Drums
Unknown	Proverb Records PR-LP-501 (LP)	Los Angeles Angels	Blow Wind Blow	Drums

Live

Date	Information	Artist	Song	Credit	Personnel	Notes
June 1947	AFRS Jubilee Program #229	Jesse Price	I Ain't Mad at You	Vocal	Herbie Steward (tenor sax), Dodo Marmarosa (piano), Arnold Fishkin (bass), Jackie Mills (drums)
June 1947	AFRS Jubilee Program #229	Jesse Price	Kansas City Boogie	Vocal	Herbie Steward (tenor sax), Dodo Marmarosa (piano), Arnold Fishkin (bass), Jackie Mills (drums)
September 16, 1967	Monterey Jazz Festival 1967	The Clara Ward Singers	Full Set	Drums	Clara Ward (piano), Madeline Thompson (vocals), Mildred Means (vocals), Viola Crowley (vocals), Vermettya Royster (vocals), Malvilyn Statham (vocals), Tyrone Scott (organ)	Recorded on video.
September 16, 1967	Monterey Jazz Festival 1967	T-Bone Walker	Woman You Must Be Crazy	Drums	T-Bone Walker (guitar, vocals), Melvin Moore (trumpet), Illinois Jacquet (tenor sax), Lloyd Glenn (piano)	The T-Bone set was recorded on video.
September 16, 1967	Monterey Jazz Festival 1967	T-Bone Walker	You Don't Love Me	Drums	T-Bone Walker (guitar, vocals), Melvin Moore (trumpet), Illinois Jacquet (tenor sax), Lloyd Glenn (piano)
September 16, 1967	Monterey Jazz Festival 1967	T-Bone Walker	Stormy Monday	Drums	T-Bone Walker (guitar, vocals), Melvin Moore (trumpet), Illinois Jacquet (tenor sax), Lloyd Glenn (piano)
September 16, 1967	Monterey Jazz Festival 1967	T-Bone Walker	You Left Me	Drums	T-Bone Walker (guitar, vocals), Melvin Moore (trumpet), Illinois Jacquet (tenor sax), Lloyd Glenn (piano)
September 18, 1971	Monterey Jazz Festival 1971	The Jesse Price Blues Band	Unknown	Drums	Big Joe Turner (vocals), Billy Hadnott (bass), Chester Lane (piano), Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet), Jimmy Forrest (tenor sax), Preston Love (alto sax), Wallace Huff (trombone)

Writing Credits

Date	Label	Artist	Song	Notes
1960	Capitol T-1454 (Rolley Polley - Mad Drums)	Rolley Polley	The Big Brush
1967	Capitol T-1454 (Jay McShann - McShann's Piano)	Jay McShann	I Ain't Mad At You	Credits song to Jesse Price and Bob Sparkler.