Mike Price (jazz trumpeter)

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Mike Price

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1941}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| origin = Valparaiso, Indiana, U.S.

| genre = Jazz

| instrument = Trumpet

}}

Mike Price is an American jazz trumpeter and composer from the Chicago area.

Early life and education

Price was born in Chicago and raised in Florida and Valparaiso, Indiana.{{Cite book |last=Kemp |first=Larry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VH9yDwAAQBAJ&dq=Mike+Price+jazz+trumpet+born+in&pg=PA30 |title=Current Jazz Trumpet Legends |date=2018-09-14 |publisher=Dorrance Publishing |isbn=978-1-4809-7727-3 |language=en}} After graduating from Valparaiso High School in 1959, he studied music education at Northwestern University, continued his education in composition at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and received a master's degree in jazz studies from the University of Southern California.Kenrick, Vivienne, "Mike Price", 2006 July 1, The Japan Times ([http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20060701vk.html link]) Accessed 2008 May 25.

Career

In the late-1960s, Price toured and recorded with major big bands including those of Stan Kenton and Buddy Rich. Price was also an original member of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band in Los Angeles and performed on all of the band's Grammy-nominated recordings of the 1970s and early 1980s.Pronko, Michael, "Still Blowin' Away, the Mike Price Experience" 2001 August 19, The Japan Times ([http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fm20010819mp.html link]) Accessed 2008 May 25.

In the late-1980s, Price moved to Japan, where he leads his own quintet and big band and plays in Nobuo Hara's big band, "Sharps & Flats."Alexander, Corky "Foreign jazz musicians who make their home in Japan", Weekender

([http://www.weekender.co.jp/new/020607/feature-jazz-1.html link] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312182759/http://www.weekender.co.jp/new/020607/feature-jazz-1.html |date=2008-03-12 }}) Accessed 2008 May 25.