Mike Price (jazz trumpeter)
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Mike Price is a jazz trumpeter and composer from the Chicago area. 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.
Price studied Music Education at Northwestern University
, continued his education in composition at Berklee College of Music
in Boston and received a Master's degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Southern California
. 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."
Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
The Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band was a 16 piece jazz big band created by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and tenor saxophone / flutist Lew Tabackin in Los Angeles in 1973. In 1982 the principals moved from Los Angeles to New York city and re-formed the group with new members under the name,...
in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
and performed on all of the band's Grammy-nominated recordings of the 1970s and early 1980s.
Price studied Music Education at Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, continued his education in composition at Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
in Boston and received a Master's degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
. In the late 1980s Price moved to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
where he leads his own quintet and big band and plays in Nobuo Hara's big band, "Sharps & Flats."