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Vito Price: Swingin' the Loop

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Marc Myers
Jun 13, 2016
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Saxophonist Vito Price is virtually unknown today. In fact, he was virtually unknown back in January 1958, when he recorded Swinging the Loop for Chicago's Argo label. At the time, Price was 28 and a veteran of a handful of road bands led by Bob Chester, Art Mooney, Tony Pastor and Chubby Jackson. He had moved to Chicago from New York in the summer of '…

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