Rachael Price
Encyclopedia
Rachael Price is a jazz
vocalist from Hendersonville
, Tennessee
. She is a graduate in Jazz Studies at the New England Conservatory in Massachusetts
. Price is the great-granddaughter of creationist and Seventh-day Adventist
leader George McCready Price
, and the daughter of the musician Tom Price
.
's International Jazz Vocal Competition. In 2004, Price was a semi-finalist and the youngest competitor in the history of the Thelonious Monk Institute Vocal Competition. In August 2004 she made her U.S. jazz festival debut at Yale’s Jazz On The Green where she opened for Joshua Redman
. She won the 2006 Independent Music Award
for Best Gospel Song with her recording of My God, My Adored One with the Boston Praise Collective. She regularly appears in concert as a featured vocalists with the T. S. Monk
Sextet, and is currently working with Grammy Award winning record producer K. C. Porter
.
With the help of an award from The John Lennon Songwriting Contest
, Lake Street Dive recorded their debut CD in 2006, in this episode....
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
vocalist from Hendersonville
Hendersonville, Tennessee
Hendersonville is a city in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States, on Old Hickory Lake. The population was 51,372 at the 2010 census. Hendersonville is part of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located 18 miles northeast of downtown Nashville. The city was settled around 1784 by...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
. She is a graduate in Jazz Studies at the New England Conservatory in Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. Price is the great-granddaughter of creationist and Seventh-day Adventist
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
leader George McCready Price
George McCready Price
George McCready Price was a Canadian creationist. He produced several anti-evolution and creationist works, particularly on the subject of flood geology...
, and the daughter of the musician Tom Price
Tom Price (musician)
Tom Price, , is an American songwriter, conductor, and musical director best known for his work in choral and orchestral music.-Biography:...
.
Solo achievements
In 2003, Price received an honorable mention at the Montreux Jazz FestivalMontreux Jazz Festival
The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious in Europe; it is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva...
's International Jazz Vocal Competition. In 2004, Price was a semi-finalist and the youngest competitor in the history of the Thelonious Monk Institute Vocal Competition. In August 2004 she made her U.S. jazz festival debut at Yale’s Jazz On The Green where she opened for Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman is an American jazz saxophonist and composer who records for Nonesuch Records. He won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 1991.-Biography:...
. She won the 2006 Independent Music Award
The Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards is an international program that honors top-ranked independent artists and releases in more than 50 Album, Song, Music Video and Design categories....
for Best Gospel Song with her recording of My God, My Adored One with the Boston Praise Collective. She regularly appears in concert as a featured vocalists with the T. S. Monk
T. S. Monk
T. S. Monk is an American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader. He is the son of fellow jazz musician, Thelonious Monk.-Biography:...
Sextet, and is currently working with Grammy Award winning record producer K. C. Porter
K. C. Porter
KC Porter is an American record producer, songwriter, musician and singer. For nearly three decades in the entertainment industry, Porter has earned numerous Grammy nominations and 3 Grammys and Latin Grammys...
.
Lake Street Dive
Price also performs with Lake Street Dive, a four-piece Boston band she formed three years ago with Mike Olson, Michael Calabrese and Bridget Kearney, who were students at The New England Conservatory a "free country band"--as in country music, played free. This concept was quickly abandoned in favor of country music, played in an edgy, loose fashion.With the help of an award from The John Lennon Songwriting Contest
John Lennon Songwriting Contest
The John Lennon Songwriting Contest, named for the former member of The Beatles, is a songwriting competition for songwriters, open to amateurs and professionals. The contest accepts instrumental pieces as well as songs with a vocal component. Though all entries must include a CD, cassette, or...
, Lake Street Dive recorded their debut CD in 2006, in this episode....
Discography
- Dedicated to You (2003)
- From Exile To Exaltation (2006)
- Rachael Price & The Tennessee Terraplanes - Refreshingly Cool (2008)
- The Good Hours (2008)
- ...in this episode (2006) (Lake Street Dive)
- Lake Street Dive - Lake Street Dive (2010)