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  1.                                                                                 MILESTONES, Page 23
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  4.     DIED. Sammy Price, 83, "King of Boogie Woogie," a Texas-born
  5. pianist who teamed up with such jazz greats as Sidney Bechet and
  6. Lester Young during a seven-decade career; in New York City.
  7. Price, who studied with Portia Pittman, daughter of educator
  8. Booker T. Washington, influenced generations of younger players
  9. with his hard-driving style.
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