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Sammy Cost had an extended and productive profession as a versatile blues and boogie-woogie-based pianist. He analyzed piano in Dallas and was a vocalist and dancer with Alphonso Trent’s music group during 1927-1930. In 1929, he documented one solitary part under the name of “Sammy Cost and His Four Quarters.” …

b. 6 Oct 1908, Honey Grove, Tx, USA, d. 14 Apr 1992, NEW YORK, NY, USA. After learning alto horn and piano at universities in Texas, Cost won a dance contest. Due to this he was asked to tour using the Alphonso Trent music group. Back in Tx he accompanied …

A jazz, boogie-woogie, leap blues pianist, and bandleader, Sam (Sammy) Cost was created Samuel Blythe Cost in Honey Grove, Tx on Oct 6, 1908. Early in his executing career he proved helpful being a vocalist and dancer in a variety of Dallas club locations, but his great and versatile piano …