Mike Price is an American jazz trumpeter and composer from the Chicago area.
Price was born in Chicago and raised in Florida and Valparaiso, Indiana.
[1] After graduating from Valparaiso High School in 1959, he studied music education at Northwestern University, continued his education in composition at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and received a master's degree in jazz studies from the University of Southern California.
[2] 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.