Denzil Best
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1944 - 1958
Roles Represented in DAHR: drums
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | D7VB-0270 | 10-in. | 4/18/1947 | I want a good man bad | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D7VB-0271 | 10-in. | 4/18/1947 | You've been a good ole wagon | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D7VB-0272 | 10-in. | 4/18/1947 | I want a man | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D7VB-0273 | 10-in. | 4/18/1947 | Lonely woman | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D7VB-0800 | 10-in. | 5/8/1947 | Take me back to Little Rock (Arkansas) | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D7VB-0801 | 10-in. | 5/8/1947 | Aggravatin' papa | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D7VB-0802 | 10-in. | 5/8/1947 | Daddy, daddy blues | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D7VB-0803 | 10-in. | 5/8/1947 | Outside of that | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D7VB-1684 | 10-in. | 10/8/1947 | What ev'ry woman knows | Etta Jones ; Luther Henderson Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz quintet | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D7VB-1685 | 10-in. | 10/8/1947 | Overwork blues | Etta Jones ; Luther Henderson Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz quintet | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D7VB-1708 | 10-in. | 10/8/1947 | Misery is a thing called Moe | Etta Jones ; Luther Henderson Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz quintet | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D7VB-1709 | 10-in. | 10/8/1947 | This is a fine time | Etta Jones ; Luther Henderson Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz quintet | instrumentalist, drums | |
Decca | 73767 | 12/27/1946 | The blues are brewin' | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 73768 | 12/27/1946 | Guilty | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 73769[a] | 12/27/1946 | Careless love | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74650 | 12/10/1948 | Weep no more-1 | Billie Holiday ; Stardusters | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74651 | 12/10/1948 | Girls were made to take care of boys-1 | Billie Holiday ; Stardusters | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74652 | 12/10/1948 | I loves you Porgy | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 74653 | 12/10/1948 | My man (Mon homme) | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 100144 | 5/29/1956 | By the great horn spoon | John Guarnieri | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 100145 | 5/29/1956 | Organ grinder's swing | John Guarnieri | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 100146 | 5/29/1956 | White heat | John Guarnieri | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 100147 | 5/29/1956 | Don't kiss me again | John Guarnieri | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 100148 | 5/29/1956 | Hobo on Park Avenue | John Guarnieri | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 100149 | 5/29/1956 | Tormented | John Guarnieri | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 105428 | 8/6/1958 | Blues for the street-1 | Tony Scott and the All Stars | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 105429 | 8/6/1958 | [Unknown title(s)] | Tony Scott and the All Stars | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 105430 | 8/6/1958 | [Unknown title(s)] | Tony Scott and the All Stars | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 105431 | 8/6/1958 | Love is just around the corner | Tony Scott and the All Stars | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 105432? | 8/6/1958 | [Unknown title(s)] | Tony Scott and the All Stars | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Signature | SRC 841 | 10-in. | 5/4/1946 | Surgery | Eddie Davis Quintet | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Signature | SRC 842 | 10-in. | May 1946 | Lockjaw | Eddie Davis Quintet | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Signature | SRC 843 | 10-in. | May 1946 | Afternoon in a doghouse | Eddie Davis Quintet | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Signature | SRC 844 | 10-in. | May 1946 | Athlete's foot | Eddie Davis Quintet | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | N 1633 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | Woke up clipped | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | N 1634 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | Teezol | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | N 1635 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | 'Nuff said | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | N 1636 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | The horn | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | N 1637 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | Dirty deal | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | N 1638 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | Don't blame me | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | N 1639 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | I surrender dear | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | N 1640 | 10-in. | 2/8/1944 | Tea for two | Ben Webster Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Best, Denzil," accessed October 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/112275.
Best, Denzil. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/112275.
"Best, Denzil." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 October 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Denzil Best's Wax Quintet - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003126458
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