URI(s)
Fuller Name
- Denzil DeCosta
Variants
- Best, Densil
- Denzil
- Best, Denzie
- Best, Denzel
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1917-04-27
Death Date
- 1965-05-24
Has Affiliation
- Organization: George Shearing Quintet
Birth Place
- New York (N.Y.)
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Garner, E. Concert by the sea [SR] 1956:container (Denzil Best, drums)
- found: Hawkins, C. Coleman Hawkins jazz concert [SR] 1962:labels (Densil Best)
- found: Carr, I. Jazz, 1988(Best, Denzil DeCosta; b. 4-27-17, New York City; d. 5-24-65)
- found: In the beginning the bop [SR] p1992:container (Denzil)
- found: Byas, D. All star jazz [SR] [195-]:container (Denzie Best, drums)
- found: African American National Biography, accessed December 11, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Best, Denzil de Costa; composer / arranger, jazz musician, percussionist; born 27April 1917 in New York, New York, United States; became associated with bop musicians, including Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke, and Joe Guy (late 1930's); recorded with saxophonist Ben Webster (1943); played drums on recordings with Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet, Charlie Shavers, Clyde Hart, and Mary Lou Williams (1944); co-leader on quartet recordings with Webster before joining bassist Chubby Jackson (1947); recorded with Buck Clayton, Teddy Wilson, Shavers, Jimmy Jones, Stuff Smith, and Jack Teagarden (1950's); played with the George Shearing quintet (1949-1952); worked with Erroll Garner (1955-1956), recording on album Concert by the Sea; died 25 March 1965 in New York, New York, United States)
- found: Monk, T. Fred Hersch plays Monk, 1998:insert (by Denzel Best)
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Change Notes
- 1990-09-05: new
- 2021-02-25: revised
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