Denzil DaCosta Best (April 27, 1917 – May 24, 1965) was an American jazz percussionist and composer born in New York City. He was a prominent bebop drummer in the 1950s and early 1960s.
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Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
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Al Levitt
American musician
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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
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Lennie Tristano
American jazz pianist and composer
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Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
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Stan Levey
American musician
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Peter Ind
British jazz musician, painter and nonfiction writer
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Alvin Stoller
American musician
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Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
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Ronnie Ball
British musician
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Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Warne Marsh
American tenor saxophonist
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Gene Ramey
American musician
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Nick Fatool
American musician
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Nick Stabulas
American musician
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Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
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Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
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Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
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Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
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John Simmons
American jazz bassist
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Bengt Hallberg
Swedish musician
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Arnold Fishkind
American musician
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Irv Kluger
Irv is a Past Vice President of Las Vegas Local 369 of the American Federation of Musicians. Irv played a key role in developing a pension plan for union musicians in Las Vegas.
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Larry Bunker
American musician
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Sal Mosca
American musician
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Sheila Jordan
American jazz singer
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Gene Orloff
American musician
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Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
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Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
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Jimmy Raney
American musician
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Armando Peraza
Cuban percussionist
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Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
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Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Al Haig
American pianist
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Dave Cliff
British musician
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Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
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Eddie Bert
American musician
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Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
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Alan Dawson
American musician
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Henri Renaud
French musician
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Phineas Newborn Jr.
American pianist
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Richie Powell
American pianist
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Egil Johansen
Norwegian-Swedish musician
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Jutta Hipp
Jazz pianist (1925-2003)
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Percy Heath
American musician
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Marky Markowitz
American musician
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Tony Campise
American musician
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Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Irving Ashby
American jazz guitarist
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Phil Seamen
English jazz drummer
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William Russo
American musician
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Doc West
American jazz drummer
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Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
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Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)
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Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
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Jack Costanzo
American musician