# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/denzil-best
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:26:38.623Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/denzil-best"
name: "Denzil Best"
slug: "denzil-best"
description: "Denzil DaCosta Best was an American jazz percussionist and composer born in New York City. He was a prominent bebop drummer in the 1950s and early 1960s."
tagline: "American jazz drummer (1917–1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Denzil_Best.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1917-04-27"
deathDate: "1965-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.55
  momentum:             0.04555808656036445
  historical:           10.34920933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1548157/"
    handle:    "nm1548157"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/259091"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "دنزل بست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "دنزل بست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "دنزل بست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzil_Best"
    title: "Denzil Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzil_Best"
    title: "Denzil Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzil_Best"
    title: "Denzil Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzil_Best"
    title: "Denzil Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzil_Best"
    title: "Denzil Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzil_Best"
    title: "Denzil Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzil_Best"
    title: "Denzil Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzil_Best"
    title: "Denzil Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/733f3f0c-dde8-45e7-a725-173c16a9a591"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q488329"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump