Percy Brice
Austin Percy Brice Jr. (March 25, 1923 – November 2020), nicknamed Big P, was an American jazz drummer. Brice was born in March 1923 in New York City. His professional career began around the end of World War II, when he played with Benny Carter, Mercer Ellington, Luis Russell, and Eddie Cleanhead Vinson. He played frequently in Harlem in the early 1950s with Tiny Grimes, Oscar Pettiford, Tab Smith, Lucky Thompson, and Cootie Williams, in addition to leading sessions at Minton's Playhouse. He then played with Billy Taylor (1954-1956), George Shearing (1956-1958), and Kenny Burrell (1958–59); from 1959 to 1961 he played behind Sarah Vaughan on tour. Brice was Harry Belafonte's drummer for most of the 1960s; he also worked with Ahmad Jamal, Carmen McRae and Mary Lou Williams in that decade. He led a group called the New Sounds in the early 1970s, and worked with Sy Oliver and Illinois Jacquet, as well as in Broadway orchestras, later in his career. He died in November 2020 at the age of 97. |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 25, 1923 (New York City), Died November 1, 2020
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1953 - 1954
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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Decca | 85038 | 8/14/1953 | Slow and easy | Lucky Thompson | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 85039 | 8/14/1953 | Flamingo | Lucky Thompson | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 85040 | 8/14/1953 | Mambo in blues | Lucky Thompson | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 85041 | 8/14/1953 | The scene is clean | Lucky Thompson | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 85931 | 3/2/1954 | The night hawk | Lucky Thompson | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 85932 | 3/2/1954 | Little boy, blow | Lucky Thompson | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 85933 | 3/2/1954 | Moonlight in Vermont | Lucky Thompson | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 85934 | 3/2/1954 | Bunny | Lucky Thompson | instrumentalist, drums |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brice, Percy," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/305559.
Brice, Percy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/305559.
"Brice, Percy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Brice, Percy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93070144
Wikidata: Percy Brice - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1533200
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/80049109
MusicBrainz: Percy Brice - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/39dfd3cc-a47b-4c7d-87a8-e5bf018e7aea
ISNI: 0000 0003 7416 4019 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000374164019
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