Billy Root

Birth and Death Data: Born March 6, 1934 (Philadelphia), Died July 20, 2013

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1954

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor saxophone

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 86179 4/13/1954 I wanna blow Bennie Green and his Quintet instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca 86180 4/13/1954 People will say we're in love Bennie Green and his Quintet instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca 86181 4/13/1954 I may be wrong Bennie Green and his Quintet instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca 86182 4/13/1954 Rhumblues Bennie Green and his Quintet instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Root, Billy," accessed November 10, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/340965.

Root, Billy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/340965.

"Root, Billy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 10 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/340965

External Sources

Discogs: Billy Root

Grove: Billy Root

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Root, Billy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98061649

Wikidata: Billy Root - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q863208

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/78394999

MusicBrainz: Billy Root - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8b4bdb51-015c-4153-9254-f61ffea4c965

ISNI: 0000 0000 4235 748X - http://www.isni.org/isni/000000004235748X

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