LaForest Dent
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1937
Roles Represented in DAHR: alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, composer, vocalist
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-37232 | 10-in. | 12/13/1926 | Thick lip stomp | Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone | |
| Victor | BVE-37233 | 10-in. | 12/13/1926 | Harmony blues | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone | |
| Victor | BVE-37235 | 10-in. | 12/13/1926 | Yazoo blues | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone | |
| Victor | BVE-37236 | 10-in. | 12/13/1926 | White lightnin' blues | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone | |
| Victor | BVE-37237 | 10-in. | 12/14/1926 | Muscle Shoals blues | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone | |
| Victor | BVE-37238 | 10-in. | 12/14/1926 | Midnight mama | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone | |
| Victor | BVE-37239 | 10-in. | 12/14/1926 | Missouri wobble | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone | |
| Victor | BVE-38667 | 10-in. | 6/11/1927 | Sugar | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone | |
| Victor | BVE-38668 | 10-in. | 6/11/1927 | Dear heart | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, composer | |
| Victor | BVE-38669 | 10-in. | 6/11/1927 | The new Tulsa blues | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone | |
| Victor | BVE-38670 | 10-in. | 6/11/1927 | Baby dear | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-38671 | 10-in. | 6/11/1927 | 12th Street rag | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone | |
| Victor | BVE-38672 | 10-in. | 6/12/1927 | Pass out lightly | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone | |
| Victor | BVE-38673 | 10-in. | 6/12/1927 | Ding-dong blues | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone | |
| Victor | BVE-38674 | 10-in. | 6/12/1927 | Moten stomp | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone | |
| Decca | 38531 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Sophisticated lady-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 38532 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Mood indigo | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 38533 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Rose room-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 38534 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Black and tan fantasy-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 38535 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Stratosphere-3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 38541 | 10-in. | 9/5/1934 | Nana-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 38542 | 10-in. | 9/5/1934 | Miss Otis regrets-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 38543 | 10-in. | 9/5/1934 | Unsophisticated Sue-3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 38544 | 10-in. | 9/5/1934 | Star dust-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 38915 | 10-in. | 10/29/1934 | Dream of you-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 38916 | 10-in. | 10/29/1934 | Shake your head (from side to side) | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 38917 | 10-in. | 10/29/1934 | Stomp it off-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 38918 | 10-in. | 10/29/1934 | Call it anything (It wasn't love)-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 38967 | 10-in. | 11/7/1934 | Because you're you-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 38968 | 10-in. | 11/7/1934 | Chillun, get up!-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 38969 | 10-in. | 11/7/1934 | Solitude | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39169 | 10-in. | 12/17/1934 | Rain-1, 3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39170 | 10-in. | 12/17/1934 | Since my best gal turned me down-1, 3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39171 | 10-in. | 12/17/1934 | Jealous-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39172 | 10-in. | 12/18/1934 | Rhythm is our business-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39173 | 10-in. | 12/18/1934 | I'm walking through heaven with you-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39551 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Sleepy time gal-4, 5 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39552 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Bird of paradise-2, 4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39553 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Rhapsody junior-2, 4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39554 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Runnin' wild-3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39555 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Four or five times | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39556 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Four or five times | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39557 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | (If I had) Rhythm in my nursery rhymes-4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39996 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Babs-1, 5 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39997 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Swanee river-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39998 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Thunder-4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 39999 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Oh boy-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 60000 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Charmaine-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 60001 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Hittin' the bottle-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 60013 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | I'll take the South-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 60014 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | Avalon-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 60015 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | Charmaine-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 60016 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | Hittin' the bottle-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 60274 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | My blue heaven-1, 3, 4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 60275 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | I'm nuts about screwy music-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 60276 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | The best things in life are free-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 60277 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | The melody man-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61246 | 10-in. | 8/31/1936 | Organ grinder's swing | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61247 | 10-in. | 9/1/1936 | On the beach at Bali Bali-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61248 | 10-in. | 9/1/1936 | Me and the moon-1, 2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61249 | 10-in. | 9/1/1936 | Living from day to day-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61250 | 10-in. | 9/1/1936 | T'ain't good (like a nickel made of wood) | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61323 | 10-in. | 10/14/1936 | Muddy water-1, 3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61324 | 10-in. | 10/14/1936 | I can't escape from you-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61325 | 10-in. | 10/14/1936 | Harlem shout-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61345 | 10-in. | 10/26/1936 | (This is) My last affair-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61346 | 10-in. | 10/26/1936 | Running a temperature-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61531 | 10-in. | 1/18/1937 | Honey, keep your mind on me | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61532 | 10-in. | 1/18/1937 | Count me out | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61533 | 10-in. | 1/20/1937 | I'll see you in my dreams | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61550 | 10-in. | 1/26/1937 | He ain' 't got rhythm-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61551 | 10-in. | 1/26/1937 | Linger awhile-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61552 | 10-in. | 1/26/1937 | Honest and truly-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 61553 | 10-in. | 1/26/1937 | Slumming on Park Avenue-3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dent, LaForest," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/202560.
Dent, LaForest. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/202560.
"Dent, LaForest." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
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