[1][2] Best played in Philadelphia from 1935 to 1940, recording with Slim Marshall and Erskine Hawkins.
He toured East Asia with Oscar Pettiford in 1951[3] and 1952, and formed his own trio in the 1950s.
He did a critically acclaimed session with Ray Charles and Milt Jackson in 1957 called Soul Brothers.
[1] In 1958, he recorded with Mercer Ellington and taught in New York City.
[1] He also recorded with Harry Belafonte, Etta Jones, Nellie Lutcher, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson, Paul Quinichette, Jimmy Rushing, Sonny Stitt, Charles Thompson, and Lucky Thompson.