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Count Basie
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Biography
William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Basie led his jazz orchestra almost continuously for nearly 50 years. Many notable musicians came to prominence under his direction, including tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, guitarist Freddie Green, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison and singers Jimmy Rushing and Joe Williams. Basie's theme songs were "One O'Clock Jump" and "April In Paris".
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Discography
- Basie & Zoot, 2006
- King of Swing, 2002
- Count Basie's Finest Hour, 2002
- One O'Clock Jump
- Basie's Blues, 2006
- Cute
- Our Shining Hour, 1998
- Sophisticated Swing
- It Might as Well Be Swing, 1998
- Class of '54, 2001
- April in Paris
- Mostly Blues...and Some Others, 1986
- Satch & Josh... Again, 1998
- Warm Breeze, 1998
- Basie One More Time, 1991
- "Satch" and "Josh", 1988
- Afrique, 1999
- Basie and Friends
- Basie's Bag, 1994
- Compact Jazz
- First Time! The Count Meets the Duke, 2010
- Me and You, 1996
- Count Basie Swings
- + The Big Band - Vol.2, 1996
- Gold
- Loose Walk, 1991
- Night Rider, 1992
- Midnite Jazz & Blues: Blue & Sentimental, 2000
- Basie Jam #3, 1992
- Bing 'n Basie, 1986
- Basie Swings: Bennett Sings, 1990
- Compact Jazz: Count Basie
- Basie Land, 2009
- The Timekeepers, 1993
- Basie Boogie
- Manufacturers of Soul, 1968
- Kansas City 6, 1981
- Li'l Ol' Groovemaker
- Basie's Basement
- Round Trip
- Basie Jam, 2006
- Count Basie and His Great Vocalists
- Farmers Market Barbecue, 1996
- + The Big Band - Vol.1, 1992
- Swingstation
- The Bosses, 1974
- Basie in London
- Pop Classics
- Jazztime, 1992
- Basie-Vaughan
- The Complete Atomic Basie, 1994
- Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First, 1962
- Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan, 1996
- Cool Too
- The Best of the Roulette Years, 1992
- Kansas City Shout
- Chairman of the Board
- Chicago, 2004
- Arthur Prysock-Count Basie
- The Jazz Collector Edition
- Swings
- Basie Swings, Bennett Sings
- Count Basie Encounters Oscar Peterson - Satch and Josh
- Listen... You Shall Hear, 1994
- Fancy Pants
- The Atomic Mr. Basie, 1994
- Basie, 1957
- Kansas City Powerhouse, 2002
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| Song | Swingin' The Blues |
| Artist | Count Basie |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Album | Breakfast Dance And Barbecue |
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| Year | 1941 |
| Song | Every Day I Have The Blues |
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| Label | Le Chant Du Monde |
| Year | 1956 |
| Song | Panassie Stomp |
| Artist | Count Basie |
| Album | An Anthology Of Big Band Swing 1930-1955 |
| Label | MCA/GRP |
| Year | 1938 |
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You can't go past the count for solid swing Jazz
Yes indeed. Swing the Count sure did! Being a cornerstone of 'The All-American Rythym Section', alongside Freddie Green, Walter Page and probably the world's most innovative hi-hat using drummer - Papa Joe Jones, he couldn't miss. Possibly Basie's greatest contribution - like that of Woody Herman - was the fact that his band offered opportunities for other gifted musicians to gain experience and recognition, as the biographical information correctly indicates. The history of The Basie Band is in itself fascinating, as I believe - I hope correctly - that it morphed via The Kansas City Blue Devils, to the Benny Moten Band and finally fell under the leadership of the Count himself. (I'll be interested to read any other comments on this subject from other contributors.)
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