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William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. His mother first taught him piano and he started performing in his teens. Dropping out of school, he learned to operate lights for vaudeville and improvised to accompany silent films at a local theater in his town of Red Bank, New Jersey. By 16, he increasingly played jazz piano at parties, resorts and other venues. In 1924, he went to Harlem, where his performing career expanded; he toured with groups to the major jazz cities of Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. In 1929 he joined Bennie Moten's band in Kansas City, and played with them for years, until Moten's death in 1935.
That year Basie formed his own jazz orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two "split" tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to broaden their sound, and others. Many notable musicians came to prominence under his direction, including the tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, the 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," developed in 1935 in the early days of his band, and "April In Paris".
Show of the Week - Count Basie and his Orchestra (1965)
Best of Count Basie - The Golden Years
Count Basie April in Paris - complete album with new stereo sound
One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie (1943)
Count Basie Orchestra conducted by Thad Jones
Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie - 1957 (FULL ALBUM)
Count Basie & His Orchestra- Corner Pocket (live) (full album) HD
Count Basie - Basie Boogie
Count Basie - Basie Boogie
COUNT BASIE Swingin' the Blues, 1941 HOT big band swing jazz
[FULL CONCERT] Oscar Peterson & Count Basie & Joe Pass 1980 - Words & Music
Count Basie "live in 1962" _full, Jazz Icons,
Count Basie One More Time Full Album
Count Basie Orchestra - Corner Pocket (1962) - HD/HQ
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