William James "Count" Basie (/ˈbeɪsi/; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he...

Basie Jazz is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1952 and released on the Clef label in 1954. Selections from this album were also...

Count Basie Orchestra is a 16- to 18-piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935...

Atomic Mr. Basie (originally called Basie, also known as E=MC2 and reissued in 1994 as The Complete Atomic Basie) is a 1958 album by Count Basie, featuring...

December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was an American jazz singer. He sang with big bands, such as the Count Basie Orchestra and the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, and...

Count Basie, as well as leading his own bands and making many recordings as a leader. He played in the swing, bop, hard bop, Latin jazz, and soul jazz genres...

July 4, 1992) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator, best known as a musician who worked with Count Basie during two periods. Newman was...

"Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist. Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestra, Young was one...

married the jazz composer and bandleader Count Basie and was an advocate for civil rights and for children with disabilities. Catherine Basie (née Morgan)...

Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 is an album by American jazz bandleader and pianist Count Basie featuring small group performances recorded in 1962...

Jump" is a jazz standard; a 12-bar blues instrumental, written by Count Basie in 1937. The melody derived from band members' riffs—Basie rarely wrote...

with Count Basie and worked as a bandleader from the early 1950s. In 1998, Howard University awarded Frank Foster with the Benny Golson Jazz Master Award...

jazz trio led by the pianist Tommy Flanagan, and the Count Basie Orchestra. This concert recording was initially sold through mail order by the jazz producer...

bebop. The hard-swinging, bluesy transition style is bracketed by Count Basie, who in 1929 signed with Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, and Kansas...

notes Yanow, Scott. Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers at AllMusic Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random...

Oscar Peterson & Count Basie: Together in Concert 1974 (Impro-Jazz Spain) 2008 Jazz Icons: Oscar Peterson Live in '63, '64 & '65 (Jazz Icons) 2014 During...

(June 6, 1925 – March 24, 2000) was an American jazz trombonist who was a member of the Count Basie orchestra. He was known for his plunger mute technique...

Basie & Zoot is a studio album by the jazz pianist Count Basie and the saxophonist Zoot Sims, released in 1976 by Pablo Records. It was recorded on April...

work as a double bass player with Walter Page's Blue Devils and the Count Basie Orchestra. Page was born in Gallatin, Missouri, on February 9, 1900, to...

previously released on the 1954 Clef LP Basie Jazz. AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars. "Jive at Five" (Count Basie, Harry Edison) - 3:06 "Be My Guest" (Ernie...

(Prestige, 1958) Groove Blues (Prestige, 1958) With Count Basie The Count! (Clef, 1952 [1955]) Basie Jazz (Clef, 1952 [1954]) The Swinging Count! (Clef 1952...

virtuoso jazz musicians from New York who came through Omaha on tour. His early influences all came from the North Omaha scene. He said, We'd see Basie in town...

1911 – March 1, 1987) was an American swing jazz guitarist who played rhythm guitar with the Count Basie Orchestra for almost fifty years. Green was born...

The Swinging Count! is an album by jazz pianist Count Basie in small group sessions recorded in 1952 and released in 1956 on the Clef label. Selections...

was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. In addition to his extensive solo work, Wess is remembered for his time in Count Basie's band from the early...

Recording (Gearbox, 2019) 1952: Basie Jazz (Clef, 1954) 1952: The Swinging Count! (Clef, 1956) compilation: Blues by Basie (Columbia, 1956) 1952: Alone Together...

Jazz Goes to the Movies (Impulse!, 1962) With Count Basie Dance Session (Clef, 1953) Basie Jazz (Clef, 1954) Dance Session Album#2 (Clef, 1954) Basie...

Masland (December 17, 1978). "Bill Bailey, famed tap-dancer with Ellington, Basie jazz bands". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com. Bill Bailey...

Basie Straight Ahead is an album recorded at TTG Studios, Hollywood, California in October 1968 featuring Count Basie and his orchestra. This album marked...

September 3, 1985) was an American jazz drummer. A band leader and pioneer in jazz percussion, Jones anchored the Count Basie Orchestra rhythm section from...