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Count Basie

08/21/1904-04/26/1984 in Red Bank, NJ

Genres

  • Blues
  • Big Band/Swing
  • Jump Blues/Piano Blues
  • Jazz

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Biography

William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. His mother taught him to play the piano and he started performing in his teens. Dropping out of school, he learned to operate lights for vaudeville and to improvise accompaniment for silent films at a local movie theater in his home town of Red Bank, New Jersey. By age 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 until Moten's death in 1935. ... (see more)


Popular Songs

Basie Swings Standards album cover
Lester Leaps In
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records album cover
Trey Of Hearts by Count Basie
Swing Kids (Music From The Original Moti... album cover
Shout And Feel It by Count Basie
The Verve Story 1944-1994 album cover
April In Paris by Count Basie

Albums by Release Date

Basie Swings Standards album cover
Basie Swings Standards
by Count Basie Orchestra
Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 19 album cover
Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 19
by Count Basie Orchestra
A Perfect Match: Ella & Basie album cover
A Perfect Match: Ella & Basie
by Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald
Ray Sings, Basie Swings album cover
Ray Sings, Basie Swings
by Count Basie Orchestra, Ray Charles
The Complete Decca Recordings album cover
The Complete Decca Recordings
by Count Basie
One More Time album cover
One More Time
by Count Basie
Chicago album cover
Chicago
by Count Basie, Tony Bennett
Definitive Decca Best Recordings album cover
Definitive Decca Best Recordings
by Count Basie
America's No.1 Band: The Columbia Years album cover
America's No.1 Band: The Columbia Years
by Count Basie
Ken Burns Jazz album cover
Ken Burns Jazz
by Count Basie
April In Paris album cover
April In Paris
by Count Basie
Definitive Columbia Best Recordings album cover
Definitive Columbia Best Recordings
by Count Basie
Basie In Europe album cover
Basie In Europe
by Count Basie
Live At The Sands album cover
Live At The Sands
by Count Basie
On The Sunny Side Of The Street album cover
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
by Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald
Count Basie And The Kansas City 7 album cover
Count Basie And The Kansas City 7
by Count Basie
Count Basie-Sarah Vaughan album cover
Count Basie-Sarah Vaughan
by Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan
It Might As Well Be Swing album cover
It Might As Well Be Swing
by Count Basie Orchestra, Frank Sinatra
The Atomic Mr. Basie album cover
The Atomic Mr. Basie
by Count Basie
Our Shining Hour album cover
Our Shining Hour
by Count Basie, Sammy Davis, Jr.
Count Basie Swings Joe Williams Sings album cover
Count Basie Swings Joe Williams Sings
by Count Basie, Joe Williams
1940-1941 album cover
1940-1941
by Count Basie Orchestra
Sinatra At The Sands album cover
Sinatra At The Sands
by Count Basie Orchestra, Frank Sinatra
Satch And Josh album cover
Satch And Josh
by Count Basie, Oscar Peterson
Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First album cover
Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First
by Count Basie, Frank Sinatra
Basie Swings, Bennett Sings album cover
Basie Swings, Bennett Sings
by Count Basie, Tony Bennett

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Sings For Lovers album cover
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In The House Of Love
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Duets album cover
Duets
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Mr. Excitement album cover
Mr. Excitement
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Compilations

The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records album cover
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records
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Ultra-Lounge: Cocktails With Cole Porter album cover
Ultra-Lounge: Cocktails With Cole Porter
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Lady Sings The Blues 2 album cover
Lady Sings The Blues 2
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Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues-Piano Blues album cover
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues-Piano Blues
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Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby! album cover
Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby!
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Woody Allen: More Movie Music album cover
Woody Allen: More Movie Music
by Various Artists
Woody Allen: Music From His Movies album cover
Woody Allen: Music From His Movies
by Various Artists
Pure Jazz album cover
Pure Jazz
by Various Artists
An Anthology Of Big Band Swing (1930-1955) album cover
An Anthology Of Big Band Swing (1930-1955)
by Various Artists
Hollywood Swing And Jazz album cover
Hollywood Swing And Jazz
by Various Artists
Big Band Hits album cover
Big Band Hits
by Various Artists
Standards On Impulse! album cover
Standards On Impulse!
by Various Artists
Swing Kids (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) album cover
Swing Kids (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
by Various Artists
Vanguard Collector's Edition album cover
Vanguard Collector's Edition
by Various Artists
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 12: Saxophobia album cover
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 12: Saxophobia
by Various Artists
Swingers (Music From The Miramax Motion Picture) album cover
Swingers (Music From The Miramax Motion Picture)
by Various Artists
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: Crime Scene album cover
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: Crime Scene
by Various Artists
The Verve Story 1944-1994 album cover
The Verve Story 1944-1994
by Various Artists
The Big Bands album cover
The Big Bands
by Various Artists
From Spirituals To Swing-Carnegie Hall Concerts 1938-39 album cover
From Spirituals To Swing-Carnegie Hall Concerts 1938-39
by Various Artists

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