Count basie discography wikipedia
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Prime Time (Count Basie album)
Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie
- Dance Session (1952–54, Clef)
- Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (with Joe Williams) (1955, Clef)
- April in Paris (1955–56, Verve)
- The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards (with Joe Williams) (1956, Verve)
- Basie in London (live) (1956, Verve)
- One O'Clock Jump (with Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald) (1957, Verve)
- Count Basie at Newport (live) (1957, Verve)
- E = MC² (1958, Roulette)
- Basie Plays Hefti (1958, Roulette)
- No Count Sarah (with Sarah Vaughan) (1958, EmArcy)
- Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (1959, Roulette)
- Welcome to the Club (Uncredited) (Nat King Cole) (1959, Capitol)
- In Person! (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Columbia)
- Chairman of the Board (1959, Roulette)
- Strike Up the Band (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Roulette)
- Basie/Eckstine Incorporated (with Billy Eckstine) (1959, Roulette)
- Everyday I Have the Blues (with Joe Williams) (1959, Roulette)
- The Count Basie Story (1960, Roulette)
- I Gotta Right to Swing (Uncredited) (Sammy Davis Jr.) (1960, Decca)
- First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (with Duke Ellington) (1961, Columbia)
- The Legend (1961, Roulette)
- Count Basie/Sarah
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Count Basie
American jazz musician and composer (1904–1984)
Musical artist
William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984)[1] was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie 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, his minimalist piano style, and others.
Many 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, plunger trombonist Al Grey, and singers Jimmy Rushing, Helen Humes, Dennis Rowland, Thelma Carpenter, and Joe Williams.
As a composer, Basie is known for writing such jazz standards as "Blue and Sentimental", "Jumpin' at the Woodside" and "One O'Clock Jump".
Biography
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]William Basie was born to Lillian (Childs) and Harvey Lee Basie in Red Bank, New Jersey.[2][3] His father worked as a coachman and caretaker for a wealth
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Count Basie Orchestra
American big band
Musical artist
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History
[edit]Early years
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