Count Basie
Few names in jazz are more revered than Count Basie, not only a great pianist
and bandleader, but an inspired composer and arranger too. He was first taught
to play as a child by his mother and in his early days also played drums, before
concentrating on piano after teaming up with Sonny Greer, a drummer from his own
locality in Red Bank, New Jersey. Moving to Harlem in the 1920s, Basie found
work playing in clubs and had tutelage from the great Fats Waller. He was given
the name "Count" after joining Walter Page's big band, the Blue Devils and by
the end of the 1920s he was work...
The Shadow of Your SmileFrank Sinatra and Count Basie
Sinatra At The Sands (with Count Basie)
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Wives And LoversFrank Sinatra and Count Basie
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie: It Might As Well Be Swing
2:48
All of MeCount Basie and The Count Basie Orchestra
Memories Ad-Lib
2:48
One O'Clock JumpCount Basie
Live Birdland - December 1952 - New York City
1:40
I Ain't Got NobodyCount Basie
Lester Leaps In
3:16
April in My HeartCount Basie, Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday and Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume VI, 1938
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