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St. Thomas (feat. Nicholas Payton, Cimafunk & Weedie Braimah)
Count Basie & The Soul Rebels
One O'Clock Jump (feat. Jazzmeia Horn & Ray Angry)
Count Basie & The Count Basie Orchestra
M-Squad (feat. The Count Basie Orchestra)
Count Basie & Terence Blanchard
Didn't You (feat. Talib Kweli) [Lyric Video]
Count Basie & Lettuce
Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, April 16, 1967)
Tony Bennett & Count Basie
The Lady's In Love With You (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, April 16, 1967)
Tony Bennett & Count Basie
Won't You Come Back, Count Basie? (Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?) [Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, July 19, 1964]
Keely Smith & Count Basie
Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 5, 1964)
Keely Smith & Count Basie
Roll 'Em Pete (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 22, 1959)
Count Basie & Joe Williams
Old Man River
Count Basie, Snooky Young, Frank Wess, Joe Williams, Joe Newman, Eddie Jones, Freddie Green, Sonny Payne & Morgan Lewis
About Count Basie
Artist Biography
Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 1904, pianist and bandleader William James “Count” Basie was a titan of the big band era. He moved to Harlem in the early 1920s, beginning a musical education that included stints in bands led by Walter Page and Bennie Moten. When the latter died in 1935, Basie took over the group, then billed as the Barons of Rhythm. The following year the group relocated to Chicago, forging a tough sound in which contrapuntal riffs only reinforced their rhythmic ferocity. Under Basie’s guidance the jazz orchestra was transformed into a swing machine fuelled by a rhythm section that included drummer Sonny Greer and guitarist Freddie Green and a horn section that over the years boasted Lester Young, Buck Clayton and Harry “Sweets” Edison. The group reinforced its blues bona fides with singer Jimmy Rushing. They recorded influential sides for Brunswick and Decca between 1937 and 1939, and Columbia between 1936 and 1950. Basie put together an even sleeker, higher-octane version of his orchestra in 1952, who toured the world, making records—including some classics with Frank Sinatra—and carrying on as swing exemplars even after his death in 1984.
Hometown
Red Bank, NJ, United States
Genre
Jazz
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