Count Basie

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Gender	Male
Death	40 years ago
Date of birth	August 21,1904
Zodiac sign	Leo
Born	Red Bank
	New Jersey
	United States
Date of died	April 26,1984
Died	Hollywood
	Florida
	United States
Instruments	Piano; Organ
Books	The Best of Count Basie
	Count Basie: Jazz Play-Along
	Count Basie Collection (Songbook)
	Blue and Sentimental
	One o'clock jump
	Count Basie
	Jazz Masters Vintage Collection: Featuring Count Basie, Billie Holiday
Awards	Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
	Kennedy Center Honors
	Grammy Hall of Fame
	Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
	Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
	Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo
	Grammy Trustees Award
	Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing
Listen artist	www.youtube.com
Spouse	Catherine Morgan
Children	Diane Basie
Parents	Harvey Lee Basie
	Lillian Basie
Albums	The Atomic Mr. Basie
	Chairman of the Board
	Basie Straight Ahead
	April in Paris
Full name	William James Basie
Groups	Count Basie Orchestra
	Oklahoma City Blue Devils
Date of Reg.	2019-02-10 01:15:15
Date of Upd.	2023-11-13 23:39:24
ID	403805

Sex and the Single Girl
Reveille with Beverly
Stage Door Canteen
The Last of the Blue Devils
Hit Parade of 1943
Rhythm and Blues Revue
I Dood It
Killer Diller
The Sound of Jazz
Count Basie at Carnegie Hall
Cavalcade of Bands
Basin Street Revue
Jazz Icons: Count Basie: Live in '62
Jazz Icons
Amor de otoño
Norman Granz: Improvisation
Count Basie: Then as Now, Count's the King
Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux: Ella and Basie '79
Toilet life
Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux: Count Basie Jam '75
Newport Jazz Festival 1962

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Count Basie Life story

William James "Count" Basie 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.