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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...
Fly Me to the MoonCount Basie and The Count Basie Orchestra
Hollywood... Basie's Way
3:12
Every Day I Have the BluesCount Basie, Joe Williams and The Count Basie Orchestra
Everyday I Have the Blues
5:27
The Best Is Yet to ComeCount Basie and Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie: It Might As Well Be Swing
16:00
Too Close for ComfortCount Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams, The Count Basie Orchestra and Williams
I Told You So
3:02
April In ParisCount Basie
April in Paris
3:43
Are You Havin' Any FunTony Bennett and Count Basie
Strike Up the Band
2:45
