Count Basie

COUNT BASIE was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, Basie formed his own jazz orchestra, 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, 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 and singers Jimmy Rushing, Helen Humes, Thelma Carpenter, and Joe Williams.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"The Most" Vol.2
627 Stomp
All of Me; Rusty Dusty Blues
Apurksody
As Long As I Live; Benny's Bugle
Backstage at Stuff's; My Buddy
Basie Blues; I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of To...
Blee Blop Blues
Boogie Woogie
Boogie Woogie
Bran' New Dolly; Cheek to Cheek
Breakfast Feud; I Found a New Baby
Collector's History of Classic Jazz
Feather Merchant
From Spirituals To Swing
Giants of Jazz-Benny Goodman
I Didn't Know About You
I Never Knew
It's Monday Every Day
Jazz II Sampler
Jazz Power
Jivin' Joe Jackson
King Porter Stomp
Lester Young (Master Takes/Savoy Recordings)
Little Pony
Normania
On the Alamo
One O'Clock Jump
Open the Door, Richard!
Patience and Fortitude
She's a Wine-O
Solid as a Rock
St. Louis Boogie
Sugar Blues
Taps Miller
Tenor Saxophobia
The Big Bands
The Great American Composers - Irving Berlin, Disc...
The King
The Most Of The Twist
The Sheik
Time on My Hands
Walking Slow Behind You
We Love The Big Band Sound
Wholly Cats