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Over his sixty-plus-year career, William "Count" Basie was a key figure in establishing jazz as a serious art form. Basie played a pivotal role in solidifying his style of Kansas City swing as one of jazz's most prominent styles, marrying big-band orchestral sounds with blues’ ease and grove. Though Basie's arrangements were remarkably simple compared to th...
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Bill Graham, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Thad Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Wess, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Newman, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Wild Bill Davis, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Wilkins, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Green, Guitar, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Jones, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Fowlkes, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Marshall Royal, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Payne, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Coker, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Foster, Tenor Saxophone, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Powell, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie and his Orchestra, MainArtist - Joe Williams, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Reunald Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Wendell Culley, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Joey Newman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Count Basie, Composer, MainArtist - Mack David, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Livingston, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Count Basie, Piano, Leader, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Durham, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Count Basie and his Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1938 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Rushing, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - James Rushing, ComposerLyricist - Count Basie, Piano, Leader, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Count Basie and his Orchestra, MainArtist - Buck Clayton, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1937 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Count Basie, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Duke Ellington & Count Basie, Associated Performer - Freddie Green, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Irving Townsend, Producer - Sam Woodyard, Drums - Don Wolf, Composer, Lyricist - Teo Macero, Producer - Sonny Payne, Drums - George Avakian, Producer - Nedra Olds-Neal, Producer - Patti Matheny - Darren Salmieri - Ray Nance, Trumpet, Violin - Debra Parkinson - Phil Schaap, Mastering Engineer - Aaron Bell, Bass - Eddie Jones, Bass - Frank Wess, Flute, Tenor Saxophone - Johnny Hodges, Alto Saxophone - Russell Procope, Alto Saxophone - Marshall Royal, Alto Saxophone - Paul Gonsalves, Tenor Saxophone - Frank Foster, Tenor Saxophone - Budd Johnson, Tenor Saxophone - Harry Carney, Baritone Saxophone - Charlie Fowlkes, Baritone Saxophone - Jimmy Hamilton, Clarinet - Cat Anderson, Trumpet - Willie Cook, Trumpet - Fats Ford, Trumpet - Eddie Mullens, Trumpet - Sonny Cohn, Trumpet - Lonnie Johnson, Trumpet - Thad Jones, Trumpet - Snooky Young, Trumpet - Louis Blackburn, Trombone - Lawrence Brown, Trombone - Juan Tizol, Trombone - Henry Coker, Trombone - Quentin Jackson, Trombone - Benny Powell, Trombone
Originally released 1962. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jimmy Rushing, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Earl Warren, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, Piano, Leader, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Harry Edison, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Durham, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Count Basie and his Orchestra, MainArtist - Buck Clayton, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Herschel Evans, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1938 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Graham, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Hughes, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Thad Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Newman, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Wilkins, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Fowlkes, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Marshall Royal, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Payne, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Coker, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Foster, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Powell, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie and his Orchestra, MainArtist - Reunald Jones, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Wendell Culley, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Count Basie, MainArtist - Fats Waller, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer - Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Count Basie, ComposerLyricist - Harry Edison, Composer - Count Basie and his Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1952 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buster Smith, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, Piano, Leader, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Durham, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie and his Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1937 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Count Basie, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Rushing, Participant - Arthur Johnston, Composer - Johnny Burke, Author - Count Basie and his Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1937 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jack Washington, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, Piano, Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Durham, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Edgar Battle, ComposerLyricist - Count Basie and his Orchestra, MainArtist - Buck Clayton, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Herschel Evans, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1937 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Count Basie, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano - Duke Ellington & Count Basie, Associated Performer - Teo Macero, Producer - Patti Matheny - Darren Salmieri - Paul Gonsalves, Tenor Saxophone - Debra Parkinson - Phil Schaap, Mastering Engineer
Originally released 1962. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Edgar Battle, Composer - Count Basie and his Orchestra, MainArtist - Herschel Evans, Composer
© 1993 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1993 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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Over his sixty-plus-year career, William "Count" Basie was a key figure in establishing jazz as a serious art form. Basie played a pivotal role in solidifying his style of Kansas City swing as one of jazz's most prominent styles, marrying big-band orchestral sounds with blues’ ease and grove. Though Basie's arrangements were remarkably simple compared to the more complex styles from bandleaders like Duke Ellington and Fletcher Henderson, he built a fertile foundation—rooted by a riff or looping lead line—where his soloists could shine, an attribute that garnered him a rotating ensemble of top-tier players, hit records with Verve and Decca, and a touring career lasting long beyond the Swing era's close. Explore a selection of iconic performances from the bandleader’s historic career with our Count Basie Orchestra playlist!
Photo courtesy of the Count Basie estate
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