COUNT BASIE
Name: Count Basie
Birth name: William James Basie
Born: 21 August 1904 Red Bank, New Jersey
Died: 26 April 1984 Hollywood, Florida
Genre(s): Swing, Big band, Piano blues
Occupation(s): Musician, Bandleader, Composer
Instrument(s): Piano, Organ
Years active: 1924-1984
William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 - April 26, 1984) was an American jazz
pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Commonly regarded as one of the
most important jazz bandleaders of his time, Basie led his popular Count Basie
Orchestra for almost fifty years. Many notable musicians came to prominence
under his direction, including tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel
Evans, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison and singers Jimmy
Rushing and Joe Williams. Basie's theme songs were "One O'Clock Jump" and "April
In Paris." "Every Day I Have The Blues" (1955), sung by the deep-voiced Williams,
was also a hit. Basie was a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
Name: Count Basie
Birth name: William James Basie
Born: 21 August 1904 Red Bank, New Jersey
Died: 26 April 1984 Hollywood, Florida
Genre(s): Swing, Big band, Piano blues
Occupation(s): Musician, Bandleader, Composer
Instrument(s): Piano, Organ
Years active: 1924-1984
William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 - April 26, 1984) was an American jazz
pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Commonly regarded as one of the
most important jazz bandleaders of his time, Basie led his popular Count Basie
Orchestra for almost fifty years. Many notable musicians came to prominence
under his direction, including tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel
Evans, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison and singers Jimmy
Rushing and Joe Williams. Basie's theme songs were "One O'Clock Jump" and "April
In Paris." "Every Day I Have The Blues" (1955), sung by the deep-voiced Williams,
was also a hit. Basie was a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.