Count Basie

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Listen to Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) by Frank Sinatra & Count Basie, see lyrics, music video & more!

Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)Frank Sinatra & Count Basie

Listen to The Best Is Yet To Come by Frank Sinatra & Count Basie, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Best Is Yet To ComeFrank Sinatra & Count Basie

Listen to (Love Is) The Tender Trap by Frank Sinatra & Count Basie, see lyrics, music video & more!

(Love Is) The Tender TrapFrank Sinatra & Count Basie

Splanky (Remix) [1994 Remaster]Count Basie

Listen to Shiny Stockings by Count Basie, see lyrics, music video & more!

Shiny StockingsCount Basie

Listen to The Girl from Ipanema by Count Basie & Sammy Davis, Jr., see lyrics, music video & more!

The Girl from IpanemaCount Basie & Sammy Davis, Jr.

Listen to More (Theme From "Mondo Cane") by Frank Sinatra & Count Basie, see lyrics, music video & more!

More (Theme From "Mondo Cane")Frank Sinatra & Count Basie

Listen to Pennies from Heaven by Frank Sinatra & Count Basie, see lyrics, music video & more!

Pennies from HeavenFrank Sinatra & Count Basie

Listen to April In Paris (Instrumental) by Count Basie & Quincy Jones and His Orchestra, see lyrics, music video & more!

April In Paris (Instrumental)Count Basie & Quincy Jones and His Orchestra

Listen to Ain't No Use by Arthur Prysock & Count Basie, see lyrics, music video & more!

Ain't No UseArthur Prysock & Count Basie

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Listen to Count Basie Meets Jimmy Rushing by Count Basie & Jimmy Rushing

ALBUMCount Basie Meets Jimmy RushingCount Basie & Jimmy Rushing

More albums from Count Basie

ALBUMBig Bands Are Back!Count Basie, Woody Herman & Lionel Hampton

Listen to The Songs of Bessie Smith / It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing by Teresa Brewer, Count Basie, Duke Ellington & Thad Jones

ALBUMThe Songs of Bessie Smith / It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That SwingTeresa Brewer, Count Basie, Duke Ellington & Thad Jones

Listen to Timeless: Count Basie by Count Basie

ALBUMTimeless: Count BasieCount Basie

Listen to Count Basie, Vol. 2 (1954) by Count Basie

ALBUMCount Basie, Vol. 2 (1954)Count Basie

Listen to The Jubilee Shows No. 55 & No. 200 by Teddy Wilson, Bobby Sherwood & Count Basie

ALBUMThe Jubilee Shows No. 55 & No. 200Teddy Wilson, Bobby Sherwood & Count Basie

Listen to Count Basie and Friends by Count Basie

ALBUMCount Basie and FriendsCount Basie

Listen to Count on the Coast by Count Basie

ALBUMCount on the CoastCount Basie

Listen to Farmer's Market Barbecue by Count Basie

ALBUMFarmer's Market BarbecueCount Basie

Listen to Count Basie Kansas City 6 by Count Basie

ALBUMCount Basie Kansas City 6Count Basie

ALBUMKansas City 7Count Basie

Listen to Kansas City Shout by Count Basie

ALBUMKansas City ShoutCount Basie

Listen to Get Together by Count Basie & The Kansas City 8

ALBUMGet TogetherCount Basie & The Kansas City 8

Listen to Satch And Josh.....Again by Count Basie

ALBUMSatch And Josh.....AgainCount Basie

Listen to Yessir, That's My Baby by Count Basie & Oscar Peterson

ALBUMYessir, That's My BabyCount Basie & Oscar Peterson

Listen to The Big Band, Vol. 1 by Milt Jackson & Count Basie

ALBUMThe Big Band, Vol. 1Milt Jackson & Count Basie

Listen to The Big Band, Vol. 2 (Remastered 1992) by Milt Jackson & Count Basie

ALBUMThe Big Band, Vol. 2 (Remastered 1992)Milt Jackson & Count Basie

Listen to Night Rider (Remastered) by Count Basie & Oscar Peterson

ALBUMNight Rider (Remastered)Count Basie & Oscar Peterson

Listen to The Timekeepers by Count Basie & Oscar Peterson

ALBUMThe TimekeepersCount Basie & Oscar Peterson

Listen to The Gifted Ones (Remastered) by Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie

ALBUMThe Gifted Ones (Remastered)Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie

ALBUMKansas City 5Count Basie

ALBUMBasie Jam 2Count Basie

Listen to Basie & Zoot by Count Basie & Zoot Sims

ALBUMBasie & ZootCount Basie & Zoot Sims

Listen to Kansas City 3 - For the Second Time by Count Basie

ALBUMKansas City 3 - For the Second TimeCount Basie

Listen to The Basie Big Band by Count Basie

ALBUMThe Basie Big BandCount Basie

Listen to Satch and Josh (Remastered) by Count Basie & Oscar Peterson

ALBUMSatch and Josh (Remastered)Count Basie & Oscar Peterson

Listen to The Bosses by Count Basie & Joe Turner

ALBUMThe BossesCount Basie & Joe Turner

ALBUMAfriqueCount Basie

Listen to Manufacturers of Soul by Jackie Wilson & Count Basie

ALBUMManufacturers of SoulJackie Wilson & Count Basie

Listen to The Board of Directors by Count Basie & The Mills Brothers

ALBUMThe Board of DirectorsCount Basie & The Mills Brothers

Listen to The Board of Directors Annual Report by The Mills Brothers & Count Basie

ALBUMThe Board of Directors Annual ReportThe Mills Brothers & Count Basie

ALBUMBasie's BeatCount Basie

Listen to Basie's Beatle Bag by Count Basie

ALBUMBasie's Beatle BagCount Basie

Listen to Arthur Prysock/Count Basie by Arthur Prysock & Count Basie

ALBUMArthur Prysock/Count BasieArthur Prysock & Count Basie

Listen to Our Shining Hour by Count Basie & Sammy Davis, Jr.

ALBUMOur Shining HourCount Basie & Sammy Davis, Jr.

Listen to Count Basie Picks the Winners by Count Basie

ALBUMCount Basie Picks the WinnersCount Basie

ALBUMBasie LandCount Basie

Listen to On My Way and Shoutin' Again by Count Basie

ALBUMOn My Way and Shoutin' AgainCount Basie

Listen to Easin' It: Music from the Pen of Frank Foster by Count Basie

ALBUMEasin' It: Music from the Pen of Frank FosterCount Basie

Listen to Li'l Ol Groovemaker...Basie! by Count Basie

ALBUMLi'l Ol Groovemaker...Basie!Count Basie

Listen to Ella and Basie! by Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie

ALBUMElla and Basie!Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie

Listen to This Time By Basie by Count Basie

ALBUMThis Time By BasieCount Basie

Listen to Back with Basie by Count Basie

ALBUMBack with BasieCount Basie

Listen to First Time! The Count Meets the Duke by Duke Ellington & Count Basie

ALBUMFirst Time! The Count Meets the DukeDuke Ellington & Count Basie

Listen to The Legend: From the Pen of Benny Carter by Count Basie

ALBUMThe Legend: From the Pen of Benny CarterCount Basie

ALBUMCount Basie & Sarah VaughanCount Basie & Sarah Vaughan

Listen to Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First by Frank Sinatra & Count Basie

ALBUMSinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical FirstFrank Sinatra & Count Basie

ALBUMBasie At BirdlandCount Basie

Listen to String Along with Basie by Count Basie

ALBUMString Along with BasieCount Basie

ALBUMHall of FameCount Basie

ALBUMBasie Swings, Bennett Sings (Remastered)Count Basie & Tony Bennett

ALBUMChairman of the BoardCount Basie

ALBUMBasie/Eckstine Incorporated (Remastered)Count Basie & Billy Eckstine

Listen to Basie Plays Hefti by Count Basie

ALBUMBasie Plays HeftiCount Basie

Listen to Basie In London by Count Basie

ALBUMBasie In LondonCount Basie

Listen to One O'Clock Jump by Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Williams

ALBUMOne O'Clock JumpCount Basie, Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Williams

Listen to The Swinging Count! by Count Basie

ALBUMThe Swinging Count!Count Basie

ALBUMBlues By BasieCount Basie

Listen to Dance Session Album #2 by Count Basie

ALBUMDance Session Album #2Count Basie

ALBUMDance SessionCount Basie

ALBUMDance ParadeCount Basie

Listen to Count Basie by Count Basie, The Kansas City Seven & Lester Young Quartet

ALBUMCount BasieCount Basie, The Kansas City Seven & Lester Young Quartet

ALBUMAt The PianoCount Basie

Listen to Rhythm In My Nursery Rhymes by Count Basie

ALBUMRhythm In My Nursery RhymesCount Basie

Count Basie's Popular Music Videos

Didn't You (feat. Talib Kweli) [Lyric Video]

Count Basie & Lettuce

Blues in Frankie’s flat

Count Basie

Whirly Bird

Count Basie

Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You

Count Basie, Snooky Young, Frank Wess, Joe Williams, Joe Newman, Eddie Jones, Freddie Green, Sonny Payne & Morgan Lewis

Midnight Sun Never Sets

Count Basie, Snooky Young, Frank Wess, Joe Williams, Joe Newman, Eddie Jones, Freddie Green, Sonny Payne & Morgan Lewis

Hallelujah I Love Her So

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About Count Basie

Artist Biography

Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 1904, pianist and bandleader William James “Count” Basie was a titan of the big band era. He moved to Harlem in the early 1920s, beginning a musical education that included stints in bands led by Walter Page and Bennie Moten. When the latter died in 1935, Basie took over the group, then billed as the Barons of Rhythm. The following year the group relocated to Chicago, forging a tough sound in which contrapuntal riffs only reinforced their rhythmic ferocity. Under Basie’s guidance the jazz orchestra was transformed into a swing machine fueled by a rhythm section that included drummer Sonny Greer and guitarist Freddie Green and a horn section that over the years boasted Lester Young, Buck Clayton, and Harry “Sweets” Edison. The group reinforced its blues bona fides with singer Jimmy Rushing. They recorded influential sides for Brunswick and Decca between 1937 and 1939, and Columbia between 1936 and 1950. Basie put together an even sleeker, higher-octane version of his orchestra in 1952, who toured the world, making records—including some classics with Frank Sinatra—and carrying on as swing exemplars even after his death in 1984.

Hometown

Red Bank, United States of America

Genre

Jazz