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...
Wives And LoversFrank Sinatra and Count Basie
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie: It Might As Well Be Swing
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One O'Clock JumpCount Basie
Live Birdland - December 1952 - New York City
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The Shadow of Your SmileFrank Sinatra and Count Basie
Sinatra At The Sands (with Count Basie)
2:31
You Make Me Feel So YoungFrank Sinatra, Count Basie and The Count Basie Orchestra
Sinatra At The Sands (with Count Basie)
3:21
You Make Me Feel So YoungFrank Sinatra, Count Basie and The Count Basie Orchestra
My Funny Valentine
Life Is a SongTony Bennett and Count Basie
Basie Swings, Bennett Sings
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