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	Count Basie - MSN Encarta
		Count Basie (1904-1984), American jazz pianist and bandleader, a leading musician of the swing era (1930s and early 1940s).
		Basie led one of the foremost jazz big bands, which featured a number of outstanding soloists and arrangers and became an enduring musical institution.
		Basie’s band of the late 1930s was dominated by great soloists: tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans; trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry “Sweets” Edison; trombonist Dicky Wells; and Basie himself.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761561924/Count_Basie.html (884 words)

	Count Basie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was a jazz pianist, organist, and bandleader.
		With the 'New Testament' Basie band in full swing, and arrangements written by a youthful Quincy Jones, this album proved a swinging respite from the 'Songbook' recordings and constant touring that Fitzgerald was engaged in during this period.
		Count Basie died of pancreatic cancer in Hollywood, Florida on April 26, 1984 at the age of seventy-nine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Count_Basie (895 words)

	Count Basie Summary
		Basie's band regularly worked some of the better big city hotel ballrooms and shared with many of the other 1,400 big bands of the Swing Era the less appetizing one-nighters (a series of single night engagements in a variety of small cities and towns that were toured by bus).
		One of the most imitated piano players, Count Basie brought a minimalist, subtle style to his powerful work at the keyboard and was the driving force behind a star-studded band that influenced the course of jazz during the big band era of the late 1930s and early 1940s.
		Count Basie died of pancreatic cancer in Hollywood, Florida on April 26 1984 at the age of seventy-nine.
	www.bookrags.com /Count_Basie (2686 words)

	Count Basie Biography
		William Count Basie (August 21 1904 - April 26 1984) was a jazz pianist organist and bandleader.
		The big band era appeared to be at an end but Basie reformed his as a 16-piece orchestra in 1952 and led it until his death.
		Count Basie died in Hollywood Florida at age 79.
	www.ebiog.com /biography/962/count-basie/bio.htm (235 words)

	Count Basie - Music Downloads - Online
		Basie's orchestra was characterized by a light, swinging rhythm section that he led from the piano, lively ensemble work, and generous soloing.
		Basie got his big break when one of his broadcasts was heard by journalist and record producer John Hammond, who touted him to agents and record companies.
		Count Basie was admired as much by musicians as by listeners, and he displayed a remarkable consistency in a bandleading career that lasted long after swing became an archival style of music.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/747/Count-Basie/1009368.html (1356 words)

	Count Basie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While other celebrated jazz orchestra leaders were renowned as composers or soloists, Basie spent over forty years perfecting the art of bandleading, the job of timing shifts of personnel and repertoire to ensure both continuity and change.
		The name ‘Count’ was given to him by a radio announcer who thought he deserved to rank with Duke Ellington and Earl Hines.
		At this point, Basie’s was the top Kansas City band, bringing to perfection the powerful riffing ‘territory’ style, and combining it with his innovatory economical piano-playing.
	www.lentriola.com /legends/basie.htm (480 words)

	Count Basie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Count Basie, who was born on August 21, 1904, in Red Band, New Jersey, began his music career by playing piano with his mother.
		At this point they became known as Count Basie's Orchestra and also one of the leading bands of the "swing era." Basie developed an "elliptical' style of melodic leads and cues which allowed him to control the band from his keyboard while also blending in with his rhythm section.
		Basie would issue several recordings and tour both Europe and Japan before he was forced into a wheelchair in the 1970s.
	www.duke.edu /~stc2 (439 words)

	MetroActive Music \| Count Basie Orchestra
		She had worked as a barback at the Grove that night in 1983, and though she didn't have any idea who Count Basie was, she lined up to have him sign the poster, which had gathered dust in her garage and which now hangs in my home music studio as a prized possession.
		The Basie band of that era served as the arena in which a pair of titans faced each other in a legendary "cutting contest"--two saxophone icons, the yin and yang of the instrument, playing chorus after chorus of blues to determine who's the best.
		Count Him In: With landmark Kansas City groups in the '30s and '40s and his famed outfits of the '50s and '60s, pianist William 'Count' Basie created a big-band sound that has endured and even thrived long after his death.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/cruz/06.14.00/basie-0024.html (2008 words)

	Count Basie.
		William "Count" Basie was born on August 21, 1904, the pianist, played in style "stride", Accompanied for "íåìûõ" of films.
		In 1952 Count Basie appears with collective New Testament, which becomes rather popular, is especial after recording April in Paris in 1954.
		In 80 health Count Basie begins to be worsened and April 26 1984 it did not become.
	www.members.tripod.com /abcluck/music/jazz/basie/basie.htm (279 words)

	The Fifties: Sixteen Men Swinging
		A flyer for joint appearances by Sarah Vaughan and the Count Basie Orchestra at the Starlight Roof of the Waldorf Astoria in 1953.
		Joint appearances by Ella and Basie continued throughout the remainder of their careers when they were associated with Pablo Records in the 1970s and 1980s.
		Count Basie as seen during a 1960 recording session for Roulette Records in New York.
	newarkwww.rutgers.edu /ijs/cb/fiftiesTwo.htm (514 words)

	Jazz by Mail - Count Basie
		Basie is quoted as saying it was the "happiest band I''ve ever been in." The Blue Devils broke up in the early 1930s upon which Basie joined the Bennie Morton Band.
		One of their shows at the Reno Club was broadcast and the announcer dubbed Basie, Count Basie, to compete with other bandleaders such as Duke Ellington.
		Count Basie''s record contract called for twenty-four sides to be produced with no royalties given to Basie.
	www.jazzbymail.com /artists/basie.html (673 words)

	Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Count Basie
		Count Basie rose from humble beginnings playing in Harlem nightclubs to become one of the most exciting piano players and big band leaders of our time.
		When Basie was 20 years-old, he left New Jersey for Kansas City, then known as the "gateway to the West." He found a job there playing the organ in the pit of a movie theater, but later got his first band job with a group called the "Blue Devils," with bassist Walter Page.
		Basie became recognized as one of the country's leading jazz bands by the end of that year.
	www.kennedy-center.org /calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3694&source_type=A (616 words)

	Count Basie at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 - April 26, 1984) was a jazz pianist, organist, and bandleader and self-proclaimed "Count" of jazz; see: Jazz royalty.
		For several years young Bill Basie (as he was then known) toured the vaudeville circuit as a soloist and accompanist to blues singers.
		Basie also showcased some of the best blues singers of the era: Jimmy Rushing, Joe Turner, and Joe Williams.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Count_Basie.html (228 words)

	The Jazzine - Biographies: Count Basie
		Count Basie, William Basie, was born the 21
		Basie, Rushing and Durham were the first ones to leave the "Blue Devils".
		William Basie, or Bill as he was called by his friends, was one of the greatest musicians and bandleaders of the swing-era and the following years.
	www.jazzine.com /jazzstuff/biographies/count_basie.phtml (399 words)

	PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Selected Artist Biography - Count Basie
		Count Basie was a leading figure of the swing era in jazz and, alongside Duke Ellington, an outstanding representative of big band style.
		The contract expanded and within a year the Count Basie Orchestra, as it had become known, was one of the leading big bands of the swing era.
		In 1950, financial considerations forced Basie to disband, and for the next two years he led a six- to nine-piece group; among its sidemen were Clark Terry, Buddy DeFranco, Serge Chaloff, and Buddy Rich.
	www.pbs.org /jazz/biography/artist_id_basie_count.htm (586 words)

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		The Count Basie Orchestra became both the best known and the longest-lived big band to emerge from this region, and Basie made Kansas City jazz nationally and internationally renowned.
		Bill Basie was born in New Jersey and studied the piano with his mother and, informally, with Fats Waller.
		Now an enlarged, thirteen-piece band, by 1937 the Count Basie Orchestra, as it was known, had become one of the leading big bands of the era.
	www.kclibrary.org /localhistory/media.cfm?mediaid=34952 (357 words)

	NEA Jazz Masters William "Count"Basie
		Though a pianist and occasional organist by trade, Count Basie’s notoriety stems mainly from his history as one of the great bandleaders.
		Basie’s first teacher was his mother, who taught him piano and music as a child.
		Basie’s organ lessons with Waller served him well when he worked in a theater accompanying silent films.
	www.iaje.org /bio.asp?ArtistID=56 (677 words)

	Count Basie: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Basie was born in Red Bank, EHandler: no quick summary.
		New york city (officially named the city of new york) is the largest city, by population, in the united states....
		Count Basie died in Hollywood, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/count_basie.htm (990 words)

	Count Basie
		Basie's first big break came two years later in 1929 when he impressed Benny Moten so much that Moten hired him to play piano for his widely-popular orchestra, even though Moten, himself, was already the piano player.
		Basie's health gradually deteriorated during the last eight years of his life, beginning with a severe heart attack in 1976 that put him out of commission for several months.
		Basie had the musical ability to play fast with the best of them, but he knew that such furious playing did not swing or edify.
	www.austinlindy.com /count_basie.htm (2588 words)

	Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient William "Count" Basie
		For more than half a century, William "Count" Basie enraptured the people of America with his brilliant and innovative work in the field of jazz.
		In the 1930's and 40's, the Count became part of the fabric of American life as the leader of one of the greatest bands of the Big Band Era.
		Count Basie cut a notch in musical history and found a place in our hearts forever.
	www.medaloffreedom.com /CountBasie.htm (111 words)

	Count Basie: "One O'Clock Jump"
		Basie intentionally fanned the flames, fixing it so that people really thought that there was a feud between the two and acting as the instigator.
		Basie said, “I used to tell Herschel that Lester had said something about his solo, and then tell Lester that Herschel has said something like, âYou know, that cat really thinks he really got me on that last go round.' And it was on.
		Basie for his part worked with small groups in the fifties for a brief time before forming a second big band featuring the ferocious arrangements of Neal Hefti (the two versions of the band are commonly referred to as “Old Testament” and “New Testament”).
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=16602 (1249 words)

	'One More Once' A Centennial Celebration of the Life and Music of Count Basie
		From the time Count Basie’s “Old Testament Band” surged out of Kansas City in 1936 and brought his irrepressible mixture of blues and riff-based head arrangements to New York until his death in 1984, Basie and the bands he led were a touchstone of jazz history.
		A 1944 series shows Basie lounging in the Manhattan offices of Columbia Records with his great tenor saxophonist Lester Young, and includes tender glimpses of Basie’s wife Catherine and their infant daughter Diana.
		The work of the late New York photographer Nancy Miller Elliott, who turned her lenses on Basie and other veterans from the band and its tradition, is a tribute to these men and women and the photographer who created the images.
	newarkwww.rutgers.edu /ijs/cb/index.html (648 words)

	THE BIOGRAPHY OF COUNT BASIE
		Count Basie's health began deteriorating in 1976 when he suffered a heart attack that put him out of commission for several months.
		In 1958 Count Basie was elected to the Down Beat Hall Of Fame.
		The Basie band was unheralded prior to this event especially by George Simon of Metronome magazine.
	www.swingmusic.net /Count_Basie.html (1271 words)

	Biography of William Count Basie
		William “Count” Basie has had such a widespread influence, it can be heard in virtually every big jazz band to date.
		In 1950 Basie and his band called it a day, due to the strain WWII put on big bands, but by 1952, he was back in the game.
		William “Count” Basie continued to play through the 60’s and 70’s in a more varied repertoire that included the pop music of the day.
	de.essortment.com /biographywillia_rgyr.htm (543 words)

	Count Basie
		Basie has become synonymous with swing because his band, in all its incarnations, swung harder than any other.
		Basie was born in Red Bank, New Jersey on August 21, 1904.
		Many of Basie's distinctive soloists left the band, and he finally disbanded it in 1950, recording with a small band for a short time.
	www.jazzitude.com /basie_bio.htm (548 words)

	Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings
		In his twenties, William Basie, a Red Bank, New Jersey native, was working as an accompanist to a touring act when, in 1927, he found himself stranded in Kansas City.
		Financial problems forced Basie to disband the group, but by 1952 he was ready to give it another go.
		Basie loved the crowd-pleasing effect of dramatic dynamics, so his writers used it liberally, though you never felt you were being walloped just for the effect.
	www.mosaicrecords.com /prodinfo.asp?number=229-MD-CD (1296 words)

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