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Count Basie
pianist
Since 1904 · Ended in 1984
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William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two "split" tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to broaden their sound, his minimalist piano style, and others.
Many musicians came to prominence under his direction, including the tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, the guitarist Freddie Green, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison, plunger trombonist Al Grey, and singers Jimmy Rushing, Helen Humes, Dennis Rowland, Thelma Carpenter, and Joe Williams.
As a composer, Basie is known for writing such jazz standards as "Blue and Sentimental", "Jumpin' at the Woodside" and "One O'Clock Jump".
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William Basie, dit Count Basie, né le 21 août 1904 à Red Bank et mort le 26 avril 1984 à Hollywood, est un pianiste, organiste et chef d'orchestre de jazz. Son orchestre s'inscrit dans la tradition de Kansas City, ville-berceau du middle jazz orchestral. Il était surnommé la « machine à swing ».
Son big band représente, avec celui de Duke Ellington, la quintessence du « jazz classique » dont il a porté la bonne parole pendant 50 ans dans le monde entier. Il a abordé tous les registres, du blues aux succès de Broadway en passant par les grands standards, toujours avec la même ferveur sincère.
Le Count Basie Orchestra aura été un tremplin pour nombre de musiciens majeurs de l'époque comme Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Buck Clayton, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Dicky Wells, Buddy Tate.
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Discography
Albums
- 1956 Basie Roars Again
- 1956 King of Swing
- 1956 Pop Goes The Basie
- 1956 The Greatest! Count Basie Plays...Joe Williams Sings Standards
- 1957 Basie Rides Again
- 1958 Basie Plays Hefti
- 1958 Sing Along With Basie
- 1958 The Atomic Mr. Basie
- 1959 Basie & Eckstine Incorporated
- 1959 Count Basie and His Orchestra Swings / Tony Bennett Sings
- 1960 Just The Blues
- 1960 String Along With Basie
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- 1960 The Count!
- 1961 Count Basie / Sarah Vaughan
- 1961 First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
- 1965 Basie Picks the Winners
- 1965 Big Band Scene '65
- 1965 Count At The Organ
- 1965 Sammy Davis & Count Basie: Our Shining Hour
- 1966 Arthur Prysock / Count Basie
- 1966 Basie Swingin' Voices Singin'
- 1966 Inside Basie Outside
- 1967 Count Basie Captures Walt Disney's The Happiest Millionaire
- 1968 Manufacturers of Soul
- 1968 The Board of Directors
- 1968 The Board of Directors Annual Report
- 1972 Count Basie + Voices
- 1973 From Broadway To Paris
- 1973 The Songs of Bessie Smith
- 1974 The Bosses
- 1975 “Satch” and “Josh”
- 1975 Basie Jam
- 1975 Sixteen Great Performances
- 1976 Basie & Zoot
- 1977 Grand Concert gravé en 1945
- 1979 The Gifted Ones
- 1980 Kansas City Shout
- 1981 Kansas City 6
- 1986 Bing ’n Basie
- 1986 Get Together
- 1986 Mostly Blues...and Some Others
- 1986 Yessir, That's My Baby
- 1988 Autumn in Paris
- 1988 Basie and Friends
- 1989 Basie Boogie
- 1989 Count Basie Jam / Montreux '77
- 1989 One O'Clock Jump
- 1991 Basie One More Time
- 1991 Loose Walk
- 1992 Basie's Basement
- 1992 Compact Jazz: Count Basie Plays The Blues
- 1992 Jazztime
- 1992 Kansas City 7
- 1992 + The Big Band - Vol.1
- 1992 Basie Jam #3
- 1992 Night Rider
- 1993 Big Bands: Count Basie
- 1993 Count Basie and His Great Vocalists
- 1993 The Timekeepers
- 1993 Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
- 1994 Basie Boogie
- 1994 Count Basie – The Very Best
- 1994 Cute
- 1994 Listen... You Shall Hear
- 1995 Pop Classics
- 1996 Afrique
- 1996 Kansas City 5
- 1996 Sophisticated Swing
- 1996 + The Big Band - Vol.2
- 1996 Farmers Market Barbecue
- 1996 Blues Alley
- 1996 Me and You
- 1998 Swingsation
- 1998 Satch & Josh... Again
- 1999 Cool Too
- 1999 One O’Clock Jump
- 1999 Too Marvelous for Words
- 2000 April in Paris
- 2000 Midnite Jazz & Blues: Blue & Sentimental
- 2000 The Lang-Worth Transcriptions
