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29 de sept. de 2023 · Die Count-Basie-Big Band traf auf die Königin des Swings und Scat-Gesang Ella Fitzgerald. Musikalisch wurde das Treffen unter dem Namen „Ella & Basie The Perfect Match“ (dt. „Die perfekte Übereinstimmung“) durch Norman Granz vermarktet. 1976 endet die Erfolgsspur mit einem Knick.
Count Basie, geboren als William Allen Basie (* 21. August 1904 in Red Bank, New Jersey; † 26. April 1984 in Hollywood, Florida) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Pianist, Organist, Komponist und einer der bedeutendsten Bandleader des Swing . Basie wurde als letzter der großen Pianisten-Bandleader populär.
25 de abr. de 2024 · Count Basie (born August 21, 1904, Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S.—died April 26, 1984, Hollywood, Florida) was an American jazz musician noted for his spare, economical piano style and for his leadership of influential and widely heralded big bands.. Basie studied music with his mother and was later influenced by the Harlem pianists James P. Johnson and Fats Waller, receiving informal tutelage ...
William Basie was born at 229 Mechanic Street on August 21, 1904. His father, Harvey Lee Basie, was a coachman and caretaker; his mother, Lillian Childs Basie, was a laundress, taking in washing and ironing. A brother, James, died when William was a young boy. The family always owned a piano, and Lilly Ann paid twenty-five cents per lesson to ...
8 de ene. de 2024 · One O’Clock Jump (1937) William ‘Count’ Basie was born in the borough of Red Bank, New Jersey, in 1904. After a stint in Harlem, he moved to Kansas, playing as a sideman with two influential early jazz groups: Walter Page and his Famous Blue Devils, and Bennie Moten and his Kansas City Orchestra. After Moten died in 1935, Basie formed his ...
Count Basie nel film Stage Door Canteen. Nel 1950 la popolarità della band era in declino e problemi finanziari costrinsero Basie a scioglierla (come furono costrette allo scioglimento tutte le grandi orchestre del tempo, ad eccezione di quella di Duke Ellington). Per i seguenti due anni diresse un gruppo con un numero di componenti variabile tra sei e nove; tra i suoi musicisti c'erano Clark ...
4 de feb. de 2012 · Count Basie Orchestra - April In Paris 1956 from the album April In Paris. Count Basie had the best Swing Big Band on the planet. April In Paris is one of th...
