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Count Basie
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Pianisti · 1904–1984

Count Basie

Musicista, pianista e direttore d'orchestra statunitense

Nascita
21 agosto 1904
Red Bank
Morte
26 aprile 1984
Hollywood
Paese
Stati Uniti
Attività
1924–1984
Etichette
Decca Records, RCA Records, Mercury Records, Apex
Discografia
88 album

Biografia

Count Basie è stato un musicista jazz (pianoforte, organo, organo Hammond e Jazz piano). Nato il 21 agosto 1904 a Red Bank, morto il 26 aprile 1984 a Hollywood. Lo stile è di solito associato a jazz, swing e big band music. Etichette: Decca Records, RCA Records, Mercury Records e Apex. La discografia qui comprende 88 album, da «Basie Roars Again» (1956) a «Four Classic Albums» (2024). Tra i riconoscimenti: Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album (1958), Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing (1958) e Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance (1976).

Count Basie, pseudonimo di William Allen Basie (Red Bank, 21 agosto 1904 – Hollywood, 26 aprile 1984), è stato un pianista, compositore e bandleader statunitense di musica jazz.

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Discografia

Album in studio e dal vivo

Basie Roars Again 1956
King of Swing 1956
Pop Goes The Basie 1956
The Greatest! Count Basie Plays...Joe Williams Sings Standards 1956
At Newport 1957 · Live
Basie Rides Again 1957
Basie Plays Hefti 1958
The Atomic Mr. Basie 1958
Basie & Eckstine Incorporated 1959
Count Basie and His Orchestra Swings / Tony Bennett Sings 1959
Just The Blues 1960
String Along With Basie 1960
The Count! 1960
Count Basie / Sarah Vaughan 1961
Basie Picks the Winners 1965
Big Band Scene '65 1965
Count At The Organ 1965
Basie Swingin' Voices Singin' 1966
Inside Basie Outside 1966
Count Basie Captures Walt Disney's The Happiest Millionaire 1967
Manufacturers of Soul 1968
The Board of Directors Annual Report 1968
Count Basie + Voices 1972
From Broadway To Paris 1973
The Songs of Bessie Smith 1973
The Bosses 1974
Basie Jam 1975
Sixteen Great Performances 1975
“Satch” and “Josh” 1975
Basie & Zoot 1976
Sessions, Live 1976 · Live
Grand Concert gravé en 1945 1977
Live At Birdland December 1952 New-York City 1978 · Live
The Gifted Ones 1979
Kansas City Shout 1980
Kansas City 6 1981
Get Together 1986
Mostly Blues...and Some Others 1986
Yessir, That's My Baby 1986
Autumn in Paris 1988
Basie and Friends 1988
Basie Boogie 1989
Count Basie Jam / Montreux '77 1989
One O'Clock Jump 1989
Basie One More Time 1991
Loose Walk 1991
Basie Jam #3 1992
Basie's Basement 1992
Compact Jazz: Count Basie Plays The Blues 1992
Jazztime 1992
Kansas City 7 1992
Night Rider 1992
Big Bands: Count Basie 1993
Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings 1993
Count Basie and His Great Vocalists 1993
The Timekeepers 1993
Basie Boogie 1994
Count Basie – The Very Best 1994
Cute 1994
Listen... You Shall Hear 1994
Paris Jazz Concert, Salle Pleyel, 17 Avril 1972 1995 · Live
Pop Classics 1995
Afrique 1996
Blues Alley 1996
Farmers Market Barbecue 1996
Kansas City 5 1996
Me and You 1996
Sophisticated Swing 1996
Satch & Josh... Again 1998
Swingsation 1998
Cool Too 1999
Too Marvelous for Words 1999
April in Paris 2000
Midnite Jazz & Blues: Blue & Sentimental 2000
The Lang-Worth Transcriptions 2000
Class of '54 2001
I Grandi Del Jazz - Count Basie - Verve Jazz Masters 2 2002
Kansas City Powerhouse 2002
Salle Pleyel - Apr. 17th, 1972 2002 · Live
Chairman of the Board 2003
Basie Jam 2 2006
Swingin' the Blues 2010
At The Piano 2024
Four Classic Albums 2024
Li'l Ol' Groovemaker
On Broadway
One O'Clock Jump
Solid As a Rock

Suona anche in

Album in cui Count Basie compare come sideman

1961 First Time! The Count Meets the Duke — Duke Ellington and Count Basie piano
1961 I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face — Tony Bennett, Al Tornello piano
1963 Ella and Basie! — Ella Fitzgerald & The Count Basie Orchestra piano
1964 It Might as Well Be Swing — Frank Sinatra, Count Basie And His Orchestra piano
1965 A Man and His Music — Frank Sinatra piano
1982 A Classy Pair — Ella Fitzgerald & The Count Basie Orchestra piano
1986 Bing ’n Basie — Bing Crosby & Count Basie piano

Premi

Dischi storici a 78 giri

  • JUMP FOR ME COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCH. · Ed Lewis · Harry Edison · Buck Clayton ·… archive.org ↗
  • THE WORLD IS MAD COUNT BASIE'S ORCHESTRA · Lester Young · Buddy Tate · Ed Lewis, H… archive.org ↗
  • LADY BE GOOD LESTER YOUNG · COUNT BASIE'S KANSAS CITY SEVEN · Lester Young · Carl… archive.org ↗
  • THE WORLD IS MAD COUNT BASIE'S ORCHESTRA · Lester Young · Buddy Tate · Ed Lewis, H… archive.org ↗
  • Baby, Don't Tell On Me COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCH. · Jimmy Rushing · Young · Basie · Rushing archive.org ↗
  • Baby, Don't Tell On Me COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCH. · Jimmy Rushing · Young · Basie · Rushing archive.org ↗
  • Rock-A-Bye Basie COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCH. · Collins · Young · Basie archive.org ↗
  • Rock-A-Bye Basie COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCH. · Collins · Young · Basie archive.org ↗

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Domande frequenti

Che strumento suonava Count Basie?

Count Basie è noto per pianoforte, organo, organo Hammond e Jazz piano.

Quando e dove è nato Count Basie?

Count Basie è nato 21 agosto 1904 a Red Bank.

Quali sono gli album più noti di Count Basie?

Nel nostro archivio ci sono, tra gli altri, Basie Roars Again (1956), King of Swing (1956), Pop Goes The Basie (1956), The Greatest! Count Basie Plays...Joe Williams Sings Standards (1956) e At Newport (1957).

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