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Count Basie

Jazz
Big band
Swing
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...
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The Best Is Yet to Come
The Best Is Yet to ComeCount Basie and Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra & Count Basie: It Might As Well Be Swing

16:00

Every Day I Have the Blues
Every Day I Have the BluesCount Basie, Joe Williams and Count Basie Orchestra

Everyday I Have the Blues

5:27

Tea for Two
Tea for TwoCount Basie and Ella Fitzgerald

Ella And Basie!

3:10

I Only Have Eyes for You
I Only Have Eyes for YouCount Basie, Frank Sinatra and Count Basie Orchestra

With A Song In My Heart (1939 - 1944)

3:31

The Shadow of Your Smile
The Shadow of Your SmileCount Basie

3:20

Too Close for Comfort
Too Close for ComfortCount Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams, Count Basie Orchestra and Williams

I Told You So

3:02

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