- Aliases
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Basie
Count Basie and His All American Rhythm Section
Count Basie & His Orch.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Count Basie and His Orchestra
Count Basie and His Rhythm
Count Basie & His Rhythm
Count Basie Kansas City Seven
Count Basie Orchestra
- Personal name
- William James Basie
- Born
- August 21, 1904
- Died
- April 26, 1984
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00002259424 25 works
00063555180 19 works
- Affiliation
- ASCAP
- Comments
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Jazz orchestra leader, pianist, organist and composer
- Related
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Bennie Moten
Benny Powell Member of the Basie band (1951-1953)
The Count Basie Orchestra After Basie's death, the band has continued to play under the direction of some of the players he had hired
Ed Lewis Member of Basie's Orchestra (1937-1948)
Kansas City Five [US2] Spin-off
Marshal Royal Lead alto saxophonist and musical director of the Basie Band from 1952 to 1970.
Snooky Young In Basie Band (1942, 1945-1947, 1957-1962)
Walter Page Member of Basie's Orchestra (1935-1942)
- Ranking
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460th most covered composer/author
60th most covered performer
78th most covering performer
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