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William Basie was born to Lillian (Childs) and Harvey Lee Basie in Red Bank, New Jersey. [2] [3] His father worked as a coachman and caretaker for a wealthy judge.After automobiles replaced horses, his father became a groundskeeper and handyman for several wealthy families in the area. [4]
Nine-time Grammy winner Count Basie, born in Red Bank in 1904, was one of the most revered jazz bandleaders of all time, leading The Count Basie Orchestra. He was inducted into the New Jersey Hall ...
Catherine Basie (née Morgan) (1914–1983) was a dancer who performed with the Whitman Sisters and starred as a featured dancer in musical short films called soundies.She married the jazz composer and bandleader Count Basie and was an advocate for civil rights and for children with disabilities.
Moten died in 1935, and Rushing joined Count Basie for what would be a 13-year job. [13] Due to his tutelage under his mentor Moten, Rushing was a proponent of the Kansas City, Missouri, jump blues tradition exemplified by his performances of "Sent for You Yesterday" and "Boogie Woogie" for the Count Basie Orchestra. After leaving Basie, his ...
The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16- to 18-piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936. Despite a brief disbandment at the beginning of the 1950s, the band survived long past the big band era itself and the death of Basie in 1984.
Joe Williams (born Joseph Goreed; December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was an American jazz singer. He sang with big bands, such as the Count Basie Orchestra and the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, and with small combos.
Frederick William Green (March 31, 1911 – March 1, 1987) was an American swing jazz guitarist who played rhythm guitar with the Count Basie Orchestra for almost fifty years. Early life and education
Page is perhaps best known for his work with the Count Basie Orchestra from 1935 to 1942. Page, drummer Jo Jones, guitarist Freddie Green, and pianist Count Basie became known as the "All-American Rhythm Section" and set the standard for jazz rhythm sections that is still emulated and considered the gold-standard today. [16]