Play Count Basie Radio
Count Basie
1,779,521 plays (241,253 listeners)
Listening now: hydrogenius
William “Count” Basie (21 August 1904–26 April 1984) was a jazz pianist, organist, composer, and bandleader.
As a pianist, he had a distinctive and influential style (the song title “Splanky” is an onomatopoetic reference to the sound of his playing), equally at home in the barrelhouse and the concert hall. Willie “The Lion” Smith, James P. Johnson, and Fats Waller were among his influences.
As a bandleader, he created an organization (built upon the remains of Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra) that was a favorite both of dancers and of vocalists such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan, and of course Billie Holiday. Equally important, it kept many musicians employed through lean years. Many jazz musicians of note built their chops and earned their bread and butter in Basie’s organization.
In addition to Basie, the swinging “All American Rhythm Section” of his orchestra included greats such as Walter Page (bass), Jo Jones (drums), and Freddie Green (guitar). It was the greatest, most swinging rhythm sections in the history of jazz. Chief among its vocalists were, first, Jimmy Rushing and, later, Joe Williams. Over the years it boasted sidemen and soloists like Herschel Evans (tenor sax), Lester Young (tenor sax), Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (tenor sax), Buddy Tate (tenor sax), Illinois Jacquet (tenor sax), Earle Warren (alto sax)
As a pianist, he had a distinctive and influential style (the song title “Splanky” is an onomatopoetic reference to the sound of his playing), equally at home in the barrelhouse and the concert hall. Willie “The Lion” Smith, James P. Johnson, and Fats Waller were among his influences.
As a bandleader, he created an organization (built upon the remains of Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra) that was a favorite both of dancers and of vocalists such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan, and of course Billie Holiday. Equally important, it kept many musicians employed through lean years. Many jazz musicians of note built their chops and earned their bread and butter in Basie’s organization.
In addition to Basie, the swinging “All American Rhythm Section” of his orchestra included greats such as Walter Page (bass), Jo Jones (drums), and Freddie Green (guitar). It was the greatest, most swinging rhythm sections in the history of jazz. Chief among its vocalists were, first, Jimmy Rushing and, later, Joe Williams. Over the years it boasted sidemen and soloists like Herschel Evans (tenor sax), Lester Young (tenor sax), Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (tenor sax), Buddy Tate (tenor sax), Illinois Jacquet (tenor sax), Earle Warren (alto sax)
Top Albums
-
The Great Master
Count BasieBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
New
-
Best of - 50 Tracks
Count BasieBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
New
-
Story
Count Basie
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
The Complete Atomic Basie
Count Basie Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $7.99
- 7digital $6.99
- iTunes $8.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $6.38
- eBay Search
Top Tracks
| 1 |
|
One O'clock Jump
full track
|
|||
| 2 |
|
April In Paris
full track
|
|||
| 3 |
|
Jumpin' At the Woodside
full track
|
|||
| 4 |
|
||||
| 5 |
|
Lester Leaps In
full track
|
|||
| 6 |
|
||||
| 7 |
|
Jingle Bells
full track
|
|||
| 8 |
|
||||
| 9 |
|
||||
| 10 |
|
Corner Pocket
full track
|
|||
| 11 |
|
||||
| 12 |
|
||||
| 13 |
|
Swingin' The Blues
full track
|
|||
| 14 |
|
||||
| 15 |
|
Shoutbox
-
Lord_Talron wrote:
love you count!
-
strajnic wrote:
Listen to Count Basie and Big Joe Turner album "The Bosses" if you want to know what is real blues!
-
Albi3000 wrote:
He had the best trumpet section ever.
-
sergeeo wrote:
He creado un grupo en español para jazzeros, que no encontré nada cuando busqué... ¡Echadle un ojo y apuntaros si os apetece! "http://www.lastfm.es/group/Jazz+[español]"
-
F_Hole wrote:
I only got to see The Man once, right before he took his final break. He was awesome right up to the end.
-
4Heather wrote:
Friday May 22 in Walnut Creek, CA The Count Basie Orchestra featuring vocalist Jamie Davis. A Benefit for the Generations in Jazz Tickets available online at: www.lesherartscenter.org or phone 925-943-show Ticket prices $17.50, $35 & V.I.P. $50 includes preferred seating and FREE CD. Produced by Sam Beler for Unity Music: www.unity-music.net WALNUT CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1801 LACASSIE AVENUE, Walnut Creek, California 94596
-
blackfeet2008 wrote:
TAKING IT EASY SON..........
-
Ex_5 wrote:
Count you're ALIVE man :)
-
thelikeyoung wrote:
:] good stuff
-
christianchinas wrote:
CALLENSE PUTOS
-
sebastiano_riva wrote:
Great Sound!
-
Cacophonaut wrote:
steakboy, you lukcy bastard.
-
cheruj wrote:
nice picture
-
gkankava wrote:
love his items.
-
Eric_Blair wrote:
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Count Basie from Universal Music.
-
Oleg_Tr wrote:
На фестивале "Черное море" в Сочи я был на концерте Каунта Бейси. Вышел тогда потрясенным. Вообще не понимаю, как так произошло, что при такой культуре, при такой музыке и музыкантах в Штатах появился и теперь рулит хип-хоп?!! Уму не постижимо.
-
SirAlecHendrix wrote:
Count Basie—now connected to the brandnew group ➤ Round Midnight
-
steakboy wrote:
probably the concert i feel most fortunate to have seen: fall 1983, was in boston checking out colleges, basie orch. just happened to be in town. my aunt snagged tickets, we were mere feet from the stage. lights go down, curtains go up, his assistant brings the man to the piano in a wheelchair; five months later, he was gone. what a screaming band.
-
Ohthehumanity wrote:
i mean April in Paris. I am just cruising around looking for some jazz right now.
-
Ohthehumanity wrote:
holy shit, i just realized this is in GTA 4.
Videos
See more
Listeners
-
Whoabot
Listening now
to One O'clock Jump -
hydrogenius
Listening now
to Stereophonic -
Natatat44
Listening now
to Well Alright, Okay You… -
Asessor
Top Listener
-
soooneee
Top Listener
-
Psybercastor
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
BEN_95, trumpsgeek, bakerbazi and 1 other person added Count Basie to their libraries. 5 hours ago
-
Skwert tagged Count Basie with ‘jazz’. yesterday evening
-
deyoura, ELLISWILLASON, brian1to1 and 2 other people added Count Basie to their libraries. yesterday evening
-
BlackBuddha1 tagged Count Basie with blues, piano, swing and one other tag. yesterday afternoon
-
BlackBuddha1, rasu213, bbqbillys and 10 other people added Count Basie to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
-
Savagecannibul connected Count Basie to the group American Music. Sunday afternoon
-
PatrickvonGraf, pepewupepewu, dudleyjms and 4 other people added Count Basie to their libraries. Sunday morning
-
bondidwhat tagged Count Basie with big band, swing and jazz. Saturday afternoon
-
Saxtoplay and philip_maton added Count Basie to their libraries. Saturday afternoon
-
wenu4 tagged Count Basie with 30s, big band, piano and 2 other tags. Saturday morning
Related Journals
-
Christmas broadcast
by Uhwelluh |
23 Dec 2009 | Add comment
-
merry mixmass
by enigmapanda |
11 Dec 2009 | Add comment
-
Top albums generator
by moonlit_reverie |
14 Nov 2009 | Add comment
Groups (53)
-
BigBand
77 members
-
Round Midnight
185 members
-
Jazz
4,323 members
-
Jazz Piano
1,918 members
-
Blue Note Records
1,536 members
More Information
- Links
- Labels
Email Newsletter
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Count Basie from Universal Music.
