A CONCERT APPEARANCE by the Count Basie Band is a sort of minor miracle in defiance of the caprice of show business. This is his 34th year as a bandleader, and in the style that won him fame almost ...
Forecasting the paths that big-band jazz might travel is difficult now that another of its pacesetters has reached the end of his journey. In symbolic terms, the loss of Count Basie, who died last ...
From humble beginnings at the turn of the century, the pianist and bandleader rose to become an American success story. By 1935, Count Basie had... Count Basie: The Man and His Music, Pt. 1 From 1935 ...