Person · Male
Count Basie
pianist
- From
- Red Bank, United States
- Active
- 1904–1984
- Releases
- 363
- jazz
- big band
- swing
- piano blues
- vocal jazz
About
William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two "split" tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to broaden their sound, his minimalist piano style, and others.
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Many musicians came to prominence under his direction, including the tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, the guitarist Freddie Green, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison, plunger trombonist Al Grey, and singers Jimmy Rushing, Helen Humes, Dennis Rowland, Thelma Carpenter, and Joe Williams.
As a composer, Basie is known for writing such jazz standards as "Blue and Sentimental", "Jumpin' at the Woodside" and "One O'Clock Jump".
Member of
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The Benny Goodman Sextet piano
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The Count Basie Orchestra eponymous
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The Count Basie Trio eponymous, organ, piano
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Count Basie Octet eponymous
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Count Basie All Stars eponymous
Discography
Albums
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Pop Goes The Basie
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The Greatest! Count Basie Plays...Joe Williams Sings Standards
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King of Swing
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Basie Roars Again
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Basie Rides Again
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The Atomic Mr. Basie
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Sing Along With Basie
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Basie Plays Hefti Apple Music
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Count Basie and His Orchestra Swings / Tony Bennett Sings
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Basie & Eckstine Incorporated
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Just The Blues
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String Along With Basie Apple Music
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The Count!
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First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
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Count Basie / Sarah Vaughan
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Sammy Davis & Count Basie: Our Shining Hour
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Basie Picks the Winners
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Count At The Organ
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Big Band Scene '65
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Inside Basie Outside
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Arthur Prysock / Count Basie
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Basie Swingin' Voices Singin'
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Count Basie Captures Walt Disney's The Happiest Millionaire
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The Board of Directors Annual Report
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The Board of Directors
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Manufacturers of Soul
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Count Basie + Voices
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The Songs of Bessie Smith
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From Broadway To Paris
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The Bosses
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Sixteen Great Performances
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Basie Jam
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“Satch” and “Josh”
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Basie & Zoot
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Grand Concert gravé en 1945
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The Gifted Ones
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Kansas City Shout Apple Music
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Kansas City 6
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Get Together
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Yessir, That's My Baby
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Bing ’n Basie
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Mostly Blues...and Some Others
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Autumn in Paris
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Basie and Friends
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Count Basie Jam / Montreux '77
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One O'Clock Jump Apple Music
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Basie Boogie
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Loose Walk
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Basie One More Time
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Basie's Basement
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Kansas City 7 Apple Music
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Night Rider
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+ The Big Band - Vol.1
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Basie Jam #3
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Compact Jazz: Count Basie Plays The Blues Apple Music
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Jazztime
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Count Basie and His Great Vocalists Apple Music
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Big Bands: Count Basie
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The Timekeepers
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Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
EPs
Singles
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St. Thomas
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Didn’t You
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Uptight
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Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
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Sequel / I'll Always Be in Love With You
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I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance / Back Home Again in Indiana
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I Found a New Baby / As Long as I Live
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Wholly Cats / Benny's Bugle
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On the Alamo / Gone With What Draft
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It Counts a Lot / Lonesome
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As Long as I Live / Benny’s Bugle
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Dupree Blues / Red Wagon
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Hey Lawdy Mama / The Fives
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Oh! Red / Fare Thee Honey Fare Thee Well
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The Dirty Dozens / When the Sun Goes Down
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How Long Blues / Boogie Woogie
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On the Alamo / Cocoanut Grove
Live
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Přátelé: Prague ’74
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Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1981, Vol. 1 Apple Music
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Count Basie at Carnegie Hall
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Basie at Birdland (2007 reissue) Apple Music
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Live In St. Louis With Count Basie
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Good Time Blues Apple Music
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Salle Pleyel - Apr. 17th, 1972
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Live: Palais De Chaillot 29 Mars 1960
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Live in 1953! At Birdland
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Olympia 5 Mai 1962
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Live at the Sands (Before Frank) Apple Music
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At Birdland 1956
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Count Basie Live! 1938 at The Famous Door NYC
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Count Basie Jam Montreux '75
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1972-04-17 Live at Salle Pleyel (Paris Jazz Concert Highlights)
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Paris Jazz Concert, Salle Pleyel, 17 Avril 1972
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The Atomic Band in Concert
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1963 Live Guard Sessions
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Count Basie and the Stars of Birdland on Tour! Topeka, Kansas, 1955
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Flip, Flop & Fly
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The Atomic Band Live In Europe
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"Live" 1954
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Digital III at Montreux
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Count Basie at the Famous Door 1938-1939
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Live At Birdland December 1952 New-York City
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Count Basie at the Savoy Ballroom, New York City 1937
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Sessions, Live
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At the Savoy Ballroom 1937-1944
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Standing Ovation Apple Music
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Sinatra at the Sands
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At Newport
Compilations
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A Grand Selection Of His Beloved Songs
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Late Night Basie Apple Music
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The Remasters
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Work From Home with Count Basie
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Twelfth Street Rag
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The Classic Roulette Collection 1958-1959
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Classic 1936-1947 Count Basie and Lester Young Studio Sessions
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The Real... Count Basie (The Ultimate Collection)
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The Songs of Bessie Smith & It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
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Best of Count Basie
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Sinatra-Basie Plus Sinatra And Swinging Brass
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Eight Classic Albums
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Mitos do jazz, Volume 5: Count Basie
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Broadway
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Utimate Big Band Collection: Count Basie
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Broadway and Hollywood...Basie's Way
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Count Basie - The Big Band Leader
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The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings
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Atomic Basie
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4 Originals (Chairman Of The Board - Memories Ad-Lib - Sing Along With Basie - Basie In London)
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Swinging the Blues
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Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion Lester Young With Count Basie (1936-1940)
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Fundamentals
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Jazz Manifesto
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Count Basie: Four Classic Albums
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Blues By Basie / Dance Parade
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One O'Clock Jump - The Very Best of Count Basie
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Basie's Blues
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The Best of Count Basie Apple Music
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Count Basie Supreme Jazz
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Small Groups Studio Sides 1950-1952
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Beaver Junction
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Jazz After Hours with Tony Bennett & Count Basie
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Masters of Music: Count Basie
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The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings
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Side By Side
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Swinging The Blues
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Count Basie & Friends: 100th Birthday Bash
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Swinging in the Blues
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Jazz Moods: Hot
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The Jazz Biography
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Chicago
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Vintage Vaults: Count Basie
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The Count Basie Story Apple Music
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One O’Clock Jump
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America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years
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Wild & Swingin'
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Count Basie
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Prime Time
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Complete 1936-1941 Columbia Recordings
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One O'Clock Jump [Synergy] Apple Music
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Triple Treasures
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Hall of Fame Apple Music
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Count Basie's Finest Hour Apple Music
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Original Artist Original Hits
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Best of Count Basie and His Orchestra
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Ultimate Legends
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Jazz Indispensable
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Greatest Hits
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Piano Player
Links
Social
Supporting musician
Also known as
Basie · Count Baise · Count Basie & Friends · Count Basie & Guests · Count Basie Bunch · Count Bassie · The Count Basie Bunch · Willaim Basie · William Basie · William James Basie · カウント・ベイシー
Tags
- american
- classic pop and rock
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 0dbd6300-efdc-420b-857e-895e18fad317
- ISNI
- 0000000108964216
- IPI
- 00002259424
- IPI
- 00063555180
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 13 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.