Count Basie (pianist)

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Annotation

Pianist whose blues-based swing band, the Count Basie Orchestra, emerged from Kansas City in the 1930s to become one of the most important jazz bands of all time. Basie also made a few small-group recordings under the name Kansas City Seven.

Annotation last modified on 2007-10-23 11:15 UTC.

Legal name: William James Basie

Discography

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2000Midnite Jazz & Blues: Famous Jazz SessionsCount Basie1
2000Swinging the BluesCount Basie1
2000Swing Legends: 24 Classic HitsCount Basie1
2000The Big Band LeaderCount Basie2
2000The Chronological Classics: Count Basie, Volume 1: 1936-1941Count Basie1
2001Best of Count Basie and His OrchestraCount Basie1
2001Complete 1941-1951 Columbia RecordingsCount Basie1
2001Count Basie and the FiveCount Basie1
2001Count Basie - Dejavu Retro Gold CollectionCount Basie1
2001Greatest HitsCount Basie1
2001Jazz IndispensableCount Basie1
2001Piano PlayerCount Basie1
2001Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz CasualCount Basie, Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan1
2001The Count Basie StoryCount Basie1
2002Count Basie's Finest HourCount Basie42
2002Complete 1936-1941 Columbia RecordingsCount Basie1
2002Hall of FameCount Basie1
2002Original Artist Original HitsCount Basie1
2002Triple TreasuresCount Basie1
2003America's #1 Band: The Columbia YearsCount Basie1
2003One O’Clock JumpCount Basie1
2003Prime TimeCount Basie1
2003Wild & Swingin'Count Basie1
2004Vintage Vaults: Count BasieCount Basie1
2004Jazz Moods: HotCount Basie1
2004The Count Basie StoryCount Basie1
2004Count Basie & Friends: 100th Birthday BashCount Basie & Friends1
2004ChicagoCount Basie and Tony Bennett1
2004Swinging in the BluesCount Basie1
2004The Jazz BiographyCount Basie2
2005Jazz After Hours with Tony Bennett & Count BasieTony Bennett & Count Basie1
2005Beaver JunctionCount Basie1
2005Masters of Music: Count BasieCount Basie1
2005Swinging The BluesCount Basie1
2005Side By SideDuke Ellington & Count Basie1
2005The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio RecordingsCount Basie1
2006One O'Clock Jump - The Very Best of Count BasieCount Basie1
2006The Best of Count BasieCount Basie2
2006Basie's BluesCount Basie1
2006Count Basie Supreme JazzCount Basie2
2006Small Groups Studio Sides 1950-1952Count Basie1
2007Blues By Basie / Dance Parade (Twofer: Blues By Basie (1944), Dance Parade (1949) plus 4 bonus tracks)Count Basie1
2008Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion Lester Young With Count Basie (1936-1940)Lester Young with Count Basie1
2008Count Basie: Four Classic AlbumsCount Basie1
2008FundamentalsCount Basie1
2009Swinging the BluesCount Basie1
20104 Originals (Chairman Of The Board - Memories Ad-Lib - Sing Along With Basie - Basie In London)Count Basie1
2010Atomic BasieCount Basie1
2011The Complete Reprise Studio RecordingsFrank Sinatra & Count Basie4
2011Count Basie - The Big Band LeaderCount Basie1
2012Mitos do jazz, Volume 5: Count BasieCount Basie1
2012Eight Classic AlbumsCount Basie1
2014Best of Count BasieCount Basie1
2015The Songs of Bessie Smith & It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That SwingTeresa Brewer with Count Basie and Thad Jones & Duke Ellington with Teresa Brewer1
2015The Real... Count Basie (The Ultimate Collection)Count Basie1
2016Classic 1936-1947 Count Basie and Lester Young Studio SessionsLester Young & Count Basie1
2018The Classic Roulette Collection 1958-1959Count Basie1
2019Twelfth Street RagCount Basie1
2020Work From Home with Count BasieCount Basie1
2021The RemastersCount Basie1
2023Late Night BasieCount Basie2
April in ParisCount Basie1
Basie's BounceCount Basie1
Basie on the AirCount Basie1
Count Basie SwingsCount Basie1
Count BasieCount Basie1
Golden YearsCount Basie1
Golden HitsCount Basie1
Kansas City ClassicCount Basie1
One Night Stand with Count Basie At the AvadonCount Basie1
SwingsCount Basie1
Sophisticated SwingCount Basie1
The Best of Count BasieCount Basie feat. Tony Bennett1
The CollectionCount Basie1
That's Jazz: One O'Clock JumpCount Basie1
The Count Swings the BluesCount Basie1
The Soloist' 1941/1959Count Basie1
Vintage Vaults, Volume 3Count Basie1

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1957At NewportCount Basie & Joe Williams / Dizzy Gillespie & Mary Lou Williams7
1969Standing OvationCount Basie1
1971At the Savoy Ballroom 1937-1944Count Basie1
1976Count Basie at the Savoy Ballroom, New York City 1937Count Basie1
1976Sessions, LiveCount Basie, Joe Williams And Art Blakey1
1978Count Basie at the Famous Door 1938-1939Count Basie1
1978Live At Birdland December 1952 New-York CityCount Basie, Lester Young1
1980Digital III at MontreuxFitzgerald / Basie / Pass2
1983"Live" 1954Count Basie1
1988The Atomic Band Live In EuropeCount Basie1
1989Count Basie and the Stars of Birdland on Tour! Topeka, Kansas, 1955Count Basie1
1989Flip, Flop & FlyCount Basie & Joe Turner1
19921963 Live Guard SessionsKeely Smith with Count Basie1
1992The Atomic Band in ConcertCount Basie2
19951972-04-17 Live at Salle Pleyel (Paris Jazz Concert Highlights)Count Basie2
1995Paris Jazz Concert, Salle Pleyel, 17 Avril 1972Count Basie Featuring Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson1
1997At Birdland 1956Count Basie1
1997Count Basie Jam Montreaux '75Count Basie52
1997Count Basie Live! 1938 at The Famous Door NYCCount Basie1
1998Live at the SandsCount Basie3
1999Live in 1953! At BirdlandCount Basie1
1999Live: Palais De Chaillot 29 Mars 1960Count Basie2

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