William "Count" Basie 
.... The big bands had become, to a large degree, "essentially the domain of composers and arrangers" before Count
Basie's band was brought to New York by John ....
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4
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Musical Formalization of the Blues
.... He cites 1938 as the pivotal year that Billie Holliday sang with Artie Shaw and that Count
Basie's band performed in a white club. ....
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Development of Jazz in the US
.... Dixieland of Bob Crosby, the riff filled swing of Count
Basie, the highly .... Simon 4). Similarly, many of the musical styles revolved around the
band's leader--in ....
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10
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Blues and Dinah Washington
.... Hampton heard her sing and asked her to join his
band. .... She performed with Duke Ellington and Count
Basie and continued her recording career, including a number ....
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6
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JAZZ ANECDOTES
.... For example, when Count
Basie complained to one of his side-men, it came out that he could .... If I had to worry about nonsense like that, I wouldn't have a
band. ....
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2
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Fences by August Wilson
.... He made more money than an entire jazz
band. .... This was the time of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, Count
Basie and Billi9e Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. ....
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