# Count Basie
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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.
Jazz Cafe - 09-04-2025 - Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones - (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received many accolades including 28 Grammy Awards,a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations f…
Great Jazz Cities: Kansas City - S01E09
We continue our tour of America’s great jazz cities with Kansas City and the storied and sordid roots of the famed Kansas City sound, as well as a look at adopted hometown hero Count Basie and one of jazz’s most underappreciated legends: Mary Lou Williams. We’ll talk with local boy and jazz histori…
Jazz After Dark June 24 2025
On tonight’s show:
Count Basie, vocal Helen Humes, My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Oscar Aleman, Cherokee
Charlie Parker, I'll Remember April
Stan Getz, Four
Sarah Vaughan, All the Things You Are
Miles Davis, Oleo
Frank Sinatra, Have You Met Miss Jones
Sonny Stitt, Confirmation
Vince Guaraldi …
S1E16 - GPE Presents Ella & Count Basie
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S1E13 - This week on GPE -- the atomic mixture of Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie, as they perform songs that were arranged specifically for the two of them -- both live and in the studio -- by Quincy Jones, Benny Carter and Marty Paich!! As always, I will tell you the insider storie…
The Jazz Legend of Gordon’s Town House
For decades, jazz fans in Knoxville have heard rumors of Gordon’s Town House on the corner of Cumberland Avenue and 17th Street. In the 1950s, full swing orchestras played there in its big dining room with a dance floor that looked straight out of a posh Manhattan nightclub in an old black-and-whit…
Jazz After Dark, March 24, 2026
On tonight's show:
Count Basie, Dance of the Gremlins
Lester Young and His Orchestra, Back to the Land
The Complete Illinois Jacquet, Jumpin' At The Woodside
Sarah Vaughan, Street of Dreams (78 rpm Version)
Sarah Vaughan, Black Coffee
Helen O'Connell, All of Me
Tiny Grimes, Annie Laurie (J…
Jazz After Dark, May 26, 2026
Coming up tonight: Count Basie, King Cole Trio, Bobby Hackett, Lester Young & Count Basie, Harold Land, Sergio Mendes, Ella Fitzgerald, Cannonball Adderley & Ray Brown, Nancy Wilson, Don Ellis. Jim Hall, Herb Jeffries & Laurindo Almeida, Toots Thielemans, and Laurindo Almeida with Carlos Barbosa-Li…
The Hot Box #009 - A - Z of Jazz Piano Part 2
The A-Z of Jazz Piano: this time - Pianists in the key of B
The task of hunting down jazz piano from A to Z is really only just beginning, but B proved to be a most rich seam of artists, and the The Hot Box #9 show may be remarkable for who we had to leave out as much as for those we included.
He…
Jazz After Dark June 23 2026
Coming up tonight: Count Basie, Herb Jeffries, Illinois Jacquet, Charlie Parker, Clark Terry, Charles Mingus with Duke Ellington and Max Roach, Howard Roberts, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Mel Tormé live with Gerry Mulligan and George Shearing, Archie Shepp and Horace Parlan, and Laurindo Almeida.
Record Men From Thomas Edison to John Hammond & Chris Blackwell: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 4.2
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com
Gareth Murphy set out to write an obituary for the record man. A French label boss had told him over lunch that the record producer was a dying breed, and in the 2010s, with the industry shrinking every year…
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