Count Basie
Age: N/A | From: Red Bank, New Jersey, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: William James Basie
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Red Bank, New Jersey, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 15
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
Biography
William James "Count" Basie (/ˈbeɪsi/; 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. 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Count Basie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(1956) Self
ABC Stage 67
(1966) Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
(1978) Self
Improvisation
(2004) Self
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
(1965) Self
Piano Blues
(2003) Self (archive footage)
Billie
(2020) self
Rat Pack
(2022) Self (archive footage)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2020 | self | |
| N/A | ||
| 2019 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2011 | Self | |
| 2007 | Himself (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Himself | |
| 2004 | Self | |
| 2003 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2001 | Himself | |
| 1993 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1981 | Self | |
| Himself | ||
| 1980 | Self | |
| 1979 | Self | |
| Sself (Piano, Conductor) | ||
| 1978 | Self | |
| 1974 | Self | |
| 1966 | Self | |
| 1965 | Self | |
| 1964 | Self - Pianist | |
| 1963 | Himself | |
| 1962 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1961 | Self | |
| 1960 | Count Basie | |
| 1956 | Self | |
| Self - Conductor | ||
| Self - Pianist | ||
| Self - Bandleader | ||
| 1955 | Self | |
| 1951 | N/A | |
| 1950 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1948 | Self - Jazz Pianist | |
| Band Leader | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Band Leader | ||
| 1943 | Count Basie | |
| Orchestra Leader | ||
| Count Basie | ||
| 1941 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| 1938 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Original Music Composer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
