"the Carlton did also. In 1973, a significant anonymous donation allowed the Monmouth County Arts Council to preserve and reopen the historic theater for cultural uses. The theater was renamed the Monmouth Arts Center. In 1984, it was renamed as the Count Basie Theatre, in memorial to William “Count” Basie, the great jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, and Red Bank native, who had died that year. The arts council operated the theater until June 30, 1999, when the not-for-profit corporation Count Basie Theatre, Inc. was established to manage, program, and preserve the theater. As part of its $26 million expansion, the"
"song ""Compared to What"". Then in 1988 he worked with British clarinetist Tony Coe and kept producing albums until 2000 when he was in his mid-70s. Bailey died at home in Amsterdam on April 14, 2005. With Count Basie With the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band With Eric Dolphy With Stan Getz With Dizzy Gillespie With Benny Golson With Dexter Gordon With Quincy Jones With Billy Mitchell With Freddie Redd With Charlie Rouse With Sahib Shihab With Randy Weston With Jimmy Witherspoon With Phil Woods Benny Bailey Ernest Harold ""Benny"" Bailey (13 August 1925 – 14 April 2005) was an"
"1950. He had apparently drowned, but unsubstantiated rumours circulated that he had been murdered. With Count Basie Joe Keyes Joe Keyes (c. 1907 – November 1950) was an American jazz trumpeter who played in several leading bands in the 1930s and 1940s, including those of Bennie Moten, Count Basie, and Oran ""Hot Lips"" Page. He was born in Houston, Texas, and was playing in local bands such as Johnson's Joymakers by 1928. He then played in bands led by Gene Coy, Jap Allen, and Blanche Calloway, before joining Bennie Moten's band in 1932. Following Moten's death in 1935, and together"
"Count Basie orchestra. Some rank Artie Matthews with Scott Joplin, Joseph Lamb, and James Scott as one of the finest and most sophisticated ragtime composers. His most famous rags are the ""Pastime Rags"", numbered 1 to 5. His 1912 "" Baby Seals Blues"" was one of the first published Blues. His ""Weary Blues"" remains a standard by Dixieland and New Orleans jazz bands. Artie Matthews Artie Matthews (November 15, 1888 – October 25, 1958) was an American songwriter, pianist, and ragtime composer. Artie Matthews was born in Braidwood, Illinois; his family moved to Springfield, Illinois in his youth. He learned"
"Buddy Tate George Holmes ""Buddy"" Tate (February 22, 1913 – February 10, 2001) was a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist. Tate was born in Sherman, Texas, and began performing on alto saxophone. As a teenager in 1925, he played with his brother and their band called McCloud's Night Owls."" Tate quickly switched to tenor saxophone making a name for himself in bands such as the one led by Andy Kirk. He joined Count Basie in 1939 and stayed with him until 1948. He had been selected by Basie after the sudden death of Herschel Evans, which Tate stated he had predicted"
"to the time of his death, continuing with the group after Basie died and leadership of the group passed on to Thad Jones, Frank Foster, and then Grover Mitchell. Johnny Williams (saxophonist) John C. ""Johnny"" Williams (October 31, 1936, Orangeburg, South Carolina - October 3, 1998) was an American saxophonist, active in jazz, blues and soul idioms. He is best known for his longtime association with the Count Basie Orchestra. Williams began playing piano as a young child and started playing saxophone at age twelve. He acquired a bachelor's degree in music education at South Carolina State College and then"
"Davis With Roy Eldridge Buddy Tate George Holmes ""Buddy"" Tate (February 22, 1913 – February 10, 2001) was a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist. Tate was born in Sherman, Texas, and began performing on alto saxophone. As a teenager in 1925, he played with his brother and their band called McCloud's Night Owls."" Tate quickly switched to tenor saxophone making a name for himself in bands such as the one led by Andy Kirk. He joined Count Basie in 1939 and stayed with him until 1948. He had been selected by Basie after the sudden death of Herschel Evans, which Tate"
"He later rejoined Basie at his wife's urging as the regular drummer (1972–1974). Most of the rest of his career, however, was spent in the Harry James band, which he joined in 1966, and with which he was working when he died of pneumonia at the age of 52. When he was dying in the hospital, Harry James paid all of his medical bills and subsequent funeral costs. Harold Jones, Count Basie's regular drummer from 1967 until 1972, told an interviewer, ""I am proud to say that I took everything that I could from Sonny Payne."" Butch Miles, Basie's regular"
"significance."" On May 23, 1985, William ""Count"" Basie was presented, posthumously, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan. The award was received by his son, Aaron Woodward. On September 11, 1996 the U.S. Post Office issued a Count Basie 32 cents postage stamp. Basie is a part of the Big Band Leaders issue, which, is in turn, part of the Legends of American Music series. In 2009, Basie was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. In 2005, Count Basie's song ""One O'Clock Jump"" (1937) was included by the National Recording Preservation Board in the Library"
"big band while serving in the Army from 1942-45. Following his discharge he continued working with Barnet, but focused primarily on R&B music. He was musical director for King Records from 1955–60 and recorded four songs as a leader in 1959, which were released on a multi-artist LP on Camden Records. As a composer, he composed ""I Left My Baby"" (popularized by Count Basie), ""The Great Lie"", and ""The Hucklebuck"". Andy Gibson died from a heart attack on February 10, 1961, in Cincinnati. With Count Basie Andy Gibson Albert ""Andy"" Gibson (November 6, 1913 in Zanesville, Ohio – February 10,"
"the Blues"", was recorded in 2000. He was 96 when he died in 2004. He was the last surviving jazz musician to have recorded before 1930. His memorabilia was donated to the University of Missouri–Kansas City. With Count Basie Claude Williams (musician) Claude ""Fiddler"" Williams (February 22, 1908 – April 26, 2004) was an American jazz violinist and guitarist who recorded and performed into his 90s. He was the first guitarist to record with Count Basie and the first musician to be inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. Claude Gabriel Williams was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. At the"
"place in the hearts of jazz fans. Edison died at his home in Columbus, Ohio at the age of 83. With Al Grey With Paul Quinichette </div> Harry Edison Harry ""Sweets"" Edison (October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Edison spent his early childhood in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was introduced to music by an uncle. After moving back to Columbus at the age of twelve, the young Edison began playing the trumpet with local bands. In 1933, he became a member of"
"as well as with some small groups in Washington. A few years after returning to the band in July 1963, Hughes switched from the tenor to the bass trombone. Hughes took over leadership of the band in 2003 following the death of Grover Mitchell. He retired from the band in September 2010, stating he wanted to spend more time with his wife Dolores, whom he married on July 6, 1952. He spent the last years of his life in Staten Island, New York with his wife and three children. With the Count Basie Orchestra With Al Grey Bill Hughes (musician)"
"Mostly Blues...and Some Others Mostly Blues...and Some Others is a 1983 studio album by Count Basie. This was his last recording and last album before he died in 1984. 1. ""I'll Always Be in Love with You"" (Bud Green, Ruby, Sam H. Stept) – 5:57<br> <br> 2. ""Snooky"" (Count Basie) – 3:42<br> 3. ""Blues for Charlie Christian"" (Basie) – 5:24<br> 4. ""Jaws"" (Basie) – 5:34<br> 5. ""I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)"" (Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) – 4:29<br> 6. ""I Want a Little Girl"" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 4:58<br> 7. ""Blues in C"" (Louis Bellson, Benny"
"Jimmy Lewis (bassist) Jimmy Lewis (April 11, 1918 – 2000) was an American double bassist who worked with the Count Basie Orchestra and sextet in the 1950s and with Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams, Billie Holiday and Ivory Joe Hunter before moving to bass guitar during his time with King Curtis. He provided the basslines for the musical ""Hair"". Lewis freelanced extensively and performed on many albums by soul and jazz musicians, including Horace Silver and the Modern Jazz Quartet up until the late 1980s. He died in 2000. With Count Basie With Billy Butler With Al Casey With David Clayton-Thomas"
"of the Count Basie Orchestra following Basie's 1984 death. In the late 1980s, in addition to recording with the Basie band, Carson recorded with saxophonists Frank Wess and Richie Cole. In 1985, John S. Wilson wrote in the New York Times that Carson ""manages to suggest Mr. Basie's manner without adopting it, using single-note lines that are a variant of Mr. Basie's lines, and dropping gentle but propitious chords behind the soloists."" Carson died in 2000 of lung cancer, at the age of 70, at his home in Cedar Park, Texas. Donald ""Tee"" Carson Donald Tecumseh ""Tee"" Carson (born in"
"Donald ""Tee"" Carson Donald Tecumseh ""Tee"" Carson (born in Washington, D.C.) was an American jazz pianist who played in Count Basie's big band after Basie died in 1984. Carson was born in Washington, D.C. in 1929, where he attended Armstrong High School. By the 1950s, Carson had accompanied Ethel Waters and Ella Fitzgerald on piano. From the 1950s to the 1970s, Carson performed with Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Pearl Bailey and Tony Bennett, among others. He began filling in for Count Basie when Basie began experiencing health problems in the late 1970s, and took over as the pianist"
"The Atomic Mr. Basie The Atomic Mr. Basie (originally called Basie, also known as E=MC and reissued in 1994 as The Complete Atomic Basie) is a 1958 album by Count Basie and his orchestra. The album is one of Basie's most famous and is critically acclaimed. Allmusic gave it 5 stars, reviewer Bruce Eder saying ""it took Basie's core audience and a lot of other people by surprise, as a bold, forward-looking statement within the context of a big-band recording."" It is included in the book ""1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"", Will Fulford-Jones calling it ""Basie's last"
"Walter Page Walter Sylvester Page (February 9, 1900 – December 20, 1957) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist and bandleader, best known for his groundbreaking work as a double bass player with Walter Page's Blue Devils and the Count Basie Orchestra. Page was born in Gallatin, Missouri on February 9, 1900 to parents Edward and Blanche Page. Page showed a love for music even as a child, perhaps due in part to the influence of his aunt Lillie, a music teacher. Page's mother, with whom he moved to Kansas City in 1910, exposed him to folksongs and spirituals, a critical foundation"
"Count Basie, or Louis Armstrong, he chose to stay and become part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul (Twin Cities), history. While teaching in various public schools in St. Paul, he played with the late Reginald Buckner. In the Twin Cities, Williams has played at every jazz venue, past and present, including the old Flame Bar where he was often back to back with such stars as Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, and Johnny Hodges. Since his 84th birthday, Williams came up with a stream of releases: ""That’s All"" (2004), ""Dedicated to You"" (2005), followed by one of his most acclaimed, ""Duo"" (2006)"
"California, in 1995, aged 82. With Count Basie With Clifford Coulter With Coleman Hawkins With Joe Newman Marshal Royal Marshal Walton Royal Jr. (December 5, 1912 – May 9, 1995) was an American jazz clarinettist and alto saxophonist best known for his work with Count Basie, with whose band he played for nearly twenty years. Marshal Royal Jr. was born into a musical family in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Royal's first professional gig was with Lawrence Brown's band at Danceland in Los Angeles, and he soon had a regular gig at the Apex, working for Curtis Mosby in Mosby's Blue Blowers, a"
"Count Basie, and Lester Young. The Louis Armstrong version was recorded in the key of C major, but it has been recorded in a range of keys; Ted Lewis recorded it in D major and Ella Fitzgerald in G major. Cover versions date as far back as 1930, when Layton & Johnstone released the song for Columbia. The song was recorded by Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby (January 21, 1946 with Lionel Hampton), Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Doris Day, Frankie Laine, Keely Smith, Nat King Cole, Jo Stafford with The Pied Pipers (a No. 17 hit in 1945), Frank"
"worked with various small groups around Kansas City. He returned to the Basie Band in 1946 for three more years. ""Big 'Un just decided that he was ready to come back"", recalled Basie. After his second stint with Basie, Page worked primarily as a freelancer until his life was cut short in 1957. The artists he worked with in the later portion of his career included former band mate and trumpeter Page, Jimmy McPartland, Eddie Condon, Ruby Braff, Roy Eldridge, Vic Dickenson, Buck Clayton, Rushing, and others, including many Basie alumni. The death of Walter Page on December 20, 1957"
"his time with Basie were absences due to managing the career of his wife, vocalist Wini Brown. He died in Dallas on February 9, 1980. With The Count Basie Orchestra With Kenny Clarke With Stanley Cowell With Al Grey With Coleman Hawkins With Milt Jackson With Yusef Lateef With Billy Taylor Charles Fowlkes Charles Baker Fowlkes (February 16, 1916 – February 9, 1980) was an American baritone saxophonist who was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra for over twenty-five years. Fowlkes was born in New York City on February 16, 1916. He studied alto and tenor saxophone, clarinet, and"
"Don Byas Carlos Wesley ""Don"" Byas (October 21, 1912 – August 24, 1972) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, most associated with bebop. He played with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Blakey, and Dizzy Gillespie, among others, and also led his own band. He lived in Europe for the last 26 years of his life. Byas was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Both of Byas' parents were musicians. His mother played the piano, and his father, the clarinet. Byas started his training in classical music, learning to play violin, clarinet and alto saxophone, which he played until the end of the"
"Jimmy Rushing James Andrew Rushing (August 26, 1901 – June 8, 1972) was an American blues shouter, balladeer, swing jazz singer, and pianist from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, best known as the featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948. Rushing was known as ""Mr. Five by Five"" and was the subject of an eponymous 1942 popular song that was a hit for Harry James and others; the lyrics describe Rushing's rotund build: ""he's five feet tall and he's five feet wide"". He joined Walter Page's Blue Devils in 1927 and then joined Bennie Moten's band in 1929. He"
"he married Johanna ""Jopie"" Eksteen. He worked extensively in Europe, often with touring American musicians. He also recorded with fado singer Amália Rodrigues during his time in Europe. Byas did not return to the U.S. until 1970, appearing at the Newport Jazz Festival. He died in Amsterdam in 1972 from lung cancer, aged 59. Don Byas is leader, except as noted, in parentheses. ""With Dizzy Gillespie"" Don Byas Carlos Wesley ""Don"" Byas (October 21, 1912 – August 24, 1972) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, most associated with bebop. He played with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Blakey, and Dizzy"
"Count Basie, longtime Duke Ellington trumpeter Cootie Williams, former Artie Shaw tenor saxophonist Georgie Auld and later drummer Dave Tough. This all-star band dominated the jazz polls in 1941, including another election to the Metronome All Stars for Christian. Johnny Guarnieri, who replaced Henderson in the first sextet, filled the piano chair in Basie's absence. In 1966, 24 years after his death, Christian was inducted into the ""Down Beat"" Jazz Hall of Fame. In 1989, he was one of the first inductees into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. Christian's solos are frequently described as ""horn-like"", and in that sense"
"In 1980, his ""World of Count Basie"" came out, followed in 1981 by what he considered his master-work: ""The World Of Duke Ellington"", a capstone to his writing career. He provided consultation to Jimmy Cheatham while the latter headed the jazz program at UCSD, and to Ken Burns while he was developing his documentary television series ""Jazz"". In 1995, Dance and Helen donated their journals, photographs, and recordings to the Yale Music Library's Special Collections. He served as book editor for ""Jazz Times"". Dance died of pneumonia at 88 years old on 23 February 1999, at the Rancho Bernardo Remington"
"band. He occasionally played four-hand piano and dual pianos with Moten, who also conducted. The band improved with several personnel changes, including the addition of tenor saxophonist Ben Webster. When the band voted Moten out, Basie took over for several months, calling the group ""Count Basie and his Cherry Blossoms."" When his own band folded, he rejoined Moten with a newly re-organized band. A year later, Basie joined Bennie Moten's band, and played with them until Moten's death in 1935 from a failed tonsillectomy. When Moten died, the band tried to stay together but couldn't make a go of it."
"Basia Basia (born Barbara Trzetrzelewska on 30 September 1954) is a Polish singer-songwriter and record producer, performing Latin-inspired jazz-pop music. She began singing professionally in various Polish bands from the late 1960s throughout the 1970s. After relocating to the UK in 1981, she rose to fame as a singer in the British sophisti-pop trio Matt Bianco. By 1986, Basia and her band mate Danny White had left the group to focus on her solo career. Signed to Epic Records, the singer enjoyed a very successful international career between 1987 and 1995, particularly in the USA where her first two albums,"
"Frank Wess's place in the Count Basie Orchestra, where he played until his death in 1982. His only recordings as a leader were four songs for Bullet Records in 1950. With Count Basie Bobby Plater Robert C. Plater (May 13, 1914, Newark, New Jersey - November 20, 1982, Lake Tahoe) was an American jazz alto saxophonist. Plater began playing alto sax at age 12, and played locally in Newark with Donald Lambert and the Savoy Dictators in the 1930s. He played with Tiny Bradshaw from 1940-42 before spending 1942-45 serving in the U.S. military during World War II. After his"
"years, Wells suffered a severe beating that affected his memory, but he recovered and continued to perform. He played frequently at the West End jazz club at 116th and Broadway, most often with a band called The Countsmen, led by alto saxophonist Earle Warren, his colleague from Count Basie days. A trademark was Wells's ""pepper pot"" mute which he made himself. He died on November 12, 1985, in New York City. Shortly after his death, Wells's family donated his trombone to Rutgers University. With Count Basie With Dizzy Gillespie <br> Dicky Wells William Wells (c. June 10, 1907 – November"