Count Basie

Sarah Vaughan records with the Count Basie Orchestra, ‘Send in the Clowns’ an album for Pablo (1981)

Sarah Vaughan's 'Send in the Clowns' is a studio album recorded on February 16, 17 & May 16, 1981 with the Count Basie Orchestra and released the same year by...

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Count Basie takes his Orchestra to Zurich (1959)

February 6, 1959 - the Count Basie Orchestra featuring Thad Jones and Freddie Green is at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland

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Frank Sinatra records ‘Sinatra at the Sands,’ his first live album with Count Basie and his orchestra, conducted by Quincy Jones (1966)

Frank Sinatra's 'Sinatra at the Sands' is his first live album recorded in January 1966 with Count Basie and his orchestra, conducted and arranged by Quincy Jones and released in...

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Tony Bennett records ‘Strike Up the Band’ with Count Basie and his Orchestra (1959)

Tony Bennett's 'Strike Up the Band' is a studio album recorded on January 3 & 5, 1959 with Count Basie and his Orchestra and first released as 'Basie Swings, Bennett...

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Oscar Peterson records with Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Buddy Rich, ‘Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie’ for Clef (1955)

'Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie' is an album of music associated with Count Basie, recorded on December 27, 1955 with Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Buddy Rich and released in...

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Tony Bennett records ‘In Person!’ an album with the Count Basie Orchestra (1958)

Tony Bennett's 'In Person!' is an album recorded on December 22 & 30, 1958 with the Count Basie Orchestra and released in 1959 by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Just In Time...

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Oscar Peterson and Count Basie record the album ‘Satch and Josh’ in Los Angeles (1974)

'Satch and Josh' by Oscar Peterson and Count Basie is an album recorded on December 2, 1974 in Los Angeles, CA and released in 1974 By Pablo.Track Listing : 1.Buns...

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The Count Basie Orchestra plays in Stockholm (1968)

November 12, 1968 - Count Basie and his big band - featuring Freddie Green (gtr), Eddie "Lockjaw Davis (ts), Marlena Shaw (voc) - perform in Stockholm, Sweden

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On TV today, Judy Garland & Count Basie (1963)

November 10, 1963 - you do not want to miss Count Basie and Orchestra with Judy Garland taped in July and aired at Judy's show Episode 1.7 on CBS More...

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Oscar Peterson meets Count Basie in Prague (1974)

November 8, 1974 - Oscar Peterson, Count Basie and his Orchestra share the bill at the Prague Jazz Festival in Prague, Czechoslovakia

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Count Basie records with his orchestra ‘The Atomic Mr. Basie’ for Roulette (1957)

Count Basie's 'The Atomic Mr. Basie' is an album a.k.a. 'E=MC2' and originally called 'Basie' recorded with his orchestra. on October 21 & 22, 1957 and released in 1958 by...

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Frank Sinatra records ‘Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First’ with Count Basie and his Orchestra (1962)

Frank Sinatra's 'Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First' is his first a studio album with the Count Basie Orchestra, recorded on October 2–3, 1962 by Reprise.Track Listing : 1.Pennies From Heaven...

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On TV today, Count Basie at “Jazz Casual” (1968)

August 21, 1968 - you do not miss the Count Basie Quartet - that is Count Basie (p), Norman Keenan (b), Freddie Green (g) and Sonny Payne (d) on "Jazz...

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George Benson sits in with the Count Basie Orchestra (1990)

August 19, 1990 - George Benson sits in with the Count Basie Orchestra at "Newport Jazz Festival" in Newport, RI

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Joe Williams records an album with the Count Basie Orchestra and it is called …’Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings’ (1955)

'Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings' is an album by Joe Williams with the Count Basie Orchestra recorded on July 26, 1955 and Jun 27, 1956 and released the same...

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Count Basie & Orchestra are back in Juan Les Pins (1968)

July 23, 1968 - Count Basie and his Orchestra featuring Thad Jones, Sonny Cohn, Lennie Johnson, Eugene Young on trumpet; Quentin Jackson, Benny Powell, Henry Coker on trombone; Marshall Royal,...

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Ella Fitzgerald records ‘Ella and Basie!’ her first studio album with Count Basie and his Orchestra arranged by Quincy Jones (1963)

'Ella and Basie!' is the first studio album (recorded on July 16–17, 1963) by Ella Fitzgerald with the Count Basie Orchestra playing arrangements by Quincy Jones and released in September...

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Count Basie takes his big band to Copenhagen (1976)

July 15, 1976 - Count Basie conducts a band featuring Al Grey (b), Jimmy Forrest (s), Eric Dixon (s) and Butch Miles (d) at the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark

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Ella Fitzgerald records ‘A Perfect Match’ with the Count Basie Orchestra at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1979)

Ella Fitzgerald's 'A Perfect Match' is a live album recorded on July 12, 1979 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, with the Count Basie Orchestra and released the same year by...

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Joe Williams sings with the Count Basie Alumni at North Sea (1980)

July 12, 1980 - Joe Williams will be accompanied by the Count Basie Alumni Band - that is Joe Newman (tp), Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp), Benny Powel (tb), Billy Mitchel...

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