Count Basie Orchestra

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big band jazz ensemble musical group

The Count Basie Orchestra is a legendary American big band renowned for its swinging style, tight ensemble playing, and major influence on the development of jazz.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Count Basie Orchestra canonical 40
Count Basie and His Orchestra 2
Basie rhythm section 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf big band ⓘ
jazz ensemble ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1935 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
founder Count Basie ⓘ
genre Kansas City jazz ⓘ
big band jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
hasContinuityAfterDeathOfFounder true ⓘ
hasPart rhythm section ⓘ
saxophone section ⓘ
trombone section ⓘ
trumpet section ⓘ
inception 1935 ⓘ
influenced modern big band jazz ⓘ
post‑swing era jazz ensembles ⓘ
influencedBy Count Basie ⓘ
locationOfFormation Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City, Missouri
namedAfter Count Basie ⓘ
notableAlbum April in Paris ⓘ
Basie Plays Hefti ⓘ
Basie Straight Ahead ⓘ
Basie at Birdland ⓘ
The Atomic Mr. Basie ⓘ
notableAward Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band

Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing
notableCharacteristic emphasis on riff-based arrangements ⓘ
swinging style ⓘ
tight ensemble playing ⓘ
notableCollaboration Duke Ellington ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Joe Williams ⓘ
Sammy Davis Jr. ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
notableMember Buck Clayton ⓘ
Count Basie ⓘ
Frank Foster ⓘ
Frank Wess ⓘ
Freddie Green ⓘ
Harry “Sweets” Edison ⓘ
Jimmy Rushing ⓘ
Jo Jones ⓘ
Joe Williams ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
Marshall Royal ⓘ
Sonny Payne ⓘ
Thad Jones ⓘ
Walter Page ⓘ
notableWork April in Paris ⓘ
Corner Pocket ⓘ
Jumpin’ at the Woodside ⓘ
Li’l Darlin’ ⓘ
One O’Clock Jump ⓘ
Shiny Stockings ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ
Pablo Records ⓘ
Roulette Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kansas City jazz → notableBand → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Count Basie → notableWork → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Count Basie → associatedAct → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Every Day I Have the Blues → notableVersionBy → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
From Spirituals to Swing concerts → featuredPerformer → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basie rhythm section
Chick Webb Orchestra → performedWith → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Pablo Records → releasedMusicBy → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Lester Young → memberOf → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Bennie Moten Orchestra → influenced → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Count → notableBand → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
subject surface form: Count Basie
Count → founded → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
subject surface form: Count Basie
April in Paris → artist → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count Basie and His Orchestra
April in Paris → featuresEnsemble → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Fly Me to the Moon → orchestra → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
subject surface form: Fly Me to the Moon (Frank Sinatra version)
One O’Clock Jump → performer → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
One O’Clock Jump → signatureTuneOf → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Jumpin’ at the Woodside → performer → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Jumpin’ at the Woodside → originallyRecordedBy → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count Basie and His Orchestra
Benny Goodman Orchestra → influenced → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Walter Page → memberOf → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Jo Jones → memberOf → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Duke Ellington Orchestra → influenced → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Ben Webster → associatedAct → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Freddie Green → memberOf → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Joe Williams → memberOf → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Joe Williams → performedWith → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Clark Terry → memberOf → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album → notableRecipient → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra → influenced → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Illinois Jacquet → memberOf → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Neal Hefti → associatedAct → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Don Byas → performedWith → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Jimmy Rushing → memberOf → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Jimmy Rushing → performedWith → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count Basie big band
Buck Clayton → associatedAct → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
The Genius of Ray Charles → featuresOrchestra → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Maria Cole → memberOf → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Helen Humes → associatedAct → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
John Benedetto → associatedAct → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Curtis Fuller → associatedAct → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
John Clayton → hasCollaboratedWith → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
J.J. Johnson → memberOf → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Louie Bellson → employer → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Georgie Fame → associatedAct → Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ