Count Basie

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bandleader composer human jazz musician organist pianist

Count Basie was a pioneering American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer whose swing-era orchestra became one of the most influential big bands in jazz history.

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Label Occurrences
Count Basie canonical 97
William James Basie 2
Basie 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
organist ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1980s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
associatedAct Benny Goodman ⓘ
Billie Holiday ⓘ
Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Freddie Green ⓘ
Jo Jones ⓘ
Joe Williams ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
Walter Page ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
birthName Count Basie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William James Basie
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1904-08-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1984-04-26 ⓘ
familyName Count Basie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Basie
genre jazz ⓘ
swing music ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame ⓘ
New Jersey Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced big band jazz ⓘ
swing music ⓘ
instrument organ ⓘ
piano ⓘ
movement Kansas City jazz ⓘ
name Count Basie self-link ⓘ
nickname Count ⓘ
notableWork April in Paris ⓘ
Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ
Jumpin’ at the Woodside ⓘ
One O’Clock Jump ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
organist ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Red Bank, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Hollywood, Florida, United States ⓘ
residence Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
styleCharacteristic emphasis on rhythm section and swing feel ⓘ

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American Jazz Museum → hasNotableFocus → Count Basie ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald → collaboratedWith → Count Basie ⓘ
Kansas City jazz → notableMusician → Count Basie ⓘ
Fletcher Henderson → influenced → Count Basie ⓘ
Count Basie → name → Count Basie self-link ⓘ
Count Basie → birthName → Count Basie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William James Basie
Count Basie → familyName → Count Basie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basie
Duke Ellington → influenced → Count Basie ⓘ
Verve Records → notableArtist → Count Basie ⓘ
Every Day I Have the Blues → popularizedBy → Count Basie ⓘ
Every Day I Have the Blues → associatedArtist → Count Basie ⓘ
Billie Holiday → associatedAct → Count Basie ⓘ
From Spirituals to Swing concerts → featuredPerformer → Count Basie ⓘ
Hammond → discovered → Count Basie ⓘ
subject surface form: John H. Hammond Jr.
Tony Bennett → collaboratedWith → Count Basie ⓘ
Sir Duke → mentions → Count Basie ⓘ
Quincy Jones → collaboratedWith → Count Basie ⓘ
Lover (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Count Basie ⓘ
Norman Granz → employed → Count Basie ⓘ
Norman Granz → associatedAct → Count Basie ⓘ
Ray Brown → collaboratedWith → Count Basie ⓘ
Pablo Records → releasedMusicBy → Count Basie ⓘ
Lady Ella → notableCollaboration → Count Basie ⓘ
subject surface form: Ella Fitzgerald
1959 Grammy Awards → notableWinner → Count Basie ⓘ
I Got Rhythm → hasNotableRecordingBy → Count Basie ⓘ
Lester Young → collaboratedWith → Count Basie ⓘ
Bennie Moten Orchestra → notableMember → Count Basie ⓘ
Bennie Moten Orchestra → associatedWith → Count Basie ⓘ
Count Basie Orchestra → influencedBy → Count Basie ⓘ
Count Basie Orchestra → namedAfter → Count Basie ⓘ
Count Basie Orchestra → founder → Count Basie ⓘ
Count Basie Orchestra → notableMember → Count Basie ⓘ
Count → birthName → Count Basie ⓘ
subject surface form: Count Basie
this entity surface form: William James Basie
Count → stageName → Count Basie ⓘ
subject surface form: Count Basie
April in Paris → performer → Count Basie ⓘ
C Jam Blues → recordedBy → Count Basie ⓘ
Ken Burns documentary series "Jazz" → features → Count Basie ⓘ
subject surface form: Jazz (TV series)
DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame → notableHonoree → Count Basie ⓘ
Bennie Moten → associatedAct → Count Basie ⓘ
Bennie Moten → influenced → Count Basie ⓘ
One O’Clock Jump → composer → Count Basie ⓘ
One O’Clock Jump → notableBandleader → Count Basie ⓘ
One O’Clock Jump → notableRecordingArtist → Count Basie ⓘ
Jumpin’ at the Woodside → composer → Count Basie ⓘ
Duke → associatedAct → Count Basie ⓘ
subject surface form: Duke Ellington
Satin Doll → hasNotableRecording → Count Basie ⓘ
Walter Page → associatedWith → Count Basie ⓘ
Oscar Peterson → collaboratedWith → Count Basie ⓘ
After You've Gone → hasPerformer → Count Basie ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan → associatedAct → Count Basie ⓘ