John Hammond
Gene Gene danced to Jumpin at the Woodside by Count Basie.
William "Count' Basie was a jazz music percussionist who started playing drums and piano (percussion instruments) in the 1920s, working himself up from playing for vaudeville to playing for small ragtime and jazz bands. By World War II, Basie had played in a number of large swing jazz bands, and started his own large jazz band in the Kansas City style of jazz. Basie was known for playing beautiful, engaging, foot-tapping piano in a simple, laid-back style that people loved. Earlier in his career, he had played drums with a few well-known jazz and swing bands.
In the field of Jazz, there has been a tradition of performers taking names that denoted royalty- Kings, Queens, Empress, Duke- and Count. Search the term "Jazz Royalty" for more information.
Duke Ellingtons band played more complicated music than The Counts band. I see The Duke as the natural successor to Jelly Roll Morton a New Orleans Pianist/Composer who based his music more on The European Classics rather than the Blues. Count Basies band was very much a blues based band with a natural swing.
John Hammond
Count Basie
If you mean other countries, the answer is, "Of course!" Count Basie did many world tours with his band, playing in South America, Europe, Australasia, Asia and Russia.
Gene Gene danced to Jumpin at the Woodside by Count Basie.
he played ragtime music for more info got to http://www.swingmusic.net/Count_Basie.html ~ and always remember............. E = MC2
For anyone remotely interested in jazz or the history of dance music, Basie's music will live on after his death. He made an enormous contribution to American culture for many, many years and is an important cultural figure in US cultural history.
Once ragtime was fused with slave music and blues forms, jazz started to sprout up. First came the big bands (Duke Ellington, Count Basie). These were for dancing to. Then came be-bop. This was "musician's music" (Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk)
William "Count' Basie was a jazz music percussionist who started playing drums and piano (percussion instruments) in the 1920s, working himself up from playing for vaudeville to playing for small ragtime and jazz bands. By World War II, Basie had played in a number of large swing jazz bands, and started his own large jazz band in the Kansas City style of jazz. Basie was known for playing beautiful, engaging, foot-tapping piano in a simple, laid-back style that people loved. Earlier in his career, he had played drums with a few well-known jazz and swing bands.
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In the field of Jazz, there has been a tradition of performers taking names that denoted royalty- Kings, Queens, Empress, Duke- and Count. Search the term "Jazz Royalty" for more information.
Joe Williams with the Count Basie orch. First......Peggy Lee with the Jack Marshall orch. second. (Source Lissauer's Encyclopedia of Popular Music)
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