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Count Basie
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Person

Count Basie

1904 – 1984 · aged 80

American jazz musician and composer (1904–1984)

Born
21 Aug 1904 · Red Bank
Died
26 Apr 1984 · Hollywood
Part ofAfrican Americans1753 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 92 years
  1. 21 Aug 1904BornBorn in Red Bank
  2. 1958AwardGrammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
  3. 1958AwardGrammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing
  4. 1960AwardGrammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing
  5. 1963AwardGrammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing
  6. 1976AwardGrammy Award for Best Jazz Performance
  7. 1977AwardGrammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
  8. 1980AwardGrammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
  9. 1980AwardGrammy Trustees Award
  10. 1981AwardGrammy Trustees Award
  11. 1981AwardKennedy Center Honors
  12. 1982AwardStar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  13. 1982AwardGrammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
  14. 26 Apr 1984DiedDied in Hollywood

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1904 – 1984).

  1. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  2. 1914 – 1918World War I
  3. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  4. 1917Balfour Declaration
  5. 1917February Revolution
  6. 1917October Revolution
  7. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  8. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  9. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  10. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  11. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  12. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  13. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  14. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1938Munich Agreement
  16. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  17. 1939 – 1945World War II
  18. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  19. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  20. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  21. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  22. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  23. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  24. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  25. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  27. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  28. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  30. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  31. 1956Suez Crisis
  32. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  34. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  36. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  37. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  38. 1968Prague Spring
  39. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  40. 19721972 Summer Olympics

Biography

William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two "split" tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to broaden their sound, his minimalist piano style, and others.

Many musicians came to prominence under his direction, including the tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, the guitarist Freddie Green, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison, plunger trombonist Al Grey, and singers Jimmy Rushing, Helen Humes, Dennis Rowland, Thelma Carpenter, and Joe Williams.

As a composer, Basie is known for writing such jazz standards as "Blue and Sentimental", "Jumpin' at the Woodside" and "One O'Clock Jump".

Text from the Wikipedia article Count Basie, CC BY-SA 4.0

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