Count Basie

**Count Basie**
	American jazz musician and composer (1904–1984)
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Name in native language	Count Basie;
Date of birth	21 August 1904; Red Bank (New Jersey, United States of America); William James Basie
Date of death	26 April 1984; Hollywood
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	pancreatic cancer;
Place of burial	Pinelawn Memorial Park;
Pseudonym	Count Basie;
Work period (start)	1924;
Work period (end)	1984;
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Residence	Red Bank;
Occupation	pianist; bandleader; conductor; composer; autobiographer; actor; jazz musician; songwriter; organist;
Member of	Count Basie Orchestra;
Native language	English;
Spouse	Catherine Basie;
Award received	Presidential Medal of Freedom (1985); Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2002); Grammy Trustees Award (1981); Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album (1958); Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing (1958); Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing (1960); Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing (1963); Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance (1976); Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album (1977); Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album (1980); Grammy Trustees Award (1980); Kennedy Center Honors (1981); Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album (1982); Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album (1984); New Jersey Hall of Fame (2009); star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1982); NEA Jazz Masters; Kansas Music Hall of Fame (2011);
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English: William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, and bandleader.

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From the film Stage Door Canteen (1943)

with vocalist Ethel Waters and band
with vocalist Ethel Waters and band

William P. Gottlieb Collection

Photographed by William P. Gottlieb:

Count Basie
Count Basie, Bob Crosby, Howard Theatre, Washington DC, 1941
Count Basie, Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Harry Edison, Herschel Evans, Eddie Miller, Lester Young, Matty Matlock, June Richmond, and Bob Crosby, Howard Theater, Washington, D.C., ca. 1941

Count Basie

From the film Stage Door Canteen (1943)

William P. Gottlieb Collection

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