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Larry Tye
From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz--Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie--who, born…
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz—Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie—who…
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Count Basie
This is the autobiography of Count Basie, one of America’s pre-eminent jazz pianists, bandleaders and composers.
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(Artist Transcriptions). Features exact piano transcriptions of 14 classics from one of the original stride pianists who went on to become a legend in the swing jazz world. Includes the…
Stanley Dance
The late Count Basie is one of the jazz immortals. The master of swing, whose beat was the subtlest and supplest of all the bandleaders, Basie featured some of the…
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Gini Gorlinski
American William "Count" Basie was a wildly popular composer, pianist, and bandleader for decades, and his work is still celebrated today. American guitarist and singer B. B. King helped develop…
Ken Vail
No. 3 in the series, Count Basie: Swingin’ The Blues 1936-1950, chronicles Basie’s life from the Kansas City years, discovery by John Hammond, triumph in New York with the floating…
Alfred Green
In Rhythm Is My Beat: Jazz Guitar Great Freddie Green and the Count Basie Sound, Alfred Green tells the story of his father, rhythm guitarist Freddie Green, whose guitar work…
