Count Basie

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Born 1904-08-21 Died 1984-04-26 Red Bank, New Jersey, USA 51 credits Grammy Awards 9 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 2 Grammy Trustees Award 2 Kansas Music Hall of Fame 1 New Jersey Hall of Fame 1

Awards

Won 9 Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards 9 won

1984 Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Won 88 Basie Street
1982 Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Won Warm Breeze
1980 Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Won On the Road
1977 Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Won Prime Time
1976 Best Jazz Performance Won Basie & Zoot
1963 Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing Won
1960 Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing Won
1958 Best Jazz Instrumental Album Won The Atomic Mr. Basie
1958 Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing Won The Atomic Mr. Basie

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 2 won

2002 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Won
2001 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Won

Grammy Trustees Award 2 won

1981 Grammy Trustees Award Won
1980 Grammy Trustees Award Won

Kansas Music Hall of Fame 1 won

2011 Kansas Music Hall of Fame Won

New Jersey Hall of Fame 1 won

2010 New Jersey Hall of Fame Won

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William James "Count" Basie (/ˈbeɪsi/; 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Count Basie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.