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Tag Archives: Count Basie

October 31, 2025

Sidemen In The Spotlight – Four Classic Jazz Performances Where The Leader Defers To A Featured Soloist

Jazz, music 1938, 1939, 1941, 1945, Artie Shaw, band, bandleader, Benny Goodman, big, Charlie Christian, cornet, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, leader, Lester Young, Rex Stewart, Roy Eldridge, saxophone, side men, sideman, trumpet 16 Comments J P

September 19, 2025

JP’s Book Report – End Of Summer Edition

Life Aeneid, Beach Boys, big band, Black Dahlia, book-review, books, Brian Wilson, brothers, Chernow, Count Basie, David Leaf, Duke Ellington, Fairy Tales, fantasy, fiction, George, God Only Knows, Grey, James Ellroy, jazz, Jazz Men, L.A. Quartet, Larry Tye, Louis Armstrong, Purple Sage, Riders, Satchmo, Trojan, Virgil, Washington, Zane Grey 34 Comments J P

Count Basie, 1937-38 Edition – A Big Band That Played No-Excuses Jazz

Jazz, music 1937, 1938, Buck Clayton, Count Basie, Decca, Freddie Green, Herschel Evans, Jack Washington, Jimmie Rushing, Jimmy Rushing, Jo Jones, Lester Young, Walter Page 12 Comments J P

Rare Combinations in Jazz

Jazz, music 1940, 1957, Benny Goodman, Buck Clayton, Charlie Christian, Columbia, Count Basie, Freddie Green, Jo Jones, John Hammond, June Christy, Lester Young, Mel Torme, Nat King Cole, Walter Page 7 Comments J P

November 13, 2015

Shinin’ Shoes

Jazz 1935, 1936, Big Un, Count Basie, Incorporated, Jo Jones, John Hammond, Jones-Smith Incorporated, Lester Young, Shoe Shine Boy, Smith-Jones, Walter Page 12 Comments J P

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