count basie in English
noun
(1904-1984, born William James Basie) African-American jazz pianist and composer (William "Count" Basie)
Use "count basie" in a sentence
1. He boasted of having once sung with the Count Basie band.
2. 13 Duke Ellington and Count Basie also tarnished their reputations by recording brassy versions of Beatle tunes.
3. Jazz trumpeter and Bandleader Pauly Cohen — a diminutive “force of nature” who shared the stage and offstage friendships with the likes of Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Frank
4. NEW YORK — Frank Wess, the great ex-Count Basie tenor saxophonist, Chuffs out a subtle story through the bell of his horn, as Victor Goines leads the Juilliard Jazz Band, sotto voce.
5. Larger ensembles have generally had greater requirements for notated Arrangements, though the early Count Basie big band is known for its many head Arrangements, so called because they were worked out by the players themselves, memorized ("in the player's head