Count Basie
By: Sulaiman Alwajih
Count Basie's early life
Hometown: Red Bank, New Jersey
Parents: Harvey Lee Basie and Lillian Childs Baisie
Siblings: Jame Basie
Birthday: August 21, 1904
How did their music career start ?
Count Basie got influenced by the Harlem Pianists James P. Johnson and Fats
Waller.
10 facts page 1
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His real name is William James Basie.
He was mostly piano player.
He didn't like school.
In the last few years of his life he played piano in a wheelchair.
He won many Grammy Awards.
10 facts page 2
● He died on April 26, 1984 in Hollywood, Florida.
● He won in total of nine Grammy Awards.
● His playing was much more relaxed than a lot of other swing piano
players.
● His most famous single, ‘One 0’Clock Jump’ was composed when his
group were just messing around.
● He formed a band called ‘Count Basie Orchestra’ in the 1930s.
What important things did they accomplish
in their career ?
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He won Grammy Awards.
He earned a nickname Called ‘Count’ after his song ‘ One 0’Clock Jump’.
He became Famous.
He earned two trophies at the very first Grammy ceremony on 1959.
What are some of their best songs ?
● One 0’clock Jump.
● Jimmy’s Blues.
● Red Bank Boogie.
How our project relates to Bud, not Buddy ?
This project is related to Bud, not Buddy because his grandfather was the leader
of a Jazz artists band called Dusky Devastators of the Depression/Nubian
Knights. This project that we are doing is about Jazz artists, and Bud’s
grandfather was a leader of a Jazz artist band, so it’s related to Bud, not Buddy.
In chapter 19 in Bud, Not Buddy, you can find proof there that Bud’s grandfather
was a leader of a Jazz artists band. So all of this evidence explains how this
project is related to Bud, not Buddy. In conclusion, this project is related to Bud,
not Buddy.
Pictures
Pictures of Count Basie:
Works cited:
Websites that I used:
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https://kidsmusiccorner.co.uk/composers/jazz/count-basie/
https://countbasie.rutgers.edu/biography/
https://grammymuseum.org/