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Author Dance, Stanley.

Title The world of Count Basie / Stanley Dance.

Publication Info. New York : C. Scribner's Sons, [1980]
©1980

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  ML385 .D26    Available  ---
 Talbott: Circulating Collection  ML385 .D19 W8    Available  ---
Description xxi, 399 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography "Selected discography": pages 357-370.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-374) and index.
Note "Past and present members of Basie's band, and members of Jay McShann's group ... tell of their musical beginnings, their careers, the social and economic conditions under which they played, and their feelings about Basie and each other."--Jacket.
Contents Count Basie (bandleader and piano) -- Jimmy Rushing (vocalist) -- Lester "Prez" Young (tenor saxophone and clarinet) -- Buck Clayton (trumpet and arranger) -- Jo Jones (drums) -- Eddie Durham (trombone, guitar, and arranger) -- Earle Warren (alto saxophone) -- Dicky Wells (trombone and arranger) -- Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet) -- Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone and clarinet) -- Helen Humes (vocalist) -- Snooky Young (trumpet) -- Joe Newman (trumpet) -- Preston Love (alto saxophone) -- Marshall Royal (alto saxophone and clarinet) -- Lockjaw Davis (tenor saxophone) -- Frank Wess (flute, saxophones, and arranger) -- Frank Foster (tenor saxophone and arranger) -- Joe Williams (vocalist) -- Al Grey (trombone) -- Sonny Cohn (trumpet) -- Eric Dixon (tenor saxophone, flute, and arranger) -- Bobby Plater (alto saxophone and arranger) -- Richard Boone (trombone and vocal) -- Nat Pierce (bandleader, piano, and arranger) -- Jay McShann (bandleader, piano, and vocal) -- Gene Ramey (bass) -- Gus Johnson, Jr. (drums) -- Paul Quinichette (tenor saxophone) -- Jimmy Witherspoon (vocalist) -- Eddie Barefield (alto and tenor saxophones and clarinet) -- Leo "Snub" Mosley (trombone and slide saxophone) -- Sir Charles Thompson (piano) -- Melvin Moore (vocalist).
Subject Basie, Count, 1904-1984.
Basie, Count, 1904-1984.
Rushing, Jimmy.
Rushing, Jimmy.
Young, Lester, 1909-1959.
Young, Lester, 1909-1959.
Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991.
Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991.
Jones, Jo, 1911-1985.
Jones, Jo, 1911-1985.
Durham, Eddie, 1906-1987.
Durham, Eddie, 1906-1987.
Warren, Earle.
Warren, Earle.
Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985.
Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985.
Edison, Harry, 1915-1999.
Edison, Harry, 1915-1999.
Tate, Buddy.
Tate, Buddy.
Humes, Helen.
Humes, Helen.
Young, Snooky.
Young, Snooky.
Newman, Joe.
Newman, Joe.
Love, Preston.
Love, Preston.
Royal, Marshal, 1912-1995.
Royal, Marshal, 1912-1995.
Davis, Eddie, 1922-1986.
Davis, Eddie, 1922-1986.
Wess, Frank, 1922-2013.
Wess, Frank, 1922-2013.
Foster, Frank, 1928-2011.
Foster, Frank, 1928-2011.
Williams, Joe, 1918-1999.
Williams, Joe, 1918-1999.
Grey, Al.
Grey, Al.
Cohn, Sonny, 1925-2006.
Dixon, Eric, 1930-1989.
Plater, Bobby, 1914-1982.
Boone, Richard, 1930-1999.
Pierce, Nat.
Pierce, Nat.
McShann, Jay.
McShann, Jay.
Ramey, Gene.
Ramey, Gene.
Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000.
Quinichette, Paul.
Quinichette, Paul.
Witherspoon, Jimmy.
Witherspoon, Jimmy.
Barefield, Eddie, 1909-1991.
Barefield, Eddie, 1909-1991.
Mosley, Snub, 1905-1981.
Mosley, Snub, 1905-1981.
Thompson, Sir Charles, 1918-2016.
Moore, Mel.
Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Jazz musicians.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject African American jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
African American jazz musicians.
Band musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Band musicians.
African American band directors -- United States -- Biography.
African American band directors.
Jazz -- History and criticism.
Jazz.
Big bands.
Big bands.
Count Basie Orchestra.
Count Basie Orchestra.
Jay McShann Orchestra.
Genre/Form Biographies.
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