The Count Basie Orchestra

Founded: 1935

Location: United States

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The Count Basie Orchestra

The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16- to 18-piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936. Despite a brief disbandment at the beginning of the 1950s, the band survived long past the big band era itself and the death of Basie in 1984. It continues under the direction of trumpeter Scotty Barnhart.

Albums

1986 Long Live the Chief
1989 The Legend, the Legacy, the Count Basie Orchestra
1993 Shoutin’ Blues
1998 Count Plays Duke
2008 Mustermesse Basel 1956 Part 1

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