Count Basie : then as now, Count's the king /

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Count Basie / by Morgan, Alun, 1928-

The world of Count Basie / by Dance, Stanley

Table of 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. …”

The world of Count Basie / by Dance, Stanley

Good morning blues : the autobiography of Count Basie / by Basie, Count, 1904-1984

The night people : reminiscences of a jazzman / by Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985

Rhythm is my beat : jazz guitar great Freddie Green and the Count Basie sound / by Green, Alfred, 1938-

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Let's dance.

Table of Contents: “…Tribute to the Count Basie Orchestra --…”
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The early swing era, 1930 to 1941 / by Oliphant, Dave

Table of Contents: “…NAME BLACK BANDS: Fletcher Henderson -- Bennie Moten and Count Basie -- Duke Ellington -- Jimmie Lunceford -- NAME WHITE BANDS: Benny Goodman -- Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey -- Artie Shaw -- Glenn Miller -- OTHER BLACK BANDS: Louis Armstrongo -- Luis Russell -- Chick Webb -- Earl "Fatha" Hines -- Cab Calloway -- Andy Kirk -- Lionel Hampton -- Erskine Hawkins -- Boots Douglas -- Oran "Hot Lips" Page -- Benny Carter -- Jay McShann -- OTHER WHITE BANDS: Paul Whiteman -- Casa Loma Orchestra -- Bunny Berigan -- The Bob Crosby Orchestra -- Charlie Barnet -- Gene Krupa -- Harry James -- THE SMALL SWING GROUPS: Coleman Hawkins -- Jack Teagarden -- Billie Holiday -- Lester Young -- Fats Waller -- Milton Brown -- Summa Cum Lade, et al. -- Roy Eldridge and Buster Smith.…”

Our shining hour / by Davis, Sammy, 1925-1990

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Hit me, Fred : recollections of a side man / by Wesley, Fred

Table of Contents: “…A musical upbringing -- Higher education -- Uncle Sam's army -- James Brown -- California -- James Brown again -- Bootsy's rubber band and Parliament/Funkadelic -- Count Basie -- Hollywood, Hollywood -- Mile high in Denver -- JB horns -- Star time.…”

More dialogues in swing : intimate conversations with the stars of the big band era / by Hall, Fred, 1923-

Table of Contents: “…Kay Starr -- Count Basie -- Steve Allen -- Teddy Wilson -- Alvino Rey, King Sisters -- Herb Jeffries -- Johnny Green -- Les Brown -- The Two Helens [O'Connell and Forrest] -- Harry James -- Tony Bennett.…”

From swing to soul : an illustrated history of African American popular music from 1930 to 1960 / by Barlow, William, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Robert Johnson -- Memphis Minnie -- T-Bone Walker -- Duke Ellington -- Count Basie -- Fats Waller -- Charlie Parker -- Billie Holiday -- Louis Jordan -- Nat King Cole -- Dinah Washington -- Sam Cooke.…”

Born to swing / by Wood, Ean

Table of Contents: “…Taking it from the top -- The Roaring Twenties -- Fletcher Henderson -- White bands of the twenties -- Black bands of the twenties -- Duke Ellington : part one -- Into the thirties -- Stompin' at the Savoy -- Benny Goodman -- The Dorsey Brothers -- Black bands of the thirties -- White bands of the thirties -- Count Basie -- Artie Shaw -- Duke Ellington : part two -- Glenn Miller -- Charlie Barnet -- Woody Herman -- Ride-out.…”

Rifftide : the life and opinions of Papa Jo Jones / by Jones, Jo, 1911-1985

Table of Contents: “…The musical life of Papa Jo Jones / Paul Devlin -- I have had a varied life -- Can't nobody tell me one inch about show business -- The Count Basie institution -- They said the Negro would never be free -- My thirst after knowledge will never cease -- People I've rubbed elbows with -- I often wondered why I was such a strange fella -- The persistence of Papa Jo Jones / Phil Schaap.…”

Hit me, Fred : recollections of a side man / by Wesley, Fred

Table of Contents: “…A musical upbringing -- Higher education -- Uncle Sam's army -- James Brown -- California -- James Brown again -- Bootsy's rubber band and Parliament/Funkadelic -- Count Basie -- Hollywood, Hollywood -- Mile high in Denver -- JB horns -- Star time.…”
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The invention of ethnicity /

Table of Contents: “…Ferraro -- Comping for Count Basie / Albert Murray -- 'Is ethnicity obsolete?' …”
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Hit me, Fred : recollections of a side man / by Wesley, Fred

Table of Contents: “…A musical upbringing -- Higher education -- Uncle Sam's army -- James Brown -- California -- James Brown again -- Bootsy's rubber band and Parliament/Funkadelic -- Count Basie -- Hollywood, Hollywood -- Mile high in Denver -- JB horns -- Star time.…”
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Jazz.

Rifftide : the Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones. by Jones, Papa Jo

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