On March 19, 1939, Count Basie & His Orchestra entered a Chicago recording studio and cut one of their most noted sessions.

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Lonesome Miss Pretty (F); Bolero At The Savoy (F); Pound Cake (F); You Can Count On Me (G); Song Of The Islands (I); Clap Hands ... (A) Carl "Tatti" Smith; Lester Young; Count Basie; Walter Page; Jo ...

Attention Timothée Chalamet, British music legend Elvis Costello has a message for you. “I'm waiting for him to play me in a film,” said Costello from the stage of the Count Basie Center for ...

When your drumming career begins at age 19 in the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, playing for jazz legends like Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman and Count Basie, it’s more than a great start. To perform with Ella ...