Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Count Basie
Born: August 21, 1904
Died: April 26, 1984 (aged 79)
Bio: William James "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. His mother taught him to play the piano and he started performing in his teens.
Known for:
- The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958)
- Basie Straight Ahead (1968)
- Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962)
- One O'Clock Jump (1957)
- First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (1961)
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