Jazz podcast: Count Basie and The Mills Brothers
Sunday, January 13th, 2008About Count Basie
b. William Basie was born on August 21 1904 in Red Bank, New Jersey USA and died on April 26 1984. As a bandleader and pianist, Count Basie grew up in Red Bank, just across the Hudson River from New York City. His mother gave him his first lessons at the piano, and [...]