Biography
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            Count Basie Orchestra
Effective period / Period of releases: 1937 - 2022
Members: Frank Wess, Candido, Gerald Wilson, Joe Williams, Hubert Laws, Buddy Rich, Joe Pass, Bill Johnson, Harold Jones, Count Basie, Neal Hefti, Johnny Williams, Jerry Dodgion, Nolan Smith, Charlie Rouse, Clark Terry, J.J. Johnson, Quentin Jackson, Al Aarons, Eddie Durham, Bill Graham, Don Byas, Illinois Jacquet, Curtis Fuller, Lester Young, Vic Dickenson, Harry Edison, Jo Jones, Frank Foster, Urbie Green, Lucky Thompson, Johnny Mandel, George Dorsey, Buck Clayton, Buddy Tate, Charlie Shavers, Butch Miles, Hot Lips Page, Thad Jones, Wardell Gray, Walter Page, John Duke, Bobby Plater, Danny Turner, Al Grey, Jimmy Forrest, Mel Wanzo, Dennis Wilson, Sonny Cohn, Bobby Mitchell, Waymon Reed, Charlie Fowlkes, Lyn Biviano, Eric Dixon, Freddie Green, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Oscar Brashear, Snooky Young, Joe Wilder, Bill Hughes (2), Gus Johnson, Jimmy Rushing, Al Porcino, Ernie Wilkins, Matthew Gee, Byron Stripling, Leon "Chu" Berry, Don Redman, Lammar Wright, Helen Humes, Ed Cuffee, Billy Mitchell, Eddie Jones, Joe Newman, Serge Chaloff, Paul Gonsalves, Herschel Evans, Melba Liston, Paul Quinichette, John Kelson, Jimmy Powell, Joe Keyes, Ted Donnelly, Benny Morton, Tab Smith, Shad Collins, Caughey Roberts, Carl Smith, Jerry Blake, Emmett Berry, Jack Washington, Ed Lewis, Dan Minor, Claude Williams, Earle Warren, Paul Webster, Benny Powell, Al Hibbler, Henry Coker, Don Rader, Grover Mitchell, Sonny Payne, Buddy Catlett, Marshall Royal, Bill Miller (2), Ann Moore, Thelma Carpenter, Chris Woods, Al Killian, Dickie Wells, Rodney Richardson, Bobby Tucker, Jimmy Lewis (2), Andy Gibson, Preston Love, Gene Simon, Rudy Rutherford, Eli Robinson, Al Stearns, George Hunt, Wendell Culley, Doug Miller, George Matthews (2), Gregg Field, John Thomas (3), Jimmy Nottingham, Reunald Jones, Louis Bellson, Phillip Guilbeau, Ray Brown (2), Duffy Jackson, Booty Wood, Shadow Wilson, Charles Price, Butch Ballard, Singleton Palmer, Gene Goe, Jimmy Wilkins, Buddy DeFranco, Ralph Sharon, Norman Keenan, John Watson (2), Bob Mitchell (2), Wallace Davenport, Henderson Chambers, Sam Noto, Frank Szabo, Richard Boone, Kenny Hing, Bob Ojeda, Dennis Mackrel, Clarence Banks, Carl Carter (3), Mike Williams (6), Carmen Bradford, Emanuel Boyd, Jack Feierman, Buster Smith, Leon Comegys, Rufus Wagner, Karl George, Vernon Alley, Lynne Sherman, Paul Bascomb, Lennie Johnson, Bob Summers (3), J.C. Williams, Paul Campbell (5), Bobby Moore (3), Dennis Rowland, Robert Trowers, Rubin Phillips, Robert Scott (4), Dale Carley, Pete Minger, Bob Hicks, Gerry Eastman, David Glasser (2), Frank Hooks, Ike Isaacs (2), Bob Trowers, Louis Taylor (3), Bixie Crawford, Fortunatus "Fip" Ricard, Floyd Johnson (3), Earl Wilson (3), William H. Bailey, Jimmy Taylor (18), Percival Payne
American jazz big band formed in 1935 by Count Basie. Despite Basie's death in 1984, the band survived and continued without him.
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