Birth Name:

Count Basie

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Aug 21, 1904

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Red Bank, New Jersey, United States

Age:

119

Zodiac Sign:

Leo

Astrology Data:

Sun

28°

Leo

10'

About Count Basie

William James "Count" Basie (/ˈbeɪsi/; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two "split" tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to broaden their sound, and others. Many musicians came to prominence under his direction, including the tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, the guitarist Freddie Green, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison, plunger trombonist Al Grey, and singers Jimmy Rushing, Helen Humes, Thelma Carpenter, and Joe Williams.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Count Basie at Find a Grave

• The Count Basie Orchestra official website

• Count Basie discography at iMusic.am

• International Jose Guillermo Carrillo Foundation

• Basie biography at swingmusic.net

• BBC Profile of Count Basie

• Downbeat Magazine

• U.S. Postal Service Biography

• Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom – May 23, 1985

• Basie biography and album list

• Image of Wayne King, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Bill Elliot at Big Band Festival at Disneyland, Anaheim, 1964. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

• Count Basie recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Count Basie

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Count Basie: Sun 28 Leo, Moon 10 Capricorn, Mercury 25 Virgo, Venus 10 Virgo, Mars 4 Leo, Jupiter 0 Taurus, Saturn 16 Aquarius, Uranus 26 Sagittarius, Neptune 7 Cancer, Pluto 21 Gemini, Mercury Square Uranus, Sun Trine Uranus, Mercury Square Pluto, Sun Trine Jupiter, Venus Sextile Neptune, Mars Square Jupiter, Mars Semi Square Pluto, Jupiter Trine Uranus, Saturn Trine Pluto, Uranus Opposition Pluto

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Photo attribution: English: Photograph by James J. Kriegsmann. Distributed by Willard Alexander, Inc., English: Scan via Heritage Auctions. Cropped and retouched by uploader; see upload history below for unretouched cropped version, or compare the full untouched scan with original margins (see "other versions"). Other information via the Library of Congress, which holds a copy of the photograph (LCCN 00650704).