Thursday, April 26, 2018

Blogging from A to Z: W for William Basie

You might be scratching your head wondering who was William Basie? Well he was better known as Count Basie and he died on this date in 1984.


"Swingin' the Blues" from 1941..


"April in Paris" well it is April ...


"Honey Suckle Rose"...with Ella Fitzgerald! 1979



A little bit of Count Basie to remember his jazzy ways!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Sweet!

Sue said...

Thanks for these clips of The Count and his orchestra! They were fabulous! Ella too!