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2 unusual facts about Count Basie Orchestra


Oklahoma City Blue Devils

The Blue Devils disbanded in 1933, after which Basie recruited most of the group's members to join his group, which had begun in 1931, but then changed the name to the Count Basie Orchestra.

Reunald Jones

He played lead trumpet with the Count Basie Orchestra (1952-57), which gave him some fame due to his "one-handed" solo style of playing, but Jones was rarely featured.


Harry Edison

Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and member of the Count Basie Orchestra.

Hit Parade of 1943

It also features several orchestras including the Count Basie Orchestra, Freddy Martin and his orchestra, Ray McKinley and his orchestra, and The Golden Gate Quartet.

Salena Jones

These include such performers as her long-time producer and husband Keith Mansfield, King Curtis, Herman Foster, Arthur Prysock, Tom Jones, The Coasters, Count Basie Orchestra, Adelaide Hall, Art Farmer, Brook Benton, Barney Kessel, Art Themen, Sarah Vaughan, Hank Jones, Maynard Ferguson, Dudley Moore.

Vocal jazz

Blinded shortly after birth by a hospital complication, Schuur's 3½ octave range has earned her a place playing with the Count Basie Orchestra, filling the shoes Billie Holiday left behind, for which she won a Grammy Award.


see also

In Person

In Person!, 1959 album by Tony Bennett, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra

Peter Appleyard

In 1976, Frank Sinatra requested Appleyard to join him in concert with the Count Basie Orchestra and Ella Fitzgerald at the Uris Theatre in New York City.