Count Basie (1904-1984) 10x8 official photo: jazz pianist, bandleader, composer

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Fine signed 10 x 8 photograph of Count Basie signed clearly at top. It is an official photograph issued by Willard Alexander Inc Artist Management and has an ink stamp on the the reverse: Count Basie Orchestra - Gary Donavant Stage Manager. There are various creases and indents on the photo.PLEASE SEE MY LISTINGS FOR A VARIETY OF AUTOGRAPHS. I AM HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE. William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. His mother first taught him piano and he started performing in his teens. Dropping out of school, he learned to operate lights for vaudeville and improvised to accompany silent films at a local theatre in his town of Red Bank, New Jersey. By 16, he increasingly played jazz piano at parties, resorts and other venues. In 1924, he went to Harlem, where his performing career expanded; he toured with groups to the major jazz cities of Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. In 1929 he joined Bennie Moten's band in Kansas City, and played with them until Moten's death in 1935.That year Basie formed his own jazz 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 read more

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