The Real … Count Basie is a definitive collection of the bandleader, jazz pianist and composer Count Basie.
Features 58 classic tracks from his extensive catalogue.
William James “Count” Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. His mother taught him to play the piano and he started performing in his teens. Dropping out of school, he learned to operate lights for vaudeville and to improvise accompaniment for silent films at a local movie theater in his home town of Red Bank, New Jersey. By 16 he increasingly played jazz piano at parties, resorts and other venues.