| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 399 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The blue devils : 1927-1929 ; Red band and thereabouts : 1904-circa 1923 ; The Columbia wheel : circa 1924-circa 1925 ; Harlem stride time : 1925-1926 ; TOBA : 1926-1927 ; Moten swing territory : 1929-1935 ; Three, three, and three at the Reno : 1935-1936 ; East to the Apple and the Woodside : 1936-1937 ; The famous door and the national scene : 1938-1941 ; The holy main I : 1939-1941 ; The Holy Main II : 1942-1950 -- pt. 2. The comeback : 1950-1954 ; Sixteen men swinging : 1954-1959 ; Stomping grounds and stopping places : 1959-1964 ; One more time and one more once : 1964-1976 ; Ole Base up to now : 1976-1984. |
| Summary |
Count Basie recalls his beginnings in Vaudeville and relates the highlights of his career including his work with other artists and bands, his tours, his recordings, etc. |
| Subject |
Basie, Count, 1904-1984.
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Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (OCoLC)fst00067861
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Jazz musicians. (OCoLC)fst00982205
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Added Author |
Murray, Albert.
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| ISBN |
0394548647 |
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9780394548647 |
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