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He was at some historic events like battle of the bands with Count Basie and Duke Ellington.

Photos of Charlie Barnett and Count Basie are two examples that still exist.

If you look just southwest of Sinatra, you'll see that Cab Calloway lives on the true line, with Count Basie just to the left.

So Glenn Miller and Count Basie are in the same category, but more Spotify people who listen to that category listen to Glenn Miller.

McFerrin and Jarreau and the Basie band sound so good.

Emulating basic on an Apple IIe is like forcing the kid to learn trombone and play Count Basie tunes because that was what was cool back in the day.

I'm glad I work from home, because if I'm standing at work and a great dance tune comes through my mix (currently Basie doing Shiny Stockings) I can't stand still.

>Emulating basic on an Apple IIe is like forcing the kid to learn trombone and play Count Basie tunes because that was what was cool back in the day.

I know they were capable of it (I once found a recording of Glenn Miller swinging it just as hard as anything Basie put out) but they were playing to their audience at the time.

I had a recording of Count Basie opening for Frank Sinatra (it's basically the hour before they recorded Sinatra at the Sands), and you can hear the audience's glasses like you were sitting in the venue.

The large ensembles like Basie's and Duke's have persisted in popularity, but classic "big band" are very much of their time.

The "It Might As Well Be Swing" album by Frank Sinatra with the Count Basie band was my introduction to Quincy Jones, who did the arrangement.

Throw on Basie’s “Jive at Five” or Ory’s “Savoy Blues” and you can get an idea of the genres (swing / nola jazz).

He came up playing with Count Basie, who was also a less is more kind of guy.

Anyhow Chet Baker is no more obscure than John Coltrane, Count Basie, Stan Getz...

No matter how much I thumbs down it, I get Glenn Miller/Frank Sinatra/Benny Goodman instead of Count Basie/Duke Ellington/Slim Gaillard.