![Count Basie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kc08dcn3XSSNVUrvnWXbg9Q5usr.jpg)
Count Basie
William James "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.449 |
Birthday | 1904-08-21 |
Place of Birth | Red Bank, New Jersey, USA |
Also Known As | William James "Count" Basie, |
![Cinderfella](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5vjqG69ktqkWjmrzdUKuRDDcJF4.jpg)
1960
![Cinderfella](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5vjqG69ktqkWjmrzdUKuRDDcJF4.jpg)
Cinderfella
6.2/104
When his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons Maximilian and Rupert. As he slaves away for...
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Cinderfella
![The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2JM1KOBhjbzKcirgool4GYuMXyd.jpg)
1979
![The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2JM1KOBhjbzKcirgool4GYuMXyd.jpg)
The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story
7/2
Documentary film detailing the history of Kansas City jazz.
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The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story
![All-Star Jazz Show: Live From The Ed Sullivan Theater](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
2011
![All-Star Jazz Show: Live From The Ed Sullivan Theater](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
All-Star Jazz Show: Live From The Ed Sullivan Theater
0/0
Originally broadcast on CBS April 11, 1976, under the title THE ORIGINAL ROMPIN' STOMPIN' HOT AND HEAVY, COOL AND GROOVE ALL-STAR JAZZ SHOW, this conc...
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All-Star Jazz Show: Live From The Ed Sullivan Theater
![Jazz Icons: Count Basie Live in '62](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5bMzUieHCiIZBzEuuZiNhQGeCVm.jpg)
2006
![Jazz Icons: Count Basie Live in '62](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5bMzUieHCiIZBzEuuZiNhQGeCVm.jpg)
Jazz Icons: Count Basie Live in '62
0/0
The concert captured on William "Count" Basie's entry in the "must-own" audio/video Jazz Icons series comes from the vaults of Swedish Television. Mod...
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Jazz Icons: Count Basie Live in '62
![New York in the Fifties](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
2001
![New York in the Fifties](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
New York in the Fifties
0/0
New York in the Fifties is the story of a unique time and place, when New York was the hotbed of new artistic expressions, free love, drinking, hot ja...
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New York in the Fifties
![Norman Granz’ Jazz in Montreaux presents Ella and Basie '79—"The Perfect Match"](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uuNuVCGC1J6tK3UtxhXKuExYx3l.jpg)
1979
![Norman Granz’ Jazz in Montreaux presents Ella and Basie '79—"The Perfect Match"](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uuNuVCGC1J6tK3UtxhXKuExYx3l.jpg)
Norman Granz’ Jazz in Montreaux presents Ella and Basie '79—"The Perfect Match"
9/1
The two musical masters swing out.
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Norman Granz’ Jazz in Montreaux presents Ella and Basie '79—"The Perfect Match"
![Air Mail Special](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/a3QsDhSM6vLUYqQ7c1LUdYjESgb.jpg)
1941
![Air Mail Special](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/a3QsDhSM6vLUYqQ7c1LUdYjESgb.jpg)
Air Mail Special
6.25/4
Count Basie does a little rhyming rapping before going into this Benny Goodman instrumental composition. While he's playing, plenty of couples are jit...
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Air Mail Special
![Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7j2Ahtz6LTQz9WPmvw7gxRfoEik.jpg)
1981
![Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7j2Ahtz6LTQz9WPmvw7gxRfoEik.jpg)
Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music
0/0
Though it was taped 16 years after the first A Man And His Music special, this final installment continues to uphold the high standards of the series,...
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Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music
![Stage Door Canteen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1pUUs6kVSXz1x06coXhX2qZYjWA.jpg)
1943
![Stage Door Canteen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1pUUs6kVSXz1x06coXhX2qZYjWA.jpg)
Stage Door Canteen
6.1/14
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreati...
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Stage Door Canteen
![Improvisation](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yTwU0wNNQbI73S9ill7xwrF87RA.jpg)
2004
![Improvisation](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yTwU0wNNQbI73S9ill7xwrF87RA.jpg)
Improvisation
0/0
Improvisational jazz performance filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili plus Duke Ellington Trio filmed in July 1966, Count Basie at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1...
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Improvisation
![Take Me Back, Baby](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/n9mF04tCbwHtOZ4VgD3OcVPbKN7.jpg)
1941
![Take Me Back, Baby](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/n9mF04tCbwHtOZ4VgD3OcVPbKN7.jpg)
Take Me Back, Baby
7/1
Count Basie Orchestra's "Take Me Back, Baby".
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Take Me Back, Baby
![Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/y6JNo7Qj9TEzxQrjDrZbxT15BEd.jpg)
1993
![Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/y6JNo7Qj9TEzxQrjDrZbxT15BEd.jpg)
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
6/1
Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the creation of rock 'n' roll in the '50s. The scales, chords,...
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Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
![Rhythm and Blues Revue](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/quaxYpzomSioh2PHkagayLrH5WB.jpg)
1955
![Rhythm and Blues Revue](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/quaxYpzomSioh2PHkagayLrH5WB.jpg)
Rhythm and Blues Revue
6/3
Rhythm and Blues Revue is a plotless variety show, one of several compiled for theatrical exhibition from the made-for-television short films produced...
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Rhythm and Blues Revue
![Top Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wJsAjkfFSmWXCtHeA79xcSmtEc6.jpg)
1943
![Top Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wJsAjkfFSmWXCtHeA79xcSmtEc6.jpg)
Top Man
0/0
In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his father is called to war. To help the flagging spirits of lo...
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Top Man
![Crazy House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dw5zTOfjvEUIg5HuemYwLqAgNo8.jpg)
1943
![Crazy House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dw5zTOfjvEUIg5HuemYwLqAgNo8.jpg)
Crazy House
5/3
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names eva...
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Crazy House
![Policy Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rmjk9Uikq9S4mp3ONMBQtVp0wXv.jpg)
1938
![Policy Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rmjk9Uikq9S4mp3ONMBQtVp0wXv.jpg)
Policy Man
0/0
Crime comedy.
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Policy Man
![Music Inn](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/f4cb5299WNF7nVBeOgCna9rQKjd.jpg)
2007
![Music Inn](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/f4cb5299WNF7nVBeOgCna9rQKjd.jpg)
Music Inn
0/0
During a decade rife with paranoia, in the middle of the McCarthy era, Music Inn was a bold experiment. Halfway between the Second World War and The C...
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Music Inn
![Basie Boogie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uYwiu8IVOS4DAZgjkg3kxwbyK2n.jpg)
1950
![Basie Boogie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uYwiu8IVOS4DAZgjkg3kxwbyK2n.jpg)
Basie Boogie
0/0
Count Basie and His Orchestra playing us a boogie.
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Basie Boogie
![Sid & Judy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/51ehY8wFaPkVLIPjNaLrCV9CnaN.jpg)
2019
![Sid & Judy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/51ehY8wFaPkVLIPjNaLrCV9CnaN.jpg)
Sid & Judy
7.6/12
Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived entertainer Judy Garland through rare concert footage, n...
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Sid & Judy
![Frank Sinatra Spectacular](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/svGE38aebQfPSgVu8rEL0QPiIi7.jpg)
1965
![Frank Sinatra Spectacular](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/svGE38aebQfPSgVu8rEL0QPiIi7.jpg)
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
9/1
The Rat Pack -- Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin -- in their only joint television performance. This special was televised via closed-...
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Frank Sinatra Spectacular
![Piano Blues](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ohR924WCUKyW7IPCHnnsV8CE0ow.jpg)
2003
![Piano Blues](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ohR924WCUKyW7IPCHnnsV8CE0ow.jpg)
Piano Blues
6.5/10
Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addi...
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Piano Blues
![Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zCvOauKdLQPzYRApTzEafHJHAgb.jpg)
2020
![Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zCvOauKdLQPzYRApTzEafHJHAgb.jpg)
Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes
7/3
Told in Count Basie's own words, this biography sheds light on both the professional and the private life of the world-famous bandleader and pianist w...
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Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes
![Billie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ypIq3W5OQjZjBGJQk9l4cHjR6Lu.jpg)
2020
![Billie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ypIq3W5OQjZjBGJQk9l4cHjR6Lu.jpg)
Billie
6.881/21
‘Lady Day’ was one of the greatest jazz vocalists the world ever heard. In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biogra...
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Billie
![Count Basie At Carnegie Hall](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pdxKGcgTyyJS9FUxbupnzwILWO4.jpg)
1981
![Count Basie At Carnegie Hall](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pdxKGcgTyyJS9FUxbupnzwILWO4.jpg)
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
10/1
Jazz legend Count Basie and His Orchestra performs a concert at New York's Carnegie Hall, with guests Sarah Vaughn, Tony Bennett and George Benson.
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Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
![Charlie Parker: Bird Songs](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3gueM1HcwPSaS2dDkM2kHdUl8nT.jpg)
2022
![Charlie Parker: Bird Songs](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3gueM1HcwPSaS2dDkM2kHdUl8nT.jpg)
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
6.8/4
In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His death will be...
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Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
!['Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1951
!['Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
0/0
Short film featuring performances by Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson, Billie Holiday and Count Basie and his sextet. From the Cinema Apart Collection.
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'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
![Blazing Saddles](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vNw1gOEDdYTDeNMuuq8OmiEHrfH.jpg)
1974
![Blazing Saddles](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vNw1gOEDdYTDeNMuuq8OmiEHrfH.jpg)
Blazing Saddles
7.3/1812
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his h...
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Blazing Saddles
![Rat Pack](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7zKq6Um4VQYg0xbUHNNerFOlVat.jpg)
2022
![Rat Pack](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7zKq6Um4VQYg0xbUHNNerFOlVat.jpg)
Rat Pack
9/1
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bish...
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Rat Pack
![Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/j7Bol8Tdm0S8GVNXgbQSOS5AVpD.jpg)
2022
![Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/j7Bol8Tdm0S8GVNXgbQSOS5AVpD.jpg)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
6.9/19
An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and...
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
![The Harlem Renaissance](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dOIBGbZRa6Egd9TQWWoU8u9T5au.jpg)
2004
![The Harlem Renaissance](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dOIBGbZRa6Egd9TQWWoU8u9T5au.jpg)
The Harlem Renaissance
6/1
Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the challenge...
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The Harlem Renaissance
![Ebony Parade](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6DWUZwfmO0FA1aK2MI5jHxNOL6J.jpg)
![Ebony Parade](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6DWUZwfmO0FA1aK2MI5jHxNOL6J.jpg)
Ebony Parade
0/0
Mantan Moreland hosts a series of filmed song, dance and band numbers by various artists, mostly released previously as individual "soundies".
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