LC control no. | n 82026471 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Count Basie Orchestra |
Variant(s) | Basie Orchestra |
See also | Member: Basie, Count, 1904-1984 |
Beginning date | 1935 |
Found in | Vaughan, S. Send in the clowns [SR] c1981 (a.e.) label (Count Basie Orchestra) Wikipedia, viewed Dec. 8, 2015 (The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16 to 18 piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936. Despite a brief disbandment at the beginning of the 1950s, the band survived long past the Big Band era itself and the death of Basie in 1984. It continues as a 'ghost band') <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie_Orchestra> |