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William „Count“ Basie občianskym menom William James Basie bol americký džezový klavirista, organista, kapelník a skladateľ. Považuje sa za jedného z najdôležitejších džezových kapelníkov svojej doby. Basie viedol vlastnú populárnu kapelu Count Basie Orchestra takmer päťdesiat rokov. Jej prostredníctvom sa stali známymi hudobníci ako tenor-saxofonisti Lester Young a Herschel Evans, trubkári Buck Clayton a Sweets Edison a speváci Jimmy Rushing und Joe Williams. Známe pesničky od Counta Basieho sú „One O’Clock Jump“ alebo „April in Paris“. Wikipedia  

✵ 21. august 1904 – 26. apríl 1984
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“It's the way you play that makes it. What I say is, for Christ's sake, you don't have to kill yourself to sing. Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got it, if you're going to get it. And whatever you get, that's you, so that's your story.”

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Good Morning Blues : The Autobiography of Count Basie (1985) by Count Basie and Albert Murray

“Contrary to several conflicting stories, I got the name "Count" right in Kansas City in 1936 while at the Reno Club. I was known as Bill Basie at that time. One night, while we were broadcasting, the announcer called me to the microphone for those usual few words of introduction. He commented that Bill Basie was a rather ordinary name, and further that there were a couple of well-known bandleaders named Earl Hines and Duke Ellington. Then he said, "Bill, I think I'll call you Count Basie from now on. Is that all right with you?" I thought he was kidding, shrugged my shoulders and replied, "OK." Well that was the last time I was ever introduced as Bill Basie. From then on, it was Count Basie, and I never did lose that nickname. It's funny the way those things will stick.”

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As quoted in Hear Me Talkin' to Ya : The Story of Jazz as Told by the Men who Made It (1966) by Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff, p. 301