# Count Basie

> William James "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two "split" tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to broaden their sound, his minimalist piano style, and others.

*American jazz musician and composer (1904–1984)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/count-basie

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1904-08-21
- **Died:** 1984-04-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 70.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 75.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 85.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #192
- **Total followers across platforms:** 38,400

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0059831/ (@nm0059831)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2jFZlvIea42ZvcCw4OeEdA (@2jFZlvIea42ZvcCw4OeEdA)
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4w6_foxgGue-rPbVb0BMow (@@countbasieofficial, 38,400 followers)

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- [קאונט בייסי](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%98_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%99)
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- [Քաունտ Բեյսի](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%A1%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%BF_%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%BD%D5%AB)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Count_Basie)
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- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0dbd6300-efdc-420b-857e-895e18fad317)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107008)

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