Through the standards
Count Basie
Count Basie, piano and band leader, is on 30 recordings across 27 tunes on this site, from 1932 to 1983. Most often alongside Freddie Green, Sonny Payne and Lester Young.
1930s
- Moten SwingBennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra · 1932 · piano · Victor
- Oh, Lady Be Good!Jones-Smith Incorporated · 1936 · piano · Vocalion
- Honeysuckle RoseCount Basie · 1937 · piano · Decca
- Exactly Like YouCount Basie · 1937 · piano/band leader · Decca
- Blue and SentimentalCount Basie · 1938 · piano · Decca
- CherokeeCount Basie · 1939 · piano · Decca
- If I Could Be with YouCount Basie and His Orchestra with Helen Humes · 1939 · piano · Original
- I Got RhythmCount Basie's Kansas City Seven · 1939 · piano · Vocalion
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaCount Basie · 1939 · piano · Okeh
1940s
1950s
- April in ParisCount Basie · 1955 · piano · Verve
- I Can't Believe That You're in Love with MeJoe Williams with Count Basie · 1956 · piano · Verve
- How High the MoonCount Basie · 1956 · piano · Verve
- Jeepers CreepersTony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra · 1959 · piano · Roulette
- Strike Up the BandTony Bennett & Count Basie · 1959 · New York, Capitol studio · Roulette
- MistyCount Basie · 1959 · piano · Roulette
1960s
- Take the "A" TrainDuke Ellington and Count Basie · 1961 · piano · Columbia
- Ain't Misbehavin'Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie · 1963 · piano · Verve
- Honeysuckle RoseElla Fitzgerald & Count Basie · 1963 · piano/organ · Verve
- On the Sunny Side of the StreetElla Fitzgerald and Count Basie · 1963 · piano · Verve
- Satin DollElla Fitzgerald and Count Basie · 1963 · piano · Verve
- Tea for TwoElla Fitzgerald & Count Basie · 1963 · piano · Verve
- My Shining HourSammy Davis Jr. with the Count Basie Orchestra · 1964 · piano · Verve
- Blue and SentimentalCount Basie · 1969 · piano · Dot
1970s
- C Jam BluesElla Fitzgerald, Count Basie and the Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars · 1972 · Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California · Pablo
- Love Me or Leave MeCount Basie and the Kansas City 3 · 1975 · piano · Pablo
- She's Funny That WayCount Basie Jam · 1977 · piano · Pablo Live
- Poor ButterflyCount Basie and Oscar Peterson · 1978 · piano · Pablo
- Flying HomeElla Fitzgerald with Count Basie · 1979 · piano · Pablo