Count Basie
Publicity photo of Count Basie facing forward, wearing tweed jacket, and raising his arms up.
Count Basie and Art Tatum
Count Basie and Art Tatum sitting at a piano together in front of a stage curtain. Basie is holding a cigarette in one hand and looking down. Tatum is looking up and smiling.
Count Basie and Dave Dexter
Count Basie and Dave Dexter sitting on a table against a wall. Dexter is wearing a light colored suit and handing an envelope to Basie, who is wearing a pinstripe suit and holding a cigarette.
Count Basie and Glenn Wallichs
Count Basie and Glenn Wallichs standing against a studio wall and smiling. Basie is wearing a light colored suit and looking to the side. Wallichs is wearing a dark colored suit and looking forward.
Count Basie and his orchestra
Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie playing piano while looking down and smiling. Basie is wearing a tuxedo.
Count Basie and Joe Belford at Roseland Ballroom
Count Basie shaking hands with Joe Belford at the Roseland Ballroom. Basie is smiling and looking up. Belford is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie.
Count Basie and Mickey Mouse
Count Basie laughing and holding a cake with Mickey Mouse. Basie is facing forward with the cake facing outward. The cake has icing made to look like piano keys. Both are in front of a bandstand with...
Count Basie and Mickey Mouse
Count Basie smiling and shaking hands with Mickey Mouse. Both are facing forward and standing in front of a bandstand.
Count Basie at piano
Publicity photo of Count Basie seated at the piano and turning toward the camera. Basie is wearing a tweed jacket.
Count Basie at the piano
Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie seated at white piano. Basie is placing his hands on the keys and looking up, turning away from the piano.
Count Basie at the piano
Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie seated at a white piano. Basie is placing his hands on the keys and turning his head forward.
Count Basie in tuxedo
Count Basie against a wall facing forward, wearing a tuxedo and bowtie, and smiling.
Count Basie smiling while seated at a piano
Count Basie seated at the piano during a performance and smiling at the camera. An unidentified musician stands behind Basie.
Count Basie with microphone
Headshot of Count Basie facing forward, holding microphone, and smiling at camera. Basie is wearing a tweed jacket.
Dave Dexter and Count Basie
Backstage in Hollywood in 1944, Count Basie approves an article written by Dave Dexter, Jr., who has carefully followed the Basie career from 1936 through 1968. Like the friendly, gracious Count...
Dave Dexter and Count Basie playing cards
Dave Dexter and Count Basie play cards with two unidentified musicians. Dexter is second from right, crouching on a box and looking to the side. Basie is on the right, wearing a pinstripe suit...
Dave Dexter, Count Basie, and Glenn Wallichs
Dave Dexter, Count Basie, Glenn Wallichs, and unidentified man looking over documents. Dexter is looking forward with his hand on Basie's shoulder. Basie is looking to the side and smiling. Wallichs...
Dave Dexter, Count Basie, and Glenn Wallichs
Dave Dexter, Count Basie, and Glenn Wallichs facing forward and posing shoulder to shoulder for a photo. Dexter is wearing a wool suit and tie, Basie is wearing a light suit and dark tie, and Wallichs...
Dave Dexter, John Hammond, Count Basie, and Sonny Burke
In Hollywood, in 1946, Count Basie smokes his pipe and enjoys the company of his supporters Dave Dexter, Jr., the writer and record producer; John Hammond, who discovered him in Kansas City; and Sonny...
Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter
Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter standing around a radio (or possibly a phonograph) looking down at a record in Dexter's hand at Basie's birthday celebration.
Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter with unidentified group
Earl Hines, Count Basie, and Dave Dexter with an unidentified group in a music hall. Hines is standing sixth from left, wearing a suit jacket and smiling. Basie is standing third from right, wearing a...
Gene Norman, Dave Dexter, John Hammond, and Count Basie
Gene Norman, Dave Dexter, and John Hammond standing behind a piano and leaning forward. Count Basie is seated at the piano facing outward and smiling.
Harry "Sweets" Edison, Count Basie (seated), Jimmy Powell, and "Lucky" Thompson
Harry "Sweets" Edison playing trumpet, Jimmy Powell playing clarinet, Count Basie (seated) playing piano, and Eli "Lucky" Thompson playing saxophone in a recording session for the Armed Forces Radio...
Harry Warren and Count Basie
Harry Warren leaning forward and looking up at Count Basie while holding a cigar. Basie is holding papers and hearing a pinstripe suit. Both are standing against a studio wall.