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Count Basie

Image

Promotional photo of Count Basie seated at the piano.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Count Basie

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Publicity photo of Count Basie facing forward, wearing tweed jacket, and raising his arms up.

Date Published
1943
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie and Carmen Miranda at Command Performance

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Publicity photo of Count Basie at piano and Carmen Miranda holding percussive shaker at Command Performance. Basie is sitting at the piano wearing a...

Date Published
1936
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie and Ed Sullivan

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Still photo from Ed Sullivan show with Count Basie and Ed Sullivan.

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Count Basie and his orchestra

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Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie playing piano while looking down and smiling. Basie is wearing a tuxedo.

Date Published
1939
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie and Mickey Mouse

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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...

Date Published
1975
1980
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie and Mickey Mouse

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Count Basie smiling and shaking hands with Mickey Mouse. Both are facing forward and standing in front of a bandstand.

Date Published
1975
1980
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie at piano

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Publicity photo of Count Basie seated at the piano and turning toward the camera. Basie is wearing a tweed jacket.

Date Published
1943
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie at the piano

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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...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie at the piano

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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.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie performing

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Publicity photo of Count Basie smiling and playing piano on stage. Basie is looking up and to the side, wearing a light pinstripe suit. An...

Date Published
1978
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie with microphone

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Headshot of Count Basie facing forward, holding microphone, and smiling at camera. Basie is wearing a tweed jacket.

Date Published
1975
1980
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, and Don Wilson

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Backstage at a broadcast to American soldiers over the Armed Forces Radio Service network in 1945 are Count Basie, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Lionel...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Postcard featuring Count Basie

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Count Basie postcard; Basie is photographed face on in a spotlight and he is casting a large shadow on the wall behind him.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection
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  • Publicity photographs
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (11)
  • Allan Bell Collection (1)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (14)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (14)
  • Gelatin silver prints (14)
  • Portrait photographs (14)
  • Group portraits (5)
  • (-) Publicity photographs (14)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (5)
  • 1971-1980 (4)
  • 1931-1940 (3)
  • 1921-1930 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (11)
  • Pianists (10)
  • Jazz musicians (6)
  • African American men (2)
  • Mickey Mouse (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • African American band directors (1)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Postcards (1)
  • Women singers (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cagney, James, 1899-1986 (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Miranda, Carmen, 1909-1955 (1)
  • Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995 (1)
  • Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004 (1)
  • Sullivan, Ed, 1901-1974 (1)
  • Wilson, Don, 1900-1982 (1)
  • (-) Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (14)

Date Published

  • 1975 (3)
  • 1980 (3)
  • 1943 (2)
  • 1944 (2)
  • 1921 (1)
  • 1930 (1)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1936 (1)
  • 1939 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1978 (1)

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