Basie Quotes
10 quotes by 9 authors
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I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that poster has died, I'm the…
— Dave Brubeck
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I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce…
— Count Basie
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More than anybody else I’d like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform.
— Tony Bennett
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Make no mistake, this music is for everyone. Jazz is not an exclusive, elite club. Go ahead, listen to your Snoop Doggy Dog, Pearl Jam,…
— Christian McBride
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I got to trumpet, finally. That's why I love to write for brass, and [Count] Basie and [Frank] Sinatra and all that stuff, 'cause that's…
— Quincy Jones
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And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real players.…
— Buddy Rich
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The hardest thing for a musician to learn is how to play WITH people. That's what made the Basie rhythm section.
— Jo Jones
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Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school.
— Clark Terry
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When I was 3 or 4, I seemed to be bursting with music. They played Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra in the house, so…
— Dan Hill
Who Wrote These Basie Quotes
9 authors contributed a total of 10 Basie Quotes as follows: