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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… — Dave Brubeck
- I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed… — Count Basie
- More than anybody else I’d like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform. — Tony Bennett
- Make no mistake, this music is for everyone. Jazz is not an exclusive, elite club. Go ahead, listen to your Snoop Doggy… — Christian McBride
- I got to trumpet, finally. That's why I love to write for brass, and [Count] Basie and [Frank] Sinatra and all that… — Quincy Jones
- And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands… — Buddy Rich
- The hardest thing for a musician to learn is how to play WITH people. That's what made the Basie rhythm section. — Unknown Author
- Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school. — Clark Terry
- When I was 3 or 4, I seemed to be bursting with music. They played Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra in… — Dan Hill