The Count Basie Orchestra is an American big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936. Despite a brief disbandment at the beginning of the 1950s, the band survived long past the Big Band era itself and the death of Basie in 1984. It continues as a 'ghost band'. A 16 to 18 piece big band, originally including such musicians as Buck Clayton and Lester Young in the line-up...
These are photos from concerts where Count Basie Orchestra played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Count Basie Orchestra Jun 9, 1980 St. Louis, Missouri, United States Uploaded by Louise Halsey
