The Only Use of
Count Basie
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- We danced the jitterbug to Count Basie, the Lindy and the Big Apple to Cab Calloway, and the Half Time Texas Hop to Duke Ellington.†
p. 257.1
Definition:
famous U.S. jazz pianist, organist, and bandleader (1904-1983)