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Born in Red Bank, NJ
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Encounters Fats Waller in Harlem
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Arrives in Kansas City, MO
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Joins Walter Page's Blue Devils
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Leaves and joins Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
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Bennie Moten dies, Count Basie organizes the Barons of Rhythm soon after
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The band records "The Complete Decca Recordings" with Decca Records
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The Count Basie Orchestra makes its first recording with Decca Records
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The Reign of Count Basie
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The Count Basie Orchestra records "One O'Clock Jump" in New York, NY
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"Jumpin' at the Woodside," single, Decca
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The band records with Columbia Records
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The Count Basie Orchestra disbands due to financial difficulties
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Band makes first tour of Europe
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April in Paris, Verve
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Band finishes recording "Count Basie Sings, Joe Williams Sings", Clef
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Band records "The Atomic Mr. Basie", Roulette
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Breakfast Dance and Barbecue, Roulette
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One More Time, Roulette
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Band releases "Chairman of the Board", Roulette
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Count Basie takes home two Grammys at the Inaugural Grammy Award Ceremony
-Best Jazz Performance, Group
-Best Performance by a Dance Band -
The band records "First Time! The Count Meets the Duke" (w/ Duke Ellington), Columbia
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The orchestra visits Japan
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Album released: "It Might As Well Be Swing" (With Frank Sinatra), Reprise
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The Gifted Ones (w/ Dizzy Gillespie), Pablo
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"One O'Clock Jump" is inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
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Count Basie receives the Grammy Trustees Award
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Band finishes recording "Send in the Clowns" (w/ Sarah Vaughan), Pablo
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Fancy Pants, Pablo
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Count Basie dies at age 80 in Hollywood, FL
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Thad Jones assumes leadership of the Count Basie Orchestra
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"April in Paris" is inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
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After the death of Thad Jones, Frank Foster assumes leadership of the Count Basie Orchestra
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"Everyday (I Have the Blues)" is inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
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Count Basie receives the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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"Lester Leaps In" is inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame