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Review of the early years as told by Count Basie to Albert Murray in the book "Good Morning Blues" Bibliography lists 1 source. jvBasie.rtf
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"Count" Basie was born William Basie, in 1904 in Red Bank, New Jersey, and nicknamed "Bill." Bill learned piano from his mother, who coached
him at home. More than anything else, Basie remembers his mother working around the clock. She took in laundry and he remembers her washing and ironing all day, every day.
This troubled Basie so much, that he dreamed of getting her away from the washtub and promised to do it. One day he told her he drew her a picture
of a car and told her he was going to buy her a car like it and stop her from working. It
would be a long time before that happened. Basie played music by ear and could not read sheet music. Perhaps part of this was an aversion instilled by Thomas (Fats)
Waller. Once Basie had asked Waller how he coordinated all the musical sounds together and Waller told him to never question it, if he looked at it too closely, hell
never do it. Young Bill was drawn to Wallers jazzy organ while he was playing at the Lincoln Theater in Harlem. Waller gave
Basie his first start in the industry by taking him under his wing and teaching him the theater trade. Basie joined the vaudeville and dance act circuit.
During all his years, while he was out having "a ball" on the dance hall and vaudeville circuit (and living day to day to survive),
he tried to learn music, but as he said, never did very well at it. Even when Basie was in the big bands, he still didnt know how to read
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