Count Basie Subject (5 results)

Vintage borderless photograph of jazz composer, bandleader, and pianist Count Basie, circa 1960s. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso noting a televised screening of Basie's performance at the "Jazz a Juan" Festival in Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, France. 6 x 8 inches. Very Good, lightly faded, with light creasing to the edges.…

Vintage satin-finish portrait photograph of Count Basie, circa 1950s. Basie was one of the best known jazz pianist band leaders in history, having begun his career by accompanying silent films and moving on to create his own innovative jazz orchestra, which pioneered techniques like riffing with a large band, emphasizing the rhythm section, and utilizing arrangers to broaden their sound (including a young Quincy Jones). From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 8 x 10 inches, archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 14 x 18 inches. Very Good plus, slightly wavy on the top and bottom edges.…

Vintage photograph of Count Basie with his orchestra in the RCA-Victor studio in 1947. Provenance stamps and the stamp of photographer Conrad Eiger on the verso. Basie was one of the best known jazz pianist band leaders in history, having begun his career by accompanying silent films and moving on to create his own innovative jazz orchestra, which pioneered techniques like riffing with a large band, emphasizing the rhythm section, and utilizing arrangers to broaden their sound (including a young Quincy Jones). From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with layout annotations in manuscript ink on the recto margins.…

Vintage borderless photograph of Count Basie at the piano in the recording studio, with several women admiringly looking on through a window in the background, circa 1940s. Stamp of noted German-American photojournalist Werner Wolff on the verso, along with two provenance stamps. Basie was one of the best known jazz pianist band leaders in history, having begun his career by accompanying silent films and moving on to create his own innovative jazz orchestra, which pioneered techniques like riffing with a large band, emphasizing the rhythm section, and utilizing arrangers to broaden their sound (including a young Quincy Jones). From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus.…

Collection of 13 vintage photographs of Count Basie, taken between 1940 and 1965, twelve glossy and one matte-finish. Eleven photographs with printed mimeo snipes, provenance stamps, and photographer stamps on the versos. Basie was one of the best known jazz pianist bandleaders in history, having begun his career by accompanying silent films and moving on to create his own innovative jazz orchestra, which pioneered techniques like riffing with a large band, emphasizing the rhythm section, and utilizing arrangers to broaden their sound (including a young Quincy Jones). Eleven photographs 8 x 10 inches, one photograph 9.25 x 7.25 inches, and one photograph 7.75 x 8.75 inches. Generally Near Fine to Very Good plus.…