Count Basie reviewing "Four in One" from Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2 for DownBeats "Blindfold Test" (c. early 1950s); reproduced in "The Encyclopedia of Jazz'' (1960) by Leonard Feather, p. 480.
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I know this from somewhere—it seems as though every time I turn on the radio this seems to slip in; and I've always liked it. It's cute, real cute; and although it's sort of not in my department and I don't know too much about that type of music, I like it an awful lot. Wonderful piano ...
— Count Basie on Thelonious Monk
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I know this from somewhere—it seems as though every time I turn on the radio this seems to slip in; and I've always liked it. It's cute, real cute; and although it's sort of not in my department and I don't know too much about that type of music, I like it an awful lot. Wonderful piano ..." in the context of "Count Basie reviewing "Four in One" from Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2 for DownBeats "Blindfold Test" (c. early 1950s); reproduced in "The Encyclopedia of Jazz'' (1960) by Leonard Feather, p. 480." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Count Basie
William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist and bandleader.
About Count Basie
William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist and bandleader.
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