Interview with Count Basie by Pim Jacobs at the North Sea Jazz Festival • 1979 • World of Jazz

William James ‘Count’ Basie, born August 21, 1904, was a great bandleader, pianist and composer. He formed his own orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra, in 1935 and led the orchestra for almost 50 years, until his death on April 26, 1984.
Count Basie is interviewed by Dutch pianist Pim Jacobs, who doubled as a presenter at the North Sea Jazz Festival where Basie and his Orchestra just finished a great performance on stage of the festival in The Hague’s Congress Building, the Netherlands, in July 1979.
In this short interview Basie talks about his fabulous rhythm section: bassist John Clayton and drummer Butch Miles and about working on his his autobiography.
The interview took place on 14 July 1979, a month before Count Basie’s 75th birthday.
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[@Alffovinni]

I love how chill basie is in this video.... such a buddha

[@gregggeoffroy3794]

Albert Ahlf Always. Check him out on Jazz Casual. As understated in his playing as in conversation.

[@ozzie-sk9dh]

I’ve loved this man all my life. He was so classy.

[@goldenbaby3608]

A true innovater and a class act. There will never be another Count Basie...

[@2530negri]

He had such a zen cool calm composed and old soul kind of temperament.

[@eh-ay-ron]

So cool and so chill. Such a legend

[@HalloikbenJim]

That interviewer just cant stop talking

[@ollevansteendelaar9185]

Jim van Klaveren he is really nervous i can tell you that

[@jerrygrimes1977]

@@ollevansteendelaar9185 Excited and nervous all at once probably!

[@noahpettibon]

Looks like a podcast setup. Bizarre!

[@Clemenssnemelc]

I love the beginning "b-roll". And of cause the FANTASTIC Count Basie. 🖤✨

[@nathanielhensley4756]

Count Basie was a cool cat love his music deeply 🎹

[@FrshJurassicPrnceYA]

Count Basie is a legend! 🫡
Not the best interviewer tho 😂

[@highlandmaple99epic30]

Hi

[@jerrygrimes1977]

Whoever chose to leave in the first minute-and-fifteen made the right decision.

[@mdsoulsounds]

The interviewer speaking more than the interviewee, unfortunately too common. I would have had a million things to ask this enormous artist! 😐