African American Jazz and Big Band Performance Culture Count Basie Programs and Photographic Archive 1950s–1981
Basie, Count. Concert programs and photographic archive, 1952–1981, documenting the performance culture, public image, and musical leadership of Count Basie within twentieth-century American jazz. These materials situate Basie as a central figure in the development and popularization of big band swing, illustrating his role as bandleader, pianist, and collaborator within.....
