Count Basie

Count Basie / Bud Kliment ; senior consulting editor, Nathan Irvin Huggins ; [introductory essay by Coretta Scott King].

Examines the life and career of a famous twentieth-century jazz musician.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kliment, Bud
Other Authors:	Huggins, Nathan Irvin, 1927-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Chelsea House, c1992.
Series:	Black Americans of achievement.
Subjects:	Basie, Count, > 1904-1984 Jazz musicians > United States > Biography. African American musicians > Biography.

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