Original photograph of Count Basie in the RCA-Victor studio, 1947

by William James Count Basie, Conrad Eiger, subject, photographer

$450 · Offered by Royal Books

N.p. N.p., Circa 1947. 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

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