In symbolic terms, the loss of Count Basie, who died last April, a few months shy of his eightieth birthday and a year away from his golden anniversary as a bandleader, is incalculable.

He lives in Tokyo and has been frequenting Basie, named after the famous jazz pianist and band leader Count Basie, for many years. "It is a miracle for a cafe to last 50 years. Basie must have ...

Basie soon joined the band after sitting in with them that night. After Page's Blue Devils broke up Count Basie and some of the other band members integrated into the Bennie Moten band. He remained ...