Count Basie
Day 51
#11 – William ‘Count’ Basie (1904–1984). American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader and composer. Albums include: The Complete Decca Recordings (1937–39), The Atomic Mr Basie (1957) and Basie and Zoot (with Zoot Sims, 1975).
The swinging mood for which Basie was famous and the upbeat energy of his music is something I wanted to try and capture. A big band sound. At the same time I was writing out the word ‘Basie’ and liked the similarities in shape of the ‘B’ and ‘E’ and started looking at flipping the ‘B’ to create the ‘E’ and bleeding off the edge to suggest size. I used the names of some of his most famous recordings and to inject a sense of energy, adjusted them to suggest them moving around the page.
2 hours
Listen...
to excerpts from ‘Count Basie Orchestra – Shout And Feel It (Quick Step)’