什麼是貝西伯爵

Basie, Count，原名William Basie。

美國爵士樂鋼琴家和樂隊領隊，他的樂隊是搖擺樂最傑出的代表。受哈林區鋼琴家約翰遜（J. P. Johnson）和沃勒的影響，並接受後者非正規的訓練，學習管風琴。1936年在堪薩斯城自組樂隊，隊員包括吉他手格林（F. Green）、低音管手佩基（W. Page）和鼓手瓊斯（Jo Jones），其伴奏部分很快以輕快、精準和令人放鬆而馳名。在這種基礎上，銅管和簧樂器部分發展為一種反覆樂節和樂旨的詞彙，如唱片《一點鐘的跳躍》和《在林邊跳躍》。貝西伯爵的鋼琴風格也變得更加簡樸，為「漫步」式音樂傳統的精華及簡練風格的典型。其樂隊獨奏者包括歌手羅辛、小號手克萊頓（B. Clayton）和愛迪生（H. Edison），以及薩克管手楊（g）。貝西伯爵在1950年代改組其樂隊，以更強調合奏作品取代先前的風格，如編曲家赫夫提（N. Hefti）和威爾金茲（E. Wilkins）把較早時期樂隊的反覆樂節和輕快節奏改編成一種更強力的風格。此樂隊因出唱片（以歌手威廉斯為號召）而再度走紅，並被公認是爵士樂的典型代表。

1904～1984年

Basie, Count

U.S. jazz pianist and bandleader, whose band became the most refined exponent of swing. Born in Red Bank, N.J., Basie was influenced by the Harlem pianists James P. Johnson and Fats Waller, receiving informal tutelage on the organ from the latter. He formed his band in Kansas City in 1936. Its rhythm section, including guitarist Freddie Green, bassist Walter Page, and drummer Jo Jones, quickly became noted for its lightness, precision, and relaxation; on this foundation, the brass and reed sections developed a vocabulary of riffs and motifs on such recordings as “One o'Clock Jump” and “Jumpin' at the Woodside.” Basie's piano style became increasingly spare, a distillation of the stride tradition and a model of economy. His soloists included singer Jimmy Rushing, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry “Sweets” Edison, and saxophonist Lester Young. Basie's reorganized band of the 1950s placed greater emphasis on ensemble work, as arrangers such as Neal Hefti and Ernie Wilkins codified a more powerful style built from the riffs and buoyant rhythm of the earlier group. The band achieved renewed popularity for recordings featuring vocalist Joe Williams and became recognized as a jazz institution.