

Both of his parents had some type of musical background. After automobiles replaced horses, his father became a groundskeeper and handyman for several wealthy families in the area.

His father worked as a coachman and caretaker for a wealthy judge. William Basie was born to Lillian and Harvey Lee Basie in Red Bank, New Jersey.

Many musicians came to prominence under his direction, including the tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, the guitarist Freddie Green, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison, plunger trombonist Al Grey, and singers Jimmy Rushing, Helen Humes, Thelma Carpenter, and Joe Williams.īiography Early life and education He led the group for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two "split" tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to broaden their sound, and others. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. P.William James " Count" Basie ( / ˈ b eɪ s i/ August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. P.S: Screenshots are provided to show what the graphics and hair looks like in these settings! I hope this helps some of you to enjoy the sims 4 custom hair while also having your game run smoothly Laptop Mode- Unchecked (YOU MUST LEAVE LAPTOP MODE UNCHECKED TO ENSURE YOU WONT GET THE AWFUL BLONDE HIGHLIGHTS!!!)

The settings i use for my game are these: So i found out that the fix for the custom content blonde hair streak bug is to turn off laptop mode, however i had been experiencing very bad lag problems every time i turned it off so i gave up trying to fight it, however, i played around with the settings for a little bit and found that they DID reduce the lag a LOT, eventually it got to a point where my game was completely playable with reduced lag as well as having reasonably good graphics and those horrible blonde streaks in my CC hair were gone!
