Download or read book The World of Count Basie written by Stanley Dance and published by New York : C. Scribner's Sons. This book was released on 1980 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dance is one of the most proficient and consistent jazz writers practicing today. In this book he follows the formula he developed in writing about the milieu of Hines, Ellington and others. It consists of numerous tape-recorded and edited interviews with musicians and vocalists associated with Basie and each gets to tell his own story. Many overlap and there are interesting confirmations and disputes over details.