[PAR] [TLE] Count Basie [SEP] William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.  His mother taught him to play the piano and he started performing in his teens.  Dropping out of school, he learned to operate lights for vaudeville and to improvise accompaniment for silent films at a local movie theater in his home town of Red Bank, New Jersey.  By age 16, he increasingly played jazz piano at parties, resorts and other venues.  In 1924, he went to Harlem, where his performing career expanded; he toured with groups to the major jazz cities of Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City.  In 1929 he joined Bennie Moten's band in Kansas City, and played with them until Moten's death in 1935. [PAR] [TLE] Booker Pittman [SEP] Booker Pittman or Pitman (3 March 1909, Fairmount Heights, Maryland, USA - 19 October 1969, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) was the son of Portia Pittman and a grandson of Booker T. Washington.  He became an accomplished jazz clarinetist and played with greats like Louis Armstrong and Count Basie in the US and Europe in the 1920s and 1930s.  He is also an alto and soprano saxophonist.  His stepdaughter Eliana Pittman is a Brazilian jazz singer and actress.
[PAR] [TLE] Count Basie [ SEP ] William James " Count " Basie ( August 21 , 1904 – April 26 , 1984 ) was an American jazz pianist , organist , bandleader , and composer . His mother taught him to play the piano and he started performing in his teens . Dropping out of school , he learned to operate lights for vaudeville and to improvise accompaniment for silent films at a local movie theater in his home town of Red Bank , New Jersey . By age 16 , he increasingly played jazz piano at parties , resorts and other venues . In 1924 , he went to Harlem , where his performing career expanded ; he toured with groups to the major jazz cities of Chicago , St. Louis and Kansas City . In 1929 he joined Bennie Moten 's band in Kansas City , and played with them until Moten 's death in 1935 . [PAR] [TLE] Booker Pittman [ SEP ] Booker Pittman or Pitman ( 3 March 1909 , Fairmount Heights , Maryland , USA - 19 October 1969 , Rio de Janeiro , Brasil ) was the son of Portia Pittman and a grandson of Booker T. Washington . He became an accomplished jazz clarinetist and played with greats like Louis Armstrong and Count Basie in the US and Europe in the 1920s and 1930s . He is also an alto and soprano saxophonist . His stepdaughter Eliana Pittman is a Brazilian jazz singer and actress .
What jazz pianist once played with Booker Pittman?
What jazz pianist once played with Booker Pittman ?
Count Basie
Count Basie