Editing Count Basie (section)

=== Los Angeles and the Cavalcade of Jazz concerts ===
Count Basie was the featured artist at the first Cavalcade of Jazz concert held at [[Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)|Wrigley Field]] on September 23, 1945, which was produced by [[Leon Hefflin, Sr.|Leon Hefflin Sr.]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Central Avenue--its rise and fall, 1890-c. 1955 : including the musical renaissance of Black Los Angeles|last=Cox, Bette Yarbrough.|date=1996|publisher=BEEM Publications|isbn=0965078302|location=Los Angeles|oclc=35673638}}</ref>  Al Jarvis was the Emcee and other artists to appear on stage were [[Joe Liggins]] and his Honeydrippers, [[Edith Peters|The Peters Sisters]], [[Slim Gaillard|Slim and Bam]], [[Valaida Snow]], and [[Big Joe Turner]].<ref>"Big Name Bands, Singers in 'Cavalcade of Music' Sept. 23", ''The California Eagle'', September 13, 1945.
</ref> They played to a crowd of 15,000. Count Basie and his Orchestra played at the tenth Cavalcade of Jazz concert also at [[Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)|Wrigley Field]] on June 20, 1954. He played along with [[The Flairs]], [[Christine Kittrell]], Lamp Lighters, [[Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five]], [[Ruth Brown]], and [[Perez Prado]] and his Orchestra.<ref>“Basie, Jordan, Prado Top Jazz Cavalcade” Article ''Los Angeles Sentinel'', June 3, 1954.</ref>