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It's a Shame we couldn't play another hour more, said Count Basie in an interview with Star staff writer Frank Rasky after concert in the Forum at Ont(...)
It's a Shame we couldn't play another hour more, said Count Basie in an interview with Star staff writer Frank Rasky after concert in the Forum at Ont(...)

It's a Shame we couldn't play another hour more, said Count Basie in an interview with Star staff writer Frank Rasky after concert in the Forum at Ont(...)

Date8/10/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: It's a Shame we couldn't play another hour more, said Count Basie in an interview with Star staff writer Frank Rasky after concert in the Forum at Ontario Place Saturday night. Rasky says Basie left his insatiable fans too early.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0031043F
      A Nimble demonstration of a music hall softshoe shuffle was given by actor John Mills during recent interview with Star staff writer Frank Rasky. Mill(...)
      A Nimble demonstration of a music hall softshoe shuffle was given by actor John Mills during recent interview with Star staff writer Frank Rasky. Mill(...)
      Combs, Erin
      4/8/1976
      The cool Count Basie last night opened for a week at the Royal York Hotel's Imperial Room and Star staff writer Peter Goddard says the band drifted th(...)
      The cool Count Basie last night opened for a week at the Royal York Hotel's Imperial Room and Star staff writer Peter Goddard says the band drifted th(...)
      Basie, Count, 1904-1984
      12/15/1975
      The Divine One,' Sarah Vaughan last night came across like a Super Sunny Earth Momma of Jazz, says The Star's Frank Rasky of concert in the Forum at O(...)
      The Divine One,' Sarah Vaughan last night came across like a Super Sunny Earth Momma of Jazz, says The Star's Frank Rasky of concert in the Forum at O(...)
      Bull, Ron
      5/20/1975
      Former movie star Robert Evans is Hollywood's most elegant producer, says Star staff writer Frank Rasky who interviewed him while he was in Toronto to(...)
      Former movie star Robert Evans is Hollywood's most elegant producer, says Star staff writer Frank Rasky who interviewed him while he was in Toronto to(...)
      Evans, Robert
      3/14/1977
      Magificent is how Star staff writer Frank Rasky describes Katharine Hepburn's performance in A Matter of Gravity, which opened at the Royal Alexandra (...)
      Magificent is how Star staff writer Frank Rasky describes Katharine Hepburn's performance in A Matter of Gravity, which opened at the Royal Alexandra (...)
      Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003
      1/6/1976
      There's a lot of old-time, high-olass style onstage at the Imperial Room this week as Julie Wilson slinks and slithers to her torch songs, says Star staff writer Frank Rasky
      There's a lot of old-time, high-olass style onstage at the Imperial Room this week as Julie Wilson slinks and slithers to her torch songs, says Star staff writer Frank Rasky
      Griffin, Doug
      10/20/1975
      Still full of bounce and tigerish vigor, according to Star staff writer Frank Rasky, trumpeter Harry James last night took 1,000 boogie-woogie and fox(...)
      Still full of bounce and tigerish vigor, according to Star staff writer Frank Rasky, trumpeter Harry James last night took 1,000 boogie-woogie and fox(...)
      James, Harry, 1916-1983
      5/18/1976
      In town for an apperance on CFTO's Joyce Davidson Show, Garson Kanin talked with Star staff writer Frank Rasky about his friendships and working relat(...)
      In town for an apperance on CFTO's Joyce Davidson Show, Garson Kanin talked with Star staff writer Frank Rasky about his friendships and working relat(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      6/2/1977
      Enjoying a hearty meal of escargots, French movie director Louis Malle and Montreal-born actress Alexandra Stewart chatted with Star staff writer Frank Rasky during visit to Toronto to publicize his movie, Black Moon
      Enjoying a hearty meal of escargots, French movie director Louis Malle and Montreal-born actress Alexandra Stewart chatted with Star staff writer Frank Rasky during visit to Toronto to publicize his movie, Black Moon
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      10/30/1975
      I've always like to think of myself as being broad-minded, said Aaron Copland in an interview yesterday with Star staff writer PEter Goddard. The Amer(...)
      I've always like to think of myself as being broad-minded, said Aaron Copland in an interview yesterday with Star staff writer PEter Goddard. The Amer(...)
      Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990
      1/6/1976
      In the spotlight: A still-scintillating Tony Bennett, backed by the 18-piece Count Basie Orchestra, plays to a mostly-full Roy Thomson Hall last night
      In the spotlight: A still-scintillating Tony Bennett, backed by the 18-piece Count Basie Orchestra, plays to a mostly-full Roy Thomson Hall last night
      Bennett, Tony, 1926-
      11/22/1991
      A dude today: There's not much different between the Count Basie of today and of the 1930s - except he doesn't play the ponies and arthritis has slowed him a step or two
      A dude today: There's not much different between the Count Basie of today and of the 1930s - except he doesn't play the ponies and arthritis has slowed him a step or two
      Basie, Count, 1904-1984
      4/28/1980