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ABOUT
Bandleader, multi-instrumentalist, and core member of the Count Basie Orchestra and of the Blue Devils.He played gigs up until his death from pneumonia.Page's performances with Count Basie were so exceptional that Duke Ellington wanted him for his own band.
BEFORE FAMEHe completed his studies at the University of Kansas at Lawrence in one-third of the anticipated time and went on to play with a series of popular bands.
PERSONAL LIFEHe grew up in Kansas City.
The meaning of the name Page: Attendant FUN FACTSBassist Walter Page were born on Friday, birthstone is Amethyst, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of Rat, it is 19 days until Walter Page next birthday.
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