Count Basie took his group to a city for at least one recording.
Chicago ( [ ʃᵻˈkɑːɡoʊ ] or [ ʃᵻˈkɔːɡoʊ ] ) , officially the City of Chicago , is the third-most populous city in the United States . Count Basie . In 1935 , Basie formed his own jazz orchestra , the Count Basie Orchestra , and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording .