information on some jazz musicians?

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basie-known as the kid from red bank--piano player,band leader
billie holiday-known as lady day-jazz vocalist--drug user led to her death
ella fitzgerald--great jazz vocalist-great scat singer
bing crosby-one of the impt male singers of the early 1930's

I agree with the answer given by "Paul". This site, www.allmusic.com is a mine of information for all types of music. It has a biography for every artist together with a list of all their albums.

Just type the name after the last slash/colon and you'll get who you want:

http://www.ask.com/music/artist/
http://www.answers.com/topic/william-count-basie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk: