From 1935 to his death in 1984, pianist and bandleader Count Basie led one of the most important jazz institutions of the 20th century, in the process forging a distinctive sound that changed the ...

In 1935, pianist William "Count" Basie (born August 21, 1904), a fixture on the Kansas City jazz scene since the late 1920s, organized his own rocking, riffing, blues-based big band. The following ...

Hi, I'm Murray Horwitz, and that's one of the greatest ensembles in all of jazz — The Count Basie Orchestra of the 1950s. It accounts for half of the title of our latest entry into the NPR Basic ...

Count Basie defined the jazz meaning of swing. His band could get more bounce from a line that any other. And though his soloists were never of highest dazzle, they always fit the program.

For traveling musicians, there are two versions of life on the road. Jazz greats Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong gave their own sentimentalized retelling of their nomadic existence ...

RED BANK — This was supposed to be a historic summer for the Count Basie Center for the Arts. The landmark Monmouth Street venue was preparing to wrap up a years-in-the-works, $28 million ...

Basie soon joined the band after sitting in with them that night. After Page's Blue Devils broke up Count Basie and some of the other band members integrated into the Bennie Moten band. He remained ...

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“The Count Basie Center’s performing arts school is now the Turner Academy of the Arts — named in Fran and Paul’s honor,” Philipson said. “Recognizing the Turners for their selfless ...

On Wednesday, April 30, the Count Basie Orchestra will celebrate 90 years swinging at the Kansas City Music Hall. On Wednesday, April 30, the Count Basie Orchestra will celebrate 90 years swinging ...