Count Basie broke up his band in 1950 because of financial considerations, but later reorganized and embarked on a series of recording sessions that solidified him as an American jazz institution.

Ray Sings and Basie Swings A new album features the late Ray Charles playing with the Count Basie Orchestra, but Charles never actually recorded with the group. The tracks were mashed together by ...

What has 38 legs, 14 horns, swings like crazy, specializes in jumping at 1 o'clock and is coming to Fairfax? The Count Basie Orchestra, natch. Yes, the band arrives at the eclectic music club 19 ...

Jazz news: Ray Charles & Count Basie Orchestra Release Ray Sings, Basie Swings CD. Posted in “Recording” column. Published: September 15, 2006 ... Basie Swings, due out October 3rd, 2006 at Starbucks ...

At a White House reception in December 1981, President Ronald Reagan honored the great jazz orchestra leader William J. “Count” Basie as “among the handful of musicians that helped change ...

For nearly 50 years, pianist William “Count” Basie’s 16-piece orchestra was one of the most important, and unique swinging, machines in jazz. Sunday night at Orchestra Hall, trombonist ...

Ray Charles & the Count Basie Orchestra: Ray Sings, Basie Swings album review by Martin Gladu, published on December 29, 2006. ... Basie Swings, reminiscent of past crossover duos, draws upon state-of ...

Tallahassee's Scotty Barnhart got his moment in the spotlight at Sunday's 66th Grammy Awards. Looking relaxed, confident, and mightily pleased, renowned jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger ...

Producer Gregg Field says that creating the new Ray Charles album "Ray Sings, Basie Swings," due Oct. 3 from Concord Records and Starbucks Hear Music, was "like painting the Sistine Chapel with a ...

On Wednesday, April 30, the Count Basie Orchestra will celebrate 90 years swinging at the Kansas City Music Hall. "Everybody in the orchestra will be featured. And we'll just be doing what Mr ...

The Count Basie Orchestra will play the Colonial Theatre May 3, part of the 19th annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival. ... Grammy awards 41 years after Basie’s death in 1984 — as it did for Best Large ...

Count Basie broke up his band in 1950 because of financial considerations, but later reorganized and embarked on a series of recording sessions that solidified him as an American jazz institution.