Jazz greats Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong gave their own sentimentalized retelling of their nomadic existence from the 1930s onward, portraying the jaunts as being as amorous as ...

The Basie Awards are back on stage. The annual awards ceremony, which honors the best of Monmouth County high school theater, will return in-person on Wednesday, May 25, at the Count Basie Center ...

A scene from Red Bank Regional High School’s production of "James and the Giant Peach" at the 2025 Basie Awards at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank.

Tickets for this year’s presentation go on sale Friday, May 9, at 10 a.m. through the Count Basie Center website, the Basie Center Box Office, or via phone at 732-842-9000.

William James “Count” Basie (1904-1984) played piano, led bands, and composed jazz music in America. Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, Basie grew up in a musical family. He started as a musician in ...

Count Basie and his orchestra has a one week engagement at the Apollo Theater, on 125th Street, New York, NY. Image dated: January 31, 1939, New York, NY. CBS Photo Archive / Getty Images ...

The people behind the Count Basie Center for the Arts want to grow the Red Bank theater's audience. That means reaching people who have felt left out.

Celebrating its 89th anniversary year, the legendary Count Basie Orchestra made a stop at The Jazz Kitchen to the delight of audiences at two packed shows on June 21, 2024.