He's 93. He plays the piano. And he's really, really good. How Herb Sell still makes music Herb Sell, 93, of Littlestown, was friends with Duke Ellington and Count Basie.

William James "Count" Basie was born Aug. 21, 1904, and raised in Red Bank, N.J. Basie was bitten by the show business bug at an early age, when traveling circuses came to town.

Nothing demonstrates Count Basie's eminence in the dance hall like the newly remastered... Music DVD Review: Count Basie — Swingin' the Blues Seattle Post-Intelligencer Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Count Basie. Source: Michael Ricci August 21, 2023. All About Jazz is celebrating Count Basie's birthday today! Bill Basie studied music with his mother as a child and played ...

No, the Count isn't literally back... in fact, he's never really been away, as the Count Basie Orchestra has kept rolling along under a series of leaders since Basie's death in April 1984. This latest ...

Before Count Basie helped create swing music and define American music, before he moved to Harlem and Kansas City, he began to find his musical voice in the West Side of Asbury Park.

Count Basie: The Man and His Music, Pt. 2 Its conception unique, its talent unmatched, no group ever swung harder than the Basie big band of the 1930s and early '40s.