Count Basie & Joe Williams Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings Verve 1956 On Christmas Day 1954, singer Joe Williams began his six-year tenure with the Basie juggernaut. His debut recording with ...

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 ...

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.

From humble beginnings at the turn of the century, the pianist and bandleader rose to become an American success story. By 1935, Count Basie had passed through Harlem and arrived in Kansas City ...

An agreement with Count Basie's trust will allow Count Basie Theatre to use the musician's name for the next century. Basie was born in Red Bank and played a 1979 show at the theater that now ...

Count Basie made history in 1958 as the first African-American man to receive a Grammy. He earned nine Grammy Awards over the course of his career.

The winner of the Count Basie Great American Swing Contest will be chosen on December 1, 2020 by an esteemed panel of judges including Branford Marsalis, Bruce Barth, Christian McBride, Helen Sung ...

There’s a good reason for it, too, because it’s his job. Barnhart spent 20 years as a soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra before being tapped as the big band’s director three years ago.

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.

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.