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 & 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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Live Review Count Basie Orchestra at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. by Patricia Myers February 1, 2016. Count Basie Orchestra Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Scottsdale, ...

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.

RED BANK, NJ — Southside Johnny has retired from touring, ending a 50-year run with his band the Asbury Jukes and canceling his annual New Year’s Eve show at Count Basie. The retirement ...

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 ...