Directed by Scotty Barnhart, featuring Lizz WrightAlong with the orchestra he formed in 1935, William James Count Basie re-wrote the history of jazz with 18 Grammy Awards, appearances for kings and ...

Happy rock 'n' roll birthday to the late, great Count Basie. Basie, born Aug. 21. 1904, in Red Bank, is one of music's most acclaimed big band jazz leaders, but he rocked pretty good, too. The Count ...

Primary Wave Music Publishing and the Count Basie Estate are looking to foster the next generation of musical talent and have announced their first ever Count Basie Great American Swing Contest.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two legendary musical acts took big holiday steps Friday, Dec. 19, at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Count Basie Center for the Arts just announced the next two Jersey arts legends inductees to its Walk of Fame. Rock and Roll ...

The Count Basie Orchestra, led by Scotty Barnhart, will perform at Detroit’s Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre on August 13. The orchestra's latest album, "Basie Swings the Blues," won a 2024 Grammy Award.

Stages across the state and country were forced to cancel shows and shut down his past spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic, devastating the arts. But a new local performance space will manage to ...

The Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank and Asbury Park's Lakehouse Music Academy just announced a partnership that will bring some of Lakehouse's programs to the Basie campus, uniting two ...

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. For those of us who love ...

NJ’s Lakehouse Music Academy, one of the area’s leading music learning facilities, expands from its Asbury Park home base, adding a satellite location at the Counter Basie Center for the Arts in ...

Editor's note: On Nov. 3, the Fox Theater announced the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra performance scheduled for Nov. 18 was canceled due to a COVID-19 related circumstance beyond the theater's ...

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 ...