The University of Michigan will host jazz performances by the Count Basie Orchestra and Herbie Hancock. Herbie Hancock will perform with musicians like Terence Blanchard and play a mix of his classic ...

Two internationally renowned jazz ensembles, The Count Basie Orchestra and the Maria Schneider Orchestra, will head to campus soon to perform at the Elmhurst University Jazz Festival, one of the ...

William James Basie was born on August 21, 1904, in New Jersey. Count Basie was an American jazz musician and one of the great bandleaders. Basie started learning the piano with his mother. Later, he ...

RED BANK – Bruce Springsteen might still be a California resident, but his heart remains in New Jersey. Last night at the Count Basie Theatre, Springsteen and his band played a sold-out surprise ...

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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.

A CONCERT APPEARANCE by the Count Basie Band is a sort of minor miracle in defiance of the caprice of show business. This is his 34th year as a bandleader, and in the style that won him fame almost ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Fans of classic big band jazz will have an opportunity to boogie and woogie to the sounds of the pre-rock n’ roll ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, when ...

One of New Jersey’s most famous residents, along with a famous Jazz musician, will soon be inaugural members of the Count Basie Center for the Arts’ new Walk of Fame in Red Bank. Rock star Jon Bon ...

Jazz musicians frequently cover popular songs, but few do it quite like vocalist Deborah Silver. With Basie Rocks!, Silver teams up with the iconic Count Basie Orchestra for a genre-crossing ...

Darlene Love and The Smithereens are the next inductees to the Count Basie Center for the Arts' Walk of Fame. The induction ceremonies will take place during the artists' respective shows at the Basie ...

This story originally appeared in the Asbury Park Press on March 24, 1993. RED BANK – Bruce Springsteen might still be a California resident, but his heart remains in New Jersey. Last night at the ...