Few jazz bands have been more distinctive than Duke Ellington’s, or have swung harder than Count ... recalled, “Basie wasn’t even mentioned on the tickets and half the posters.

Presented by Dance Alive National Ballet, this performance features Kim Tuttle’s “Dangerous Liaisons” with guest actors Nell ...

A poster for the event states there will be ... Phoenix Productions, the community theater company at the Count Basie Center for the Arts, will feature its first all-Black cast in "The Color ...

Deborah Silver is now gearing up for the May 2025 release of her new album Basie Rocks! on Green Hill Records, with the Count Basie Orchestra. The one night only performance will take place on ...

Count Basie. Tony Bennett ... It was a big deal,” said Crochiere about the “big band jazz” era that he loved researching the most for this book. Dances, balls, and other functions also ...

The jazz world puts all its heroes in “bags ... Duke Ellington because he is a kind of president emeritus, and Count Basie because he so perfectly swings. Last week, in a wild and woolly ...

Billy Wolfe, director of the Big Band at the university, led the ensemble for the second half of the night, beginning with ...

A Red Bank artist who recently completed a popular large mural of jazz great William “Count” Basie was surprised this week to find a photo of the mural on Facebook – with someone else taking credit ...

In the 2025 Jazz Fest poster by renowned New Orleans artist James Michalopoulos, Tarriona "Tank" Ball belts out one of her unique ballads, surrounded by the Tank and the Bangas band, a trio of ...

Even so, due to the propulsive nature of big band swing and its emphasis on the interplay of the horns, the best jazz guitarists of the era – like the Count Basie band’s Freddie Green ...