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

The band will perform popular jazz tunes and arrangements from some of the most important big band leaders from that era, including Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Benny Goodman. With live music ...

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 ...

“Fly Me to the Moon” is a timeless jazz standard that achieved iconic status through Frank Sinatra’s collaboration with Count Basie and his orchestra. The song, with its swinging arrangement ...

Count Basie nicknamed her “Stride," a nod to her ability to play this technically and physically demanding jazz piano style. She performs at the Temple Theater, 1011 Locust St., Des Moines ...

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 Boss took the stage with Jesse Malin at the 25th anniversary Light of Day main event Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank. Springsteen and Malin delivered a ...

His considerable talents have also been recognized by Ohio’s TriC and Lakeland jazz festivals and the Count Basie Jazz Festival in Hampton, Virginia. The Dimitri Nassar Trio has performed at various ...

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 ...

Frank Sinatra’s first live album was recorded in Las Vegas in 1966 and teamed the iconic crooner with two other giants of American music: Count Basie and his Orchestra, with Quincy Jones serving as ...