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 ...

Trumpeter Joe Smith, who fronts the vintage jazz band Joe Smith and the Spicy Pickles, originally wanted his act’s third album to comprise all Count Basie songs. Last November, veteran jazz vocalist ...

If some of the old color and steam were absent, there was still reason to rejoice as the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, led by Wynton Marsalis, celebrated the centennial year of the kid from Red Bank.

The Count Basie Orchestra, the very same one that once counted such jazz luminaries as Lester Young, Billie Holiday, “Papa” Jo Jones, Sonny Payne, Thad Jones and the illustrious Count Basie himself in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RED BANK – Count Basie and Jon Bon Jovi may have made their impacts generations apart, but the two legends have left lasting marks ...

Celebrating jazz has been an integral part of the Count Basie Center for the Arts since 1984, when the space -- formerly the Monmouth Arts Center and the Carlton Theater -- was renamed for native son ...

A daily chronicle of creativity in film, TV, music, arts, and entertainment, produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from November 2014 – March 2020. Host John Horn leads the ...

The Count Basie Center for the Arts celebrated its 100th anniversary, and two of New Jersey’s most iconic musicians were honored with the first-ever inductions into the Center’s new Walk of Fame. This ...

PITTSFIELD — It’s easy to get lost in the instrumentation of the Count Basie Orchestra — the outfit has maintained a roster of up to 18 members for the past nine decades. But the key to the jazz ...