with newly recorded studio performances by the Count Basie Orchestra. (Basie died in 1984, but his famed big band continues to tour and record, directed by Bill Hughes.) Charles and Basie never ...

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 ...

Bill Basie studied music with his mother as a child and played piano in early childhood. He picked up the basics of early ragtime from some of the great Harlem pianists and studied organ informally ...

The Big Band era of Benny Goodman and Glen Miller, and Count Basie might have been its apogee. And what about the blues? Derived from African American spirituals and work songs of the 1800s ...

In 1967, Count Basie put his big band touch to Sonny Rollins' Caribbean-inspired tune "St. Thomas." Now, musicians from the Caribbean's northernmost city have put their own high-energy ...

The Falconaires cover big band classics from Glen Miller, Count Basie, and more. They also played some Quees for the classic rock fans in the crowd. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter.

Count Basie Orchestra is among the world’s most celebrated jazz big bands, founded in 1935 by the legendary pianist and bandleader, Count Basie. Basie led the band for more than 50 years until his ...

Performing music from Bill Chase, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Tower of Power ... The UMass Lowell Pep Band, also known as the Jazz Rock Big Band, is under the direction of Dan Lutz, and Deb Huber.

At The Colonial gig, listeners can expect a big band array of horns, strings and keys playing ... 7:30 p.m. May 3: The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, The Colonial Theatre. Tickets required. 10 a.m.

It features Sinatra’s signature smooth vocals backed by Basie’s sophisticated ... primarily follow a big band jazz style with swing arrangements, characterized by Count Basie’s orchestra ...

They’re here for Benny Goodman, for Glenn Miller, for Count Basie and for Duke Ellington. They’re here for the Mobile Big Band Society, an ensemble that has, for more than a decade ...