From 1935 to his death in 1984, pianist and bandleader Count Basie led one of the most important jazz institutions of the 20th century, in the process forging a distinctive sound that changed the jazz ...

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 ...

Founded in Kansas City in 1935, the Count Basie Orchestra celebrates its 80th anniversary with the release of its first Christmas album. With delightful assists from guests including the Christmas ...

When William “Count” Basie formed his jazz orchestra in 1935, he probably never dreamed that nearly 80 years later, the orchestra would still be going strong. This Saturday, exactly 30 years after ...

Basie Rocks! A great idea? One best left on the cutting-room floor? Or perhaps a little of both? There are reasonable arguments to be made on all sides of the equation. On the one hand, this is the ...

The Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank and Asbury Park's Lakehouse Music Academy just announced a partnership that will bring some of Lakehouse's programs to the Basie campus, uniting two ...

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 ...

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.

Stages across the state and country were forced to cancel shows and shut down his past spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic, devastating the arts. But a new local performance space will manage to ...

NJ’s Lakehouse Music Academy, one of the area’s leading music learning facilities, expands from its Asbury Park home base, adding a satellite location at the Counter Basie Center for the Arts in ...

No, the Count isn't literally back... in fact, he's never really been away, as the Count Basie Orchestra has kept rolling along under a series of leaders since Basie's death in April 1984. This latest ...