Forecasting the paths that big-band jazz might travel is difficult now that another of its pacesetters has reached the end of his journey. In symbolic terms, the loss of Count Basie, who died last ...
For traveling musicians, there are two versions of life on the road. Jazz greats Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong gave their own sentimentalized retelling of their nomadic existence ...
It was not by accident, perhaps, that the yachting cap became Count Basie's signature topper. Count Basie got around. And wherever he went, he went in style. "He had keys to any major city," says ...
On Wednesday, April 30, the Count Basie Orchestra will celebrate 90 years swinging at the Kansas City Music Hall. On Wednesday, April 30, the Count Basie Orchestra will celebrate 90 years swinging at ...
RED BANK - Adriana Medina-Gomez has been thinking about what diversity and inclusion, in all their complexity, would actually look like. She points out the U.S. embrace of Cinco de Mayo, which offers ...
American jazz fans are often left wondering why Europeans, Scandinavians and the Japanese are so passionate about the music while listeners here don't seem to have much of an appetite for it. One ...
RED BANK, NJ — A New Jersey rock star has officially been inducted into the Count Basie Center for the Arts’ new Walk of Fame. On Thursday, Jon Bon Jovi and William “Count” Basie were honored as the ...
One of New Jersey’s most famous residents, along with a famous Jazz musician, will soon be inaugural members of the Count Basie Center for the Arts’ new Walk of Fame in Red Bank. Rock star Jon Bon ...
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