Rock legend Jon Bon Jovi and late jazz pianist William James “Count” Basie are set to be inducted into the Basie Center’s Walk of Fame Thursday in Red Bank. They will be the first to receive the honor ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Get ready for deep swing and thunderous horns, Motor City: The legendary Count Basie Orchestra will play Detroit’s Aretha Franklin ...

Count Basie fans tend to focus on his hard-driving “Super Chief" bands of the 1940s and his stylistic “New Testament" bands of the 1950s. And rightly so. But often overlooked is Basie's output during ...

A CONCERT APPEARANCE by the Count Basie Band is a sort of minor miracle in defiance of the caprice of show business. This is his 34th year as a bandleader, and in the style that won him fame almost ...

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.

Held at The Madison Center for the Arts, 5601 N. 16th St, proceeds from the concert will benefit The Nash's jazz education center and its efforts to expand the center's facilities downtown to serve ...

There’s a good reason for it, too, because it’s his job. Barnhart spent 20 years as a soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra before being tapped as the big band’s director. On Friday, Oct. 11 when the ...