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 ...

Trombonist, Bill Hughes, bandleader and director of the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, has announced his retirement on September 12, 2010. Hired by William “Count" Basie himself, Hughes first joined ...

New York, November -- Wolfgang's Vault, longtime home of the rarest archive of live music recordings for free streaming and for download, has announced the addition of the Newport Jazz collection and ...

The University of Michigan will host jazz performances by the Count Basie Orchestra and Herbie Hancock. Herbie Hancock will perform with musicians like Terence Blanchard and play a mix of his classic ...

The legendary Count Basie Orchestra will perform at the Midland Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 15. The big band is still performing with members personally chosen by the Count before his ...

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 ...

From the intimate clubs of Kansas City to the grand stage of Carnegie Hall, the Count Basie Orchestra is a testament to the enduring power of jazz to transcend generations and inspire audiences across ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Fans of classic big band jazz will have an opportunity to boogie and woogie to the sounds of the pre-rock n’ roll ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, when ...

From humble beginnings at the turn of the century, the pianist and bandleader rose to become an American success story. By 1935, Count Basie had... Count Basie: The Man and His Music, Pt. 1 From 1935 ...

The Count Basie Orchestra, led by Scotty Barnhart, will perform at Detroit’s Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre on August 13. The orchestra's latest album, "Basie Swings the Blues," won a 2024 Grammy Award.

The Center for the Arts is pleased to present the Count Basie Orchestra with Special Guest Gunhild Carling in the Marisa Funk Theater on July 13, 2024. In the history of jazz music, there is only one ...