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 ...

The Smithereens and Darlene Love were inducted into the Count Basie Center for the Arts' Walk of Fame during their ...

The band and singer were honored at the Basie Center on Friday, joining Jon Bon Jovi and William "Count" Basie as Walk of Fame inductees.

From 1935 until 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 ...

The Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank has been featured in several major movies and TV projects in the past few years, and two recent biggies have a music connection: “Road Diary: Bruce ...

The history of the Count Basie orchestra is generally divided into two broad periods—the Old Testament band, which lasted from 1935 to 1950, and the New Testament band, which lasted from 1952 until ...

RED BANK — This was supposed to be a historic summer for the Count Basie Center for the Arts. The landmark Monmouth Street venue was preparing to wrap up a years-in-the-works, $28 million expansion, ...

MURRAY HORWITZ, American Film Institute: The worst part of doing the NPR Basic Jazz Record Library is having to fade out music like that. Hi, I'm Murray Horwitz, and that's one of the greatest ...

How many Broadway shows has Count Basie been in? Count Basie has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows. How many West End shows has Count Basie been in? Count Basie has not appeared in the West End How many ...

Count Basie's band was the epitome of swing and his pioneering sound can still be heard in jazz orchestras all over the world. Basie, who was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, on August 21 1904, died 30 ...