The 1960s was a decade of reverse transition for Count Basie. When his Roulette contract ended in 1962, Basie signed with Reprise and began recording a series of swinging albums with Frank Sinatra. By ...

Disc 1 -- Broadway; Down for Double; Lester Leaps In; Topsy; Jumpin' at the Woodside; Taps Miller; Shorty George; Doggin' Around; Avenue C; Jive at Five; Rock-a-Bye Basie; Moten Swing (41:01). Disc 2- ...

How’s this for some classic Jersey cool? William “Count” Basie, the iconic, Red Bank-born bandleader and composer is celebrated in grand fashion with “Late Night Basie,” a new tribute album arriving ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tallahassee's Scotty Barnhart got his moment in the spotlight at Sunday's 66th Grammy Awards. Looking relaxed, confident, and ...

The Giants of Jazz 2LP reissue unites Frank Sinatra’s classic mid-’60s collaborations with Count Basie and Duke Ellington, newly remastered for vinyl. As a longtime record collector, I was admittedly ...

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.

Deborah Silver teamed up with the legendary Count Basie Orchestra to record an album of classic rock covers. Produced by Grammy winner and current Rolling Stones drummer Steve Jordan, the album ...

Jazz singer Deborah Silver will perform one-night only at The Loft at City Winery NYC on Tuesday, August 13th at 7:30pm along with her quartet of world-class musicians, performing select songs from ...

This special Album Release Event at Feinstein's celebrates Basie Rocks!, the brand-new album Deborah Silver recorded with The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra. From JazzTimes Magazine: “Vocalist ...

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 ...

Tallahassee's Scotty Barnhart got his moment in the spotlight at Sunday's 66th Grammy Awards. Looking relaxed, confident, and mightily pleased, renowned jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, educator, ...