It’s "April in Paris," sang Count Basie (though Sarah Vaughan’s rendition is a personal favorite), and it's as good an anthem ...

William James Basie, also known as Count Basie, was a legendary bandleader and pianist whose Kansas City swing defined an era ...

RED BANK, NJ — The Count Basie Center’s Day of Giving is set to return on Friday with their annual radiothon on 107.1 The Boss. Starting at 6 a.m., the Boss will kick off the daylong event ...

Count Basie "Live"; Basie Power; The Meetin'; Blues In Hoss's Flat; Why Not; Good Time Blues; Festival Blues; Splanky; The More I See You; I Needs To Be Bee'd With; Bookie Blues; All Of Me; Shiny ...

(R); What's Your Number? (R); Five O'Clock Whistle (S); Five O'Clock Whistle (S); Broadway (S). (A) Carl "Tatti" Smith; Lester Young; Count Basie; Walter Page; Jo Jones; Jimmy Rushing. (B) Buck ...

A 17-piece jazz band from Longview is set to perform its big band spring concert at 7 p.m. May 18 at Trinity Lutheran Church ...

When your drumming career begins at age 19 in the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, playing for jazz legends like Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman and Count Basie, it’s more than a great start. To perform ...

When a concert is titled ‘April in Paris’ it is tempting to think of the jazz standard with the same title by the Count Basie ...

The Borough of Red Bank held its annual Spring Egg Hunt Sunday at Count Basie Field after a jarring thirty degree temperature ...

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The borough council has approved a lease extension with the Red Bank Board of Education (BOE) for Count Basie Fields and Park. The agreement, unanimously approved at the March 27 council meeting, ...