Primary Wave Music Publishing and the Count Basie Estate are looking to foster the next generation of musical talent and have announced their first ever Count Basie Great American Swing Contest.

“It was one of the biggest hits Basie ever had,” orchestra leader Bill Hughes said. “To this day it’s a miracle it didn’t turn out to be his theme song, because it’s played so many times.” Hughes and ...

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No other band has ever matched the sweet swing of the Count Basie Orchestra. The Count himself has been gone since 1984, but Friday night his tradition lived on at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach ...

Founded in Kansas City in 1935, the Count Basie Orchestra celebrates its 80th anniversary with the release of its first Christmas album. With delightful assists from guests including the Christmas ...

Nobody questions the nobility of those two grandmasters of big-band jazz, Duke Ellington and Count Basie. They were the best. Ellington issued his manifesto: “It Don’t Mean a Thing, If It Ain’t Got ...

The Arlington Jazz Exchange may not be able to physically transport you to celebrate April in Paris, but they aim to get you there musically via a tribute concert honoring the legendary Count Basie.

In 1935, pianist William "Count" Basie (born August 21, 1904), a fixture on the Kansas City jazz scene since the late 1920s, organized his own rocking, riffing, blues-based big band. The following ...

Fifty years later, Harold Jones can still recall that blast of brass and reeds, the surging flow of the rhythm, the joyous spirit of the Count Basie Orchestra. One of the best drummers in the business ...

Swing music experienced a bit of a renaissance over the last couple years, a craze that spawned a group of new young sings groups — energetic and somewhat fun, but marginally talented and extremely ...