Count Basie News

The very best in Broadway, jazz and rock in three very unique cabaret-style shows will debut this August in Somerset County at the Sieminski Theater. 

Acclaimed multi-platinum alternative rock bands Gin Blossoms and Toad the Wet Sprocket are set to embark on a 15-date co-headlining summer tour. Kicking off on Thursday, August 1, in Wisconsin, the tour will bring the “Hey Jealousy” and “Walk on the Ocean” hitmakers to amphitheaters and theaters across the Midwest and East Coast.

Using Bennett’s original musical arrangements, Tony Bennett- The Official Musical Celebration will feature a talented big band orchestra/rhythm section and stellar cast of Broadway vocalists who will capture the essence of Bennett’s vocal brilliance and charismatic stage presence.

Pacific Jazz Orchestra, LA's only resident 40-piece hybrid big band and string orchestra, has announced an ambitious and adventurous 2024-25 season.

This December powerhouse vocalist & platinum selling recording artist Chris Pinnella (formerly of Trans-Siberian Orchestra) along with his phenomenal 15-Piece Orchestra will return to The Vogel at the Count Basie Center for the Performing Arts in Red Bank, NJ, to ring in the holiday season with Christmas Classics and Holiday Hits!

Birdland has announced jazz programming running at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater July 15th - July 28th.

Jazz singer Deborah Silver will perform a one-night-only show at City Winery NYC on August 13th and is preparing for her new album 'Basie Rocks' with the legendary Count Basie Orchestra.

Set for release on August 16, 2024, the record realizes Haas’s desire to create an album where listeners close their eyes and feel transported to a basement speakeasy in NYC, hearing great jazz and having an amazing time basking in the environment of what jazz is all about – the players, the listeners, and the moment.

The newly founded dance group 'Attention' took the stage at Christiania Theatre in Oslo with their debut performance, 'What is Jazz,' and left the audience yearning for more. The show, a vibrant tribute to the art of jazz dance, featured thirteen dance numbers and seven of them were tributes legendary choreographers such as Chet Walker, Buddy Schwimmer, Frankie Manning and Molly Molloy.

Beginning in September, Five For Fighting will be playing a series of special string quartet shows (all dates below). Ondrasik will be bringing top musicians including Tony-Award winning concertmaster and co-orchestrator of Moulin Rouge! The Musical Katie Kresek (Violin), Melissa Tong (Violin), who toured with Post Malone in 2023, and Broadway’s Chris Cardona (Viola) and Peter Sachon (Cello). 

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this July with a full slate of nightly performances.

The Eyal Vilner Big Band released their new album Swingin' Uptown, and will celebrate with performances at Lincoln Center's Summer For The City program and Birdland Jazz Club.

Boundless Theater will present the first stage reading of 'Crash & Burn - The Trials & Tribulations Of A Queer Man Living Under A Curse' by Chetan Rao and Nalini Sharma. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The five-time Grammy-nominated roots/blues/rock musician Cody Dickinson has released 'Big City' from his upcoming album Homemade, out June 21st. Set to a festival-friendly soundtrack of grooves and guitars, “Big City” is a rallying cry for action and inclusivity. Listen to the song now!

The Godfather Live brings Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece to music venues for the first time, making its premiere at NJPAC in Newark on Friday, August 16 at 7:30 pm; and Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank on Sunday, August 18 at 3 pm.

Rising pop star Matteo Bocelli has announced his upcoming fall tour, A Night With Matteo: The Americas 2024. The tour will see Bocelli perform at 19 venues across North and South America, including the Metropolitan in Mexico City, Vivo Rio in Rio de Janeiro, The Town Hall in New York City, the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto, The Fillmore Detroit, and The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.

Emmy Award winner and acclaimed multi-platinum singer/songwriter Andy Grammer has released his new song, “Without You.' In addition to the release, Grammer will be embarking on a headlining fall tour, ‘Greater Than: A One Man Show,’ an intimate new solo, acoustic set blending a series of songs, poetry and storytelling. Take a look at the tour dates and listen to the new song now!

Centenary Stage Company, the not-for-profit theatre company prepares a full schedule of professional theatrical performances for their 39th season.

CLUB44 RECORDS' The Colors of My Life: A Cy Coleman Songbook – the new album from ten-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist Janis Siegel and internationally recognized pianist, arranger, and composer Yaron Gershovsky – will be released on CD and streaming and digital formats on Friday, June 7.

Experience the New Jersey Symphony with Daniil Trifonov performing Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F. Learn more about the concert and see how to purchase tickets.