Count Basie News

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its lineup for November 6-November 12, featuring the Django Reinhardt NY Festival Allstars, Denise Reis, Thana Alexa's Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, and more. Scroll down for details!

Iconic entertainer Marilyn Maye, accompanied by The Tedd Firth Big Band, will perform in The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center on October 27-28 at 7pm and 9:30pm. Maye is one of the remaining geniuses from the golden age of show business, and offers an American Songbook experience like none other.

The dynamic 26th annual season continues at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts with nonstop concerts, shows and holiday presentations for every audience and all entertainment preferences throughout November and December:

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Xian Zhang present works by Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev, November 30 December 3 in Englewood, Newark and New Brunswick.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents the 1951 film An American in Paris with live performances of the score, November 25 26 in Newark and New Brunswick. Gene Kelly stars as a former American GI who falls for Parisian Leslie Caron; the film features classic songs by George and Ira Gershwin.

Genre-blurring artist Boney James continues to make a big impact this week. His new album HONESTLY reclaims the #1 slot on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz charts for its fourth week on top.

THE BLACK BOX, downtown Franklin's theater, music and event venue, presents a full lineup of quality live entertainment this November. A suburban hub for great music, THE BLACK BOX is located at 15 West Central Street.

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its lineup for October 30-November 5, featuring Ann Hampton Callaway, Alexis Cole in Now's the Time, Veronica Swift and more!

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra takes concertgoers on an intergalactic adventure in Shooting for the Stars family concerts on Saturday, November 18, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. The program features music inspired by the far reaches of space including Holst's The Planets and the otherworldly main themes from Star Wars and Star Trek and music that will inspire concertgoers to shoot for the stars and dream their own dreams.

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its November 2017 lineup, featuring Veronica Swift with the Benny Green Trio, Ann Hampton Callaway, Memo Acevedo, Django Reinhardt NY Festival Allstars, Thana Alexa's Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, Diane Schurr, Marcus Roberts Trio, Jim Caruso's Cast Party, and more. Scroll down for details!

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its lineup for October 23-29, featuring Lea DeLaria with special guests Norm Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, Janis Siegel, Jennifer Nettles and Danielle Brooks, Frank Perowsky Jazz Orchestra, Arianna Neikrug, and more. Scroll down for details!

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Ethan Gruska has released an intimate live version of 'Teenage Drug,' alongside an accompanying Mahogany Sessions series live video.

The following events will all take place at The Tank (at their new home, 312 West 36th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues).

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra hosts its first College Night of the 2017 18 season on Saturday, November 4, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. A special $10 student ticket includes entrance to the Orchestra's 8 pm performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, as well as a post-concert all-student party with light refreshments and live entertainment.

Two-time Grammy Award winner Jason Isbell and his mighty band The 400 Unit have announced 2018 tour dates bringing them through the Midwest and Eastern U.S. in January and February with a tour stop at The VETS in Providence on February 2, 2018.

Two-time Grammy Award winner Jason Isbell and his mighty band The 400 Unit have announced 2018 tour dates bringing them through the Midwest and Eastern U.S. in January and February.

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its lineup for October 16-October 22, featuring Ron Carter Golden Striker Trio, Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano present DOWNTON ABBEY ROAD: The Best of Britain, Sean Harkness Duo, and more. Scroll down for details!

The sentiment, color, and spirit of the native Mexican tradition comes to life in Calpulli Mexican Dance Company's Dia de los Muertos, under the Artistic Direction of Alberto Lopez Herrera. Through Mexican folk dance, classical ballet, and live music, a timeless story of love and hope comes to life.

Legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee,Grammy Winner, New York Times Best-Selling Author, co-founder and chief lyricist of The Beach Boys,Mike Love, is set to release a special double album on November 17 through BMG.

GOBSMACKED!, the a cappella and beatbox musical, will appear at the Capitol Center for the Arts (Concord, NH) on November 14 as part of a 120-stop North American tour. This performance is the second of several free William H. Giles Concert Series performances during the CCA's 2017-18 season.