Count Basie News

Wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the name of American metal band Goatwhore, Stephin Merritt and his Magnetic Fields bandmates arrived in London last weekend to celebrate the 25th anniversary of genre-blending 69 Love Songs.

Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Samara Joy has announced a new studio album Portrait, set for release on October 11th. Ahead of the release, she has dropped her lead single 'You Stepped Out of a Dream,' available everywhere now.

Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre will open I Left My Heart - A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett on Friday, August 30th, at 8:00pm

Gunhild Carling is releasing a major big band album this fall! Titled 'Jazz Is My Lifestyle'. The album was recorded in Frank Sinatra's former studio, East West in Los Angeles, featuring top big band musicians in America.

Mayor Steven M. Fulop and the New Jersey Symphony have announced the renowned Symphony's relocation to a new state-of-the-art, 44,000-square-foot theater in Jersey City's downtown Powerhouse Arts District.

Mayor Steven M. Fulop and the New Jersey Symphony announced today the renowned Symphony’s relocation to a new state-of-the-art, 44,000-square-foot theater in Jersey City’s downtown Powerhouse Arts District.

Songbook Sundays, created and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer, kept on rolling this Sunday, August 18, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club. The bi-monthly series celebrates the American Songbook. This month's edition, NOTHIN’ BUT DUKE ELLINGTON, paid tribute to jazz’s greatest icon, who celebrated his 125th birthday this year. Check out photos from inside the big event.

Portland’s Pink Martini is celebrating their 30th Anniversary this year. The festivities include a massive North American tour and the release of new music this Summer and Fall. Now, they share the first of the new music, their take on the 1947 single “I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out.”

One thing is for sure: when Deborah Silver appears live, that special kind of energetic excitement, elusive on her award-winning recordings, videos, and social media platforms, becomes unleashed in the venue that the “glitter & grits” vocalist performs in. And so it was last night at The City Winery in New York City. Check out photos from the event here!

Just at summer's end, MUSE/IQUE and Artistic & Music Director Rachael Worby will present MUSE/IQUE's next show of their 2024 season Freedom at the Moulin Rouge, the incredible, under-told story of the first-ever fully integrated hotel and casino in the country.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have revealed all jazz programming running August 12th - August 25th.

Just at summer’s end, MUSE/IQUE and Artistic & Music Director Rachael Worby will present MUSE/IQUE’s next show of their 2024 season Freedom at the Moulin Rouge, the under-told story of the first-ever fully integrated hotel and casino in the country.

The third annual Montco Jazz Fest, curated by Joanna Pascale, has revealed its lineup. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Songbook Sundays, created and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer celebrating the American Songbook will continue at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club with Nothin’ But Duke Ellington. Learn how to purchase tickets.

All single tickets are now available for purchase to the New Jersey Symphony’s 2024–25 season. Learn more about the programming and see how to purchase tickets.

JAZZ REPUBLIC: TAIWAN, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE FREEDOM OF SWING, the newest album by vocalist ALEXIS COLE, is a big band album featuring the TAIPEI JAZZ ORCHESTRA. It will be released on August 19.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater has revealed jazz programming running August 5th - August 18th.

Emmy award winner and acclaimed multi-platinum singer/songwriter Andy Grammer teams up with award-winning country duo Maddie & Tae for a spirited new single “I Do,” out everywhere now.

Count Basie would have turned 120 in August, while the Count Basie Orchestra lives on, having just won the 2024 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble. In a collaboration with the Count Basie Orchestra, acclaimed two-time #1 Billboard chart-topping Jazz singer Deborah Silver is now gearing up for the early 2025 release of her new album Basie Rocks!, produced by Rolling Stones drummer extraordinaire Steve Jordan. She is here to tell us all about it in this video.

Pink Martini - the renowned musical group from Portland, known for its eclectic blend of classical, jazz, and Latin music - is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year. The celebration features a massive North American tour which includes a 2-night stand at Hollywood Bowl on August 23 and 24 with Andrew Bird Trio opening.