Count Basie News

The Nash announces its new LAST FRIDAY LATE NIGHT JAM, tonight, February 27, and March 27 and April 24 from 10:30 pm - 1:00 am. The Nash's Last Today Late Night Jam Sessions showcase the wide array of talent in the Valley as musicians drop in to spontaneously perform with the band.

William 'Count' Basie started The Count Basie Orchestra in 1935, in Kansas City, Missouri. Within a year, America was listening in on popular radio shows throughout the country to hear what would become 'The greatest swing band in all the land!' A phenomenon was born in 1935 that is still going strong today! Harris Center for the Arts is proud to present this legendary orchestra.

Celtic Thunder and Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, have announced a new catalog partnership, set to begin with the upcoming release of The Very Best of Celtic Thunder.

The Nash announces its new LAST FRIDAY LATE NIGHT JAM, February 27, March 27 and April 24 from 10:30 pm - 1:00 am. The Nash's Last Friday Late Night Jam Sessions showcase the wide array of talent in the Valley as musicians drop in to spontaneously perform with the band.

Jazz trumpet and flugelhorn virtuoso Clark Terry, whose career spanned more than seven decades, passed away on Saturday, February 21 at the age of 94.

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its lineup for March 2 - March 8, including Mike Stern and Bill Evans Band, The Breithaupt Brothers, Barbara Carroll, Jazz Party with Natalie Douglas, and more. Details below!

The Chicago Jazz Orchestra (CJO) under the direction of Artistic Director, Jeff Lindberg, presents its spring concert series beginning with its April 11th performance featuring pianist Monty Alexander. Alexander will be featured in a performance of his own special brand of American jazz, popular song and music from his native Jamaica, performing with the 17-piece CJO.

Arete Productions -- the performance wing of the Santa Barbara School of Performing Arts -- will present the smash Broadway musical Swing!, a high-voltage celebration of the swing era of jazz, at the New Vic Theatre, March 5-7 and March 13-15.

Birdland Jazz Club just announced its March 2015 schedule, featuring Mike Stern and Bill Evans Band, Barbara Carroll, John Abercrombie Quartet, Sheila Jordan with the Steve Kuhn Trio, Kevin Mahogany, Anika Larsen featuring Jessie Mueller and Jarrod Spector, Jim Caruso's Cast Party, and more. Scroll down for details!

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its upcoming performances running through the end of February, including Steps Ahead 35th Anniversary, Barbara Carroll, Rotem Sivan and Peter Bernstein Duo, Jazz Party with Natalie Douglas, and more.

Celebrate this Valentine's Day weekend WITH LOVE FROM DEEDS AND DIVA - a very special three-night engagement where two-time Grammy winning legendary jazz vocalist Diane Schuur takes to the stage with New York's own magnetic tour-de-force Diva Jazz Orchestra, led by the extraordinary talented drummer Dr. Sherrie Maricle.

Rutgers University is now seeking a new executive director to promote the university's jazz program.

The final performances of 'Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine,' Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage's social satire, and a jazz concert that celebrates the music of Duke Ellington and Count Basie, are just two of the Evanston campus events at Northwestern University celebrating Black History Month.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents Singin' in the Rain with live orchestral accompaniment this weekend, February 7 and 8 in Newark and New Brunswick, respectively. Conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos returns to lead the NJSO in the full film score as the movie screens above the stage.

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its schedule for February 16 - February 22, including the Billy Childs Jazz Quartet, Barbara Carroll, Jazz Party with Natalie Douglas, and more. Details below!

The Kennedy Center presents two stellar performances by pop music icons and multiple Grammy winners Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga on Friday, July 31, 2015 and Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 8 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.

Butch Walker's highly anticipated seventh full-length album Afraid Of Ghosts, will be released today, February 3 via Dangerbird Records.

It's been five years since Jesse Malin released a new studio album. Five years in which the singer has pondered his next move, five years in which the songwriter has re-assessed his artistry says Robin Murray of Clash Music who reported on the Premiere of Jesse Malin's 'Addicted'.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) today announced its programs for the 2015–16 concert season, Jacques Lacombe's sixth and final season as the Orchestra's music director. Fulfilling its mission as a statewide orchestra, the NJSO brings subscription programs to venues in Newark, New Brunswick, Princeton, Morristown, Red Bank and Englewood, with 14 weeks of subscription classical programs, five pops programs and three family concerts, as well as several special concerts.

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its lineup for the week of February 2 - 8, including John Pizzarelli Quartet, The Noah Haidu Quartet, Jazz Party with Joelle Lurie, and more. Details below!