Count Basie News

On Thursday evening, July 22, 2010, The American Society of Music Arrangers & Composers will host the Annual Golden Score Awards, hosted by actor/producer Rob Reiner, at the Universal Hilton Hotel in Universal City.

The 36th Annual Jazz Records Collectors Bash will be held June 25th & 26th, 2010. The event will offer 78s, LPs, CDs, Memorabilia, Rare Films

The Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2010 Hollywood Bowl Jazz series begins Wednesday, July 7 at 8PM with a compelling mix of African beats, dance and jazz. Nigerian Afrobeat superstar Femi Kuti returns with his explosive rhythms and invigorating dancers for a night that celebrates the foundation of jazz music.

The 36th Annual Jazz Records Collectors Bash will be held June 25th & 26th, 2010. The event will offer 78s, LPs, CDs, Memorabilia, Rare Films

The July 2010 National Jazz Museum in Harlem schedule puts particular focus on the visual side of the jazz genre, as we feature classic films in our Jazz for Curious Listeners series (inaugurating a new collaboration with The Maysles Institute), interview one of the premier jazz photographers in the nation, Frank Stewart, for our flagship Harlem Speaks public program, and screen a rare film of 'The High Priestess of Soul,' Nina Simone.

Idina Menzel made her Texas debut Thursday night at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, and impressed the 2000+ people in attendance so much that she was called out for two encores.

Steven Janicki, Executive Director of the Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts, is pleased to announce the 2010-2011 Performing Arts Season with 25 sensational shows.

Daniel Tosh, host of the insanely successful and popular COMEDY CENTRAL series, 'Tosh.0,' will embark on a massive national stand-up tour this fall. 'Tosh Tour Twenty Ten: A COMEDY CENTRAL Live Event' kicks off in September in Arizona and travels to more than 60 cities, with additional shows to be announced (full tour schedule at the end of this release).

Broadway star, GLEE actress, and singer Idina Menzel, has added several new shows to her current solo tour.

On Friday 9th July, for one night only, the Royal Albert Hall is inviting everyone to put on their dancing shoes and join them for the swing party of the summer! 'In Full Swing' will transform the Hall's arena floor into London's greatest dance floor to create the largest swing and jive night that the capital has seen in years. The Hall will recreate a traditional dance hall where people can jive the night away to a selection of live bands and DJs whilst accompanied by some of the best professional dancers in the business. A 5,000 square foot parquet oak dance floor will be installed over the ornate exhibition floor to provide ample of room to move to the best swing, jive, jitterbug and lindy hop tunes. Featuring the filthy purveyors of swing Top Shelf Jazz, the big band sounds of The Back to Basie Orchestra and the UK's No.1 Jive band The Jive Aces, this promises to be a night of high energy and vintage glamour.

Each year since 1976, the New Jersey Jazz Society has presented Jazzfest, one of the best mainstream jazz festivals in the entire metropolitan New York City area. This year is no exception as this popular jazz picnic pays tribute to recent New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees Count Basie and Les Paul, plus Django Reinhart and Woody Herman. Jazzfest will take place on the campus of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey on Saturday, June 5th from Noon to 10:00 p.m. with a free concert on Friday evening, June 4th.

Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

Each year since 1976, the New Jersey Jazz Society has presented Jazzfest, one of the best mainstream jazz festivals in the entire metropolitan New York City area. This year is no exception as this popular jazz picnic pays tribute to recent New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees Count Basie and Les Paul.

Each year since 1976, the New Jersey Jazz Society has presented Jazzfest, one of the best mainstream jazz festivals in the entire metropolitan New York City area. This year is no exception as this popular jazz picnic pays tribute to recent New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees Count Basie and Les Paul, plus Django Reinhart and Woody Herman. Jazzfest will take place on the campus of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey on Saturday, June 5th from Noon to 10:00 p.m. with a free concert on Friday evening, June 4th.

Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

Each year since 1976, the New Jersey Jazz Society has presented Jazzfest, one of the best mainstream jazz festivals in the entire metropolitan New York City area. This year is no exception as this popular jazz picnic pays tribute to recent New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees Count Basie and Les Paul.

From tango to two-step, swing to salsa, Week One of 2010's Midsummer Night Swing has something for everyone - everyone who likes to dance, that is. Starting on Tuesday evening, June 29th and running through Saturday evening, July 3rd -Week One kicks off with a Battle of the Bands between East Coast swing-meisters The George Gee Orchestra versus West Coast swingers The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra.

Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

Chris Isaak fans are in for a double treat this summer with the announcement that the multi-nominated Grammy singer-songwriter has begun his worldwide tour on May 26th with stops in Russia, Europe and the U.S., along with the news that the 'Chris Isaak Live at the Fillmore' CD will be out on June 15th.