Count Basie News

Tickets are on sale now for Lincoln Center's 22nd season of Midsummer Night Swing which will take place every Tuesday through Saturday, June 29-July 17 (except July 13, which will be replaced with a night of dancing on Monday, July 12th). The program will take place in Swing's home, Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park, on West 62nd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues.

Tony Award-winning actress Idina Menzel (WICKED, RENT, 'Glee') has added a November 12 concert at Georgia's Atlanta Symphony Hall to her current solo tour. A Fan Club pre-sale will begin soon. For more details or to purchase tickets, visit www.idinamenzel.com.

The Metropolitan Room hosts Manhattan's most exciting 'American Idol' style competition. The third annual 'Metrostar Talent Challenge' Trials begin July 12, 2010 with a grand finale on August 30th, 2010.

The noise coming from Damrosch Park is the roar of dancing feet as Midsummer Night Swing draws to a thunderous close with Week Three. Afrobeat star Femi Kuti & The Positive Force takes over on July 12th, with the associate choreographer from FELA! sweating out the relentless beats and a pre-show DJ set by Jump n' Funk's Rich Medina with Sahr from the cast of FELA! On July 14th songstress Catherine Russell and Cat & The Hounds Swing Band takes over, with a bluesy, jazz-tinged night of swing.

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.

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 National Jazz Museum in Harlem has over the course of several years evolved into a major cultural presence in New York City. National Jazz Museum in Harlem announces July 5-11, 2010 Schedule

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.

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem has over the course of several years evolved into a major cultural presence in New York City. National Jazz Museum in Harlem announces July 5-11, 2010 Schedule

Tickets are on sale now for Lincoln Center's 22nd season of Midsummer Night Swing which will take place every Tuesday through Saturday, June 29-July 17 (except July 13, which will be replaced with a night of dancing on Monday, July 12th). The program will take place in Swing's home, Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park, on West 62nd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues.

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.

The noise coming from Damrosch Park is the roar of dancing feet as Midsummer Night Swing draws to a thunderous close with Week Three. Afrobeat star Femi Kuti & The Positive Force takes over on July 12th, with the associate choreographer from FELA! sweating out the relentless beats and a pre-show DJ set by Jump n' Funk's Rich Medina with Sahr from the cast of FELA! On July 14th songstress Catherine Russell and Cat & The Hounds Swing Band takes over, with a bluesy, jazz-tinged night of swing.

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.