Count Basie News

As good as Swing! is - and it is very good despite some dangerously frightening near-misses and a rather frenetic pace - one thing bothers me: Why did Adams-Johnson, borrowing a journalistic reference, bury her lead in the middle of the second act? Every journalism student learns in News Writing 101 that you never want to bury your lead; you want the most pertinent bit of information in your first paragraph. In the case of Swing!, you're offered tantalizing glimpses of the story's lead as soon as the curtain opens, but the show doesn't deliver the goods until well into the show's second hour.

ALEXIS GERSHWIN, the acclaimed vocalist, will pay tribute to her uncles with two very special concerts in California next month based on her CD Gershwin Sings Gershwin.

ALEXIS GERSHWIN, the acclaimed vocalist, will pay tribute to her uncles with two very special concerts in California next month based on her CD Gershwin Sings Gershwin.

Bob Lappin & The Palm Beach Pops welcome to their stage superstar Vegas entertainer Clint Holmes for 'An Evening with Clint Holmes,' a six-night engagement in South Florida on February 8-12 and 14, 2010. When Clint is on stage, anything can happen, and usually does!

Soul Street Dance of Houston presents their newest concert Breakin' Backwards - where bustin' moves take on decades past. Four male street dancers perform their special contemporary mix of choreography to the most popular music of the decades.

Bob Lappin & The Palm Beach Pops welcome to their stage superstar Vegas entertainer Clint Holmes for 'An Evening with Clint Holmes,' a six-night engagement in South Florida on February 8-12 and 14, 2010. When Clint is on stage, anything can happen, and usually does!

From December 1, 2009 through January 19, 2010 JerseyArts.com invited the public to vote for their favorite nonprofit arts groups in its second annual People's Choice Awards.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association today announces the Hollywood Bowl summer 2010 subscription series for its 89th season at the historic venue.

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem's February 2010 schedule of events are chock full of choices for all from newcomers to the music to seasoned fans of music.

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem's February 2010 schedule of events are chock full of choices for all from newcomers to the music to seasoned fans of music.

Soul Street Dance of Houston presents their newest concert Breakin' Backwards - where bustin' moves take on decades past. Four male street dancers perform their special contemporary mix of choreography to the most popular music of the decades.

The era when Monday-night big bands were ubiquitous is well behind us, but the reason has little to do with that old saw about the difficulty of keeping a large ensemble together.

New productions of Jonathan Larson's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical RENT are about to open in Manila, the San Francisco East Bay and New Jersey. And all these productions happen to feature Filipino and Filipino-American actors in their roster of young and hip cast members.

THE DAVID BERGER JAZZ ORCHESTRA - the acclaimed band featured in the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio and PBS TV - introduces the groundbreaking new album Sing Me A Love Song: Harry Warren's Undiscovered Standards, on January 19, 2010.

The era when Monday-night big bands were ubiquitous is well behind us, but the reason has little to do with that old saw about the difficulty of keeping a large ensemble together.

Conceived by Paul Kelly, SWING! is a high-energy song-and-dance revue that celebrates the music of the Swing era of jazz (1930s-1946) and includes well-known tunes by legendary artists, such as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, William 'Count' Basie and others. Songs from the original SWING! score include: It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got that Swing), Throw That Girl Around, Hit Me With a Hot Note and Watch Me Bounce, Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree, In the Mood, Blues in the Night, Cry Me a River and All of Me.

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN can be heard every Sunday 9-11 PM(ET) over WBAI 99.5 FM and on the Internet at: www.wbai.org TUNE IN! Please tell your friends.

They come to swing dance, jitterbug, Lindy Hop, and shake, rattle and roll. It's hard to stand still when Joe Levesque's Big Band blows into town for the annual Big Band Christmas Ball.

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN can be heard every Sunday 9-11 PM(ET) over WBAI 99.5 FM and on the Internet at: www.wbai.org TUNE IN! Please tell your friends.

BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY Brings Their Wild and Swingin' Holiday Party to DUPAC!