Count Basie News

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents GRAMMY Award-Winning Supergroup Earth, Wind & Fire on Tuesday, February 1, and Wednesday, February 2, at 8:00 p.m.

Pompano Beach Arts has a variety of concerts planned for February. Fan favorites Soulful Sundays and Live and Local return with two stellar bands, while Jazz Reflections offers a brilliant tribute to Black jazz composers. Tickets and details can be found here. 

Disney Princess - The Concert, presented by Disney Concerts, an 83-city U.S. tour, kicks off its spring leg this Sunday, January 30th at Wichita, Kansas's Orpheum Theatre. View the full tour schedule and how to get tickets!

Flashback to 1966 Las Vegas & join powerhouse vocalist Chris Pinnella along with his exceptional 6-Piece Little Big Band as they perform the iconic live album 'Sinatra at the Sands' from beginning to end. Featuring the Quincy Jones & Count Basie arrangements along with audio clips of Old Blue Eyes himself setting up songs, cracking jokes, and telling stories; making the evening a true tribute, not impersonation, to the legendary Chairman of the Board.

The Madison Theatre at Molloy College presents Swingtime Big Band: Love Notes, February 13, 2022.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this February with a full slate of nightly performances! 

Seattle Theatre Group starts the new year with an eclectic mix of three sensational performances at the Paramount and Moore Theatres.

Get full details for jazz programming coming up at at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater. January 17 - January 30.

Trav'lin - The 1930s Harlem Musical Romance, a joyful celebration of love in the Jazz Age with a classic jazz and blues score, is receiving its Southeast regional premiere to kick off the Mainstage Series at Florida's Winter Park Playhouse.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents longtime Center favorites Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, a group of 15 of the finest soloists, ensemble players and arrangers in jazz music today on Friday, January 21 at 8:00pm at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents longtime Center favorites Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, a group of 15 of the finest soloists, ensemble players and arrangers in jazz music today.

The New Jersey Symphony presents three weeks of January programs, with subscription programs featuring Grieg's Piano Concerto, co-commissions from Thomas Adès and Wynton Marsalis, Copland's Lincoln Portrait—with narration by celebrated bass-baritone Eric Owens—and more. The Symphony's annual Lunar New Year Celebration closes the month.

Kick off the new year with Jazz in the Loft, a South Orange Performing Arts Center concert series curated and hosted by Grammy-winning bassist John Lee.

Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club will continue its season of in-person performances in January and February 2022, presenting a diverse lineup that pays tribute to jazz greats, showcases rising stars on the scene, and welcomes award-winning artists whose work runs the gamut of jazz styles and traditions.

Returning for the sixth season, Repertory Dance Theatre presents an evening of choreography by the RDT dancers and Artistic Staff, along with the winner of REGALIA 2021. EMERGE: SOUNDS DELIGHTFUL, presented in the Leona Wagner Black Box Theatre, will feature all-new choreography using lively and upbeat music from the 1930s and 40s. 

Featuring GRAMMY-winning pianist Bill Charlap, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Kenny Washington, the Bill Charlap Trio was formed nearly 25 years ago in 1997 and earned GRAMMY nominations for Uptown Downtown (Impulse!/Verve), Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein, and The Bill Charlap Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard (both on the Blue Note label). 

Santa's gonna be  jumpin' and jivin' to the swingin' sounds of the George Gee Swing Orchestra as they spice up the season with big band versions of your favorite holiday music at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Sunday, December 12 at 3 pm.

The acclaimed JazzMN Orchestra celebrates its full return to Chanhassen Dinner Theatres’ (CDT) Main Stage with its popular jazzy holiday concert, Home for the Holiday, on Monday, December 13.

Nick Berardino, President of the Veterans Alliance of Orange County and Heroes Hall Veterans Foundation would like to recognize Segerstrom Center for the Arts for their community support for veterans and their outstanding celebrations held at the Center throughout National Veterans and Military Families month.

Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club continues its return to in-person concerts with a full slate of performances throughout December, lighting up the winter season with the swing that has made the club a year-round favorite for local jazz aficionados, out-of-town visitors, and live music lovers.