Count Basie News

Cellist Seth Parker Woods announces his 2022-2023 season. Woods has established his reputation as a versatile artist and innovator across multiple genres. His projects delve deep into our cultural fabric, reimagining traditional works and commissioning new ones to propel classical music into the future.  

Cellist Seth Parker Woods has announced his 2022-2023 season. Woods has established his reputation as a versatile artist and innovator across multiple genres. His projects delve deep into our cultural fabric, reimagining traditional works and commissioning new ones to propel classical music into the future.

The 13th Annual Axelrod Jewish International Film Festival opens on Saturday, September 10, 2022, at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center in Deal.

Join the CJRO Sextet on Friday, September 9 at 7:30 p.m. as we continue our series at the Parsons Theatre in Northglenn by presenting an evening of Samba, Mambo and more!

Multi-award-winning, platinum-selling Matt Dusk will be bringing audiences back to 1960's Las Vegas and one of music's most elegant eras with some of the most recognizable tunes in the American Songbook repertoire. This fall, Dusk will perform in 30 Canadian cities and 7 U.S. cities in the winter of 2023, including Las Vegas.

MPAC's 28th season gears up this fall as a diverse lineup of artists get set to take the stage including Tony Winner Renee Elise Goldsberry, blues favorite Robert Cray, Latin Grammy winner Nella, 90s alternative rock groups Hoobastank and Lit, and popular children's shows Peppa Pig and more. We'll even be inviting the afterlife with ghost hunter Amy Bruni!

 MUSE/IQUE continues its adventurous yearlong concert series, L.A. Composed: A Festival of Los Angeles Music, Each concert of L.A.Composed  will focus on a different street and the music that is associated with it.

One of Chicago's most popular and acclaimed musical duos, Anne Burnell and Mark Burnell are releasing their eagerly awaited, long overdue duo CD in twenty-two years entitled TWO FOR THE ROAD. The album was released on August 17th and is available at iTunes, Amazon and streaming outlets Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music and YouTube.

Maestro Louis Scaglione, President and Music Director of Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Music Institute (PYOMI), has announced the launch of the Philadelphia Youth Jazz Orchestra (PYJO), a new program division of the Institute.

The tour will focus on the new album as well as explore Beck’s legendary career through instrumentals like “You Know You Know,” “A Day in the Life” and “Brush with the Blues.” The tour will include BECK’s current band: bassist Rhonda Smith, drummer Anika Nilles and keyboardist Robert Stevenson.

Audiences are invited to return to the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music's (CCM) concert halls and theaters to experience world-class performances and presentations by the next generation of performing and media artists!

The shows in Boston, MA (October 7th); New York, NY (October 13th) and Washington, DC (October 15th) were announced last month, and fans demanded more performances after learning that the tour would feature former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy and legendary bassist Dave LaRue all on the same stage.

Marjorie Waldo, President & CEO of Arts Garage, is promoting six upcoming arts education classes for young people and adults this fall. Information about each of these courses including how to register is available online.

Five-time Grammy nominated Roomful of Blues will perform a concert at the acoustically acclaimed Park Theatre performing arts center on Friday, August 19 at 7:30pm.

All tickets are on sale now for the New Jersey Symphony's landmark centennial season, led by Music Director Xian Zhang. Patrons can purchase tickets for individual concerts and can save through subscriptions and Compose Your Own series packages of three or more mainstage concerts.

The New York Philharmonic will return to Stillwater next month for a series of three concerts at The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts at Oklahoma State University. Each concert features a different repertory of classical music and special guest soloists.

The Las Vegas stage spectacular turned global sensation, MAGIC MIKE LIVE Las Vegas will welcome comedian and actress Jaclyn Marfuggi to its cast starting Wednesday, July 27. A standout in the LA comedy scene, Marfuggi will share the hilarious and empowering role of Female Emcee with original company member Chelsea Phillips-Reid.

The U.S. leg of his worldwide “Earth Tour” will get things started with the tour launch on September 21  in Riverside, CA and continue through November 19 with a final date in the U.S. to take place in Dallas, TX. Satriani will then head over to Europe for rescheduled shows in early 2023. Satriani released a new album in April.

Originally released in 2006, the uniquely inspired album mixes previously unreleased Ray Charles vocal performances from the seventies with newly recorded instrumental tracks by the contemporary Count Basie Orchestra, and will be available on all streaming services for the first time in over a decade, as well as on CD and in a double-vinyl package.

Hammer Theatre Center continues its Sunset Summer series with the Aaron Lington Sextet Tribute to Art Blakey, a thrilling evening of music in which Grammy Award-winning baritone saxophonist Aaron Joseph Lington celebrates a jazz great.