Count Basie News

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents Grieg's Piano Concerto and Brahms' Second Symphony at four New Jersey venues, October 31a?"November 3. The program marks the NJSO debuts of guest conductor Markus Stenz and pianist Juho Pohjonen, as well as the NJSO premiere of a?oeChaosa?? from Rebel's Les élémens.

The 19-time Grammy-Awarded, 2018 Downbeat Readers Poll-winning Count Basie Orchestra will bring the most danceable swing of the Big Band era to Musco Center for the Arts on Thursday, October 17 at 7:30pm. The Chapman University Big Band will open the concert as part of the Musco Master Class program. 

JazzMN Orchestra returns to Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (CDT) with a new Artistic Director, JC Sanford for their 2019-2020 season. As Minnesota's premier big band, JazzMN has performed to sold-out audiences across the Twin Cities. JazzMN Orchestra is happy to welcome Jazz lovers and novices alike to their new season. The new season begins October 7 on CDT's Main Stage. For $99, a season subscription (for all three events) is available.

Just in time for the holiday season, the Peanuts gang will be coming to cities across North America in A Charlie Brown Christmas Live On Stage. General and VIP tickets are on sale now at www.acharliebrownchristmaslive.com.

The internationally-acclaimed hit theater show The Simon & Garfunkel Story will criss-cross the U.S. to more than 50 cities on national tour beginning September 27 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The immersive concert-style theater show chronicles the amazing journey shared by the folk-rock duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. It tells the story from their humble beginnings as Tom & Jerry to their incredible success as one of the best-selling music groups of the '60s to their dramatic split in 1970. It culminates with the famous a?oeThe Concert in Central Parka?? reunion in 1981 with more than half a million fans in attendance. Visit www.thesimonandgarfunkelstory.com for more information and tickets.

Single tickets are now on sale for the spring TOPS of the POPS Season showsa?"HAMLISCH: With Love, ARETHA: RESPECT, POPS Rocks Phil Collins, SONDHEIM: A 90th Birthday Celebration, and SINATRA: A Man and His Music.

Following the release earlier this year of their critically acclaimed album Where The Action Is, The Waterboys release the Out Of All This Blue EP via Cooking Vinyl.

Toto has been touring the globe over the course of 2018-2019 in celebration of the band's 40th Anniversary. Along the way, they performed in front of well over a million fans across Europe, North America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and even Indonesia. The band's level of global critical mass reached new heights largely fueled by a rediscovery of favorites from their beloved repertoire. On September 13, Eagle Rock will release TOTO's 40 Tours Around The Sun via digital audio and digital video. On September 20, the title will be available as a 2-CD or 3-LP set. On November 15, the DVD and Blu-Ray will street at retail.

Currently in its 47th year on the road, legendary southern rock group The Marshall Tucker Band (MTB) continues to 'Take the Highway' as the band pummels the live concert trail on its 2019 'Through Hell & High Water… and Back' tour. Today, the band announced the addition of 36 concert dates to its extensive cross-country trek.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Xian Zhang open the 2019a?'20 season with a program pairing music and visuals in Holst's The Planets, with NASA imagery in HD, and the NJSO premiere of Sarah Kirkland Snider's Hiraeth, with an accompanying film by Mark DeChiazza. Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 opens the program.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra begins the 2019a?"20 seasona?"Music Director Xian Zhang's fourth season with the NJSOa?"with an Opening Night Celebration Gala on October 11 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.

Birdland will kick-off their great week of programming with the following acts:

Complete casting and select tour dates have been announced for the National Tour of the Tony Award-nominated roller-skating smash hit musical XANADU, starring previously announced 'RuPaul's Drag Race' season five winner, Jinkx Monsoon (Calliope), and season seven finalist, Ginger Minj (Melpomene).

All tickets are now on sale for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's 2019a?"20 season. Classical highlights include a Winter Festival featuring works from the stagea?"including Wagner's The Ring Without Words, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet and Mozart's Don Giovannia?"performances of co-commissions from Qigang Chen and Christopher Rouse, a weekend of Beethoven's complete piano concertos, key artistic partnerships with diverse organizations, return engagements by audience-favorite guest artists and solo turns by multiple NJSO musicians.

When Billie Holiday died in 1959, she left this world a true Jazz icon, revered for her ability to create stage magic as she expressed deep personal, emotional hurt which governed her entire existence and in turn, spoke to millions worldwide. Known as perhaps the first female vocalist to use her voice in the style of jazz improvisation, it takes a special woman to effectively share Holiday's brutally tragic life story as well as her amazing vocal talents. Such is the combination of skills on display by Sybil D. Jatta as BILLIE HOLIDAY: FRONT AND CENTER now onstage at the WACO Theatre Center in NoHo through Sunday, August 18, directed with heart and soul by B'Anca.

Roots/Blues guitar guru  Damon Fowler announces a new summer tour, with a local performance at Fanatics Pub & Pizza.

Create Your Own (CYO) mini-subscriptions for The Philly POPS 2019a?"2020 TOPS of the POPS season are now on sale. CYO packages can save guests up to 15% by bundling any three or more 2019a?"2020 Verizon Hall concerts, including spring shows (spring show single tickets on sale to the public on September 6) and A Philly POPS Christmas. CYO subscribers enjoy advance notice of special events, flexible ticket exchanges, ticket replacements, pre-paid parking, dining discounts, and more. More details about CYO subscriptions are available at www.phillypops.org/yourway

Following the release of their universally acclaimed album Where The Action Is, The Waterboys released a new video for the track 'London Mick'.

Iconic guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and three-time Grammy-Award winnerBRIAN SETZER and his 19-piece ORCHESTRA will tour the country on their 16thannual 'Christmas Rocks! Tour,' presented for the fifth consecutive year bySiriusXM. The over 20-city annual and critically acclaimed holiday extravaganza will launch November 15 at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN (full itinerary below). Tickets in participating markets will go sale Friday, July 26 at 10:00 AM(local time), pre-sales are as follows:

Single tickets for The Soraya's 2019-2020 season are now on sale at thesoraya.org. The Soraya's season offerings include performances by Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's The Nutcracker, Ballet Folclorico Nacional de Mexico de Silvia Lozano and more.