Forecasting the paths that big-band jazz might travel is difficult now that another of its pacesetters has reached the end of his journey. In symbolic terms, the loss of Count Basie, who died last ...

The legendary big band, here directed by Scotty Barnhart, brought their indefatigable swinging style to the Frith Street club ...

Lee Bernard captured this classic view of bandleader-pianist Count Basie as he performed at a 1980 concert at Huntington’s ...

The 18-piece Vermont Jazz Center Big Band is excited to celebrate 20 years of music, and what better way to celebrate than by ...

Disc 1-(Jones-Smith, Inc.) Shoe Shine Boy; Evenin'; Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong); Oh, Lady Be Good; (Basie's Bad Boys) I Ain't Got Nobody; Goin' To Chicago; Live And Love Tonight; Love Me Or Leave ...

Caf Count Basie- piano, organ; Freddie Green- guitar; Jimmy Lewis, Walter Page, Rodney Richardson- bass; Gus Johnson, Jo Jones, Buddy Rich, Shadow Wilson- drums; Emmett Berry, Buck Clayton, Shad ...