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• 9-03-2010
• Eden Brent: A Jazz Queen With a Case of the Blues
• Jazz grew out of the blues some time in the late 19th or early 20th century in and around New Orleans. While the two styles grew apart as each developed its own lexicon, there's no mistaking the fact that the they are deeply intertwined—one need look no further than Billie Holiday, Count Basie and most musicians from New Orleans and other places on the Delta. Pianist Eden Brent falls into this nebulous musical world, singing in a raspy voice and banging away on her piano as if she was playing ...

• 9-02-2010
• Eden Brent: A Jazz Queen With a Case of the Blues
• Filed under: All About Jazz Jazz grew out of the blues some time in the late 19th or early 20th century in and around New Orleans. While the two styles grew apart as each developed its own lexicon, there's no mistaking the fact that the they are deeply intertwined - one need look no further than Billie Holiday, Count Basie and most musicians from New Orleans and other places on the Delta. Pianist Eden Brent falls into this nebulous musical world, singing in a raspy voice and banging away ...

• 9-02-2010
• Harry Allen in Zoot and Al Tribute on Riverwalk Jazz This Week
• saxophonists who came of age in the post-World War II era. They shared a common jazz language: the light, airy approach of Count Basie tenor sax legend, Lester "Prez" Young. Zoot said later, "We were all young and had the same ideas. I'd always worried about what the other guys were thinking in all the bands I'd been in, and in Woody's band I found out: they were thinking the same thing I was."To this day, when jazz musicians gather to swap favorite stories about their heroes, Zoot and Al are frequently ...

• 9-01-2010
• Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie - On the Sunny Side of the Street (1963)
• Artist: Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie Title Of Album: On the Sunny Side of the Street Year Of Release: 1963 Label: Verve Genre: Jazz Quality: 320kbs + scans Total Time: 00:42:09 Total Size: 107mb ...

• 8-31-2010
• Compact Disc Club - Classic Jazz CD 1
• Release day: 2008 Songs: 1. Minnie the Moocher (Cab Calloway) 2. Louisiana (Count Basie) 3. In a Sentimental Mood (John Coltrane) 4. Stella By Starlight (Grover Washington JR) 5. Take the a Train (Duke Ellington) 6. Night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespy) 7. Line Up (Lennie Tristano) 8. Four Brothers (Live) (Woody Herman) 9. When Lights Are Low (Herbie Mann) 10. One o' Clock Jump (Benny Goodman Quartet) 11. Indian Summer (Sidney Bechet) 12. Twist City (Johnny Griffin) 13. Russell and Eliot (Yusef ...

• 8-31-2010
• EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREVIEW: William Parker’s Curtis Mayfield Project
• and The Vandellas, Gladys Knight and The Pips, and Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions. In my mind, their music was not separate from Marian Anderson, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Don Byas, Sarah Vaughn, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Cecil Taylor, Bill Dixon, and Louis Armstrong. All this music is part of an African American tradition that comes out of the blues. The roots of the jazz known as avant-garde are also in the blues, the field holler, and the church. Avoiding artificial separations ...

• 8-29-2010
• The Johnny Coles Discography
• here. There is precious little video of Coles performing, evidently none with Evans. Here he is (the good guy in the white hat) on flugelhorn with the Count Basie band under the direction of Thad Jones. This was made in Japan, probably in 1985. Unfortunately, whoever supplied this clip to YouTube allowed the picture and sound to be out of synchronization. If it bothers you, you can always close your eyes and just listen. Here, synchronization is no problem. Coles is at the helm of his own ship ...

• 8-29-2010
• The Johnny Coles Discography
• here.There is precious little video of Coles performing, evidently none with Evans. Here he is (the good guy in the white hat) on flugelhorn with the Count Basie band under the direction of Thad Jones. This was made in Japan, probably in 1985. Unfortunately, whoever supplied this clip to YouTube allowed the picture and sound to be out of synchronization. If it bothers you, you can always close your eyes and just listen.Here, synchronization is no problem. Coles is at the helm of his own ship ...

• 8-29-2010
• Bologna Jazz Festival - The Italian Autumn Jazz Event
• , Gary Burton, Enrico Rava, Terence Blanchard, Pat Martino, Roy Hargrove, Count Basie Orchestra Richard Galliano and many more... ...

• 8-27-2010
• Preview: Concert Collection - Frank Sinatra (7-DVDs/14-Shows)
• composer's classics, including Change Partners, I Concentrate On You and The Girl From Ipanema. Sinatra: The Man And His Music (1981, NBC), is the final installment of the series, occurring 16 years after the first A Man And His Music special, and a few weeks before his 66th birthday. Working with three different ensembles, including the accompaniment of the legendary Count Basie and his orchestra, performances include George Harrison's Something, and his climactic Theme From New York, New York ...

• 8-27-2010
• V for Victory
• - 3.9M 18 - Lisa - Art Tatum Trio.mp3 - 1.9M 19 - The G.I. Stomp - Count Basie and His Orchestra.mp3 - 2.1M 20 - Victory Polka - Kay Kyser and His Orchestra.mp3 - 1.8M h**p://denalidomain.com/music/V%20Discs/V%20Discs%20French%20Compilation/CD%202/ Count Basie AFRS Jubilee 245 - V Disc, Count Basie & Jubilee h**p://denalidomain.com/music/V%20Discs/V%20 ...

• 8-27-2010
• Bits from the Savory Collection
• Further evidence has come in verifying the value of that cache of previously unheard recordings in the Savory Collection at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Proof is posted on Newsweek's web edition—tantalizing solos from the late 1930s and early '40s by Mildred Bailey and Jack Teagarden; Lester Young with Count Basie; Roy Eldridge; Herschel Evans; Benny Goodman; Bobby Hackett; Lionel Hampton; and the John Kirby Sextet. To read the Newsweek story and hear the audio clips, go here ...

• 8-26-2010
• Bits From The Savory Collection
• Further evidence has come in verifying the value of that cache of previously unheard recordings in the Savory Collection at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Proof is posted on Newsweek's web edition—tantalizing solos from the late 1930s and early '40s by Mildred Bailey and Jack Teagarden; Lester Young with Count Basie; Roy Eldridge; Herschel Evans; Benny Goodman; Bobby Hackett; Lionel Hampton; and the John Kirby Sextet. To read the Newsweek story and hear the audio clips, go here. Just ...

• 8-25-2010
• Download Ella Fitzgerald "Jazz in Montreux '79 "Honeysuckle Rose" video
• WIth Count Basie ...

• 8-25-2010
• It's Tanglewood Time - In Jazz Time
• , opens the evening with his trio.Sunday's matinee features clarinetist-saxophonist Eddie Daniels and pianist Bob James with bassist James Genus and drummer Peter Erskine in a new program they call "Broadway Boogie." Its repertoire ranges from standards to Bach. Lee Mergner had a great interview on jazztimes.com today with Daniels about the project. Check it out. The Count Basie Orchestra, now led by Bill Hughes, closes the afternoon.Sunday night's final concert opens with Julian Lage's Group ...

• 8-24-2010
• Antonia Bennett on tour in support of album
• in opera houses, casinos, jazz clubs and amphitheaters. She's even performed with the legendary Count Basie, and for luminaries such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Rosemary Clooney, Les Paul and Ella Fitzgerald. Opening for Tony Bennett on his 2010 tour, Antonia graced stages from London's Royal Albert Hall and iTunes Festival UK to the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy and Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles. The tour continues throughout the year (dates below) as Antonia celebrates ... Bossier City, LA November 3 Stand Up for Heroes, Beacon Thr New York, NY November 5 Carpenter Center Richmond, VA November 23 Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ December 3-4 Wellmont Theatre Montclair, NJ December 16-17 L'Auberge Du Lac Hotel & Casino Lake Charles, LA December 19 Majestic Theatre ...

• 8-21-2010
• Frank Sinatra Discography (1946 - 2009) [Part 2]
• . 05 - Hello Dolly! (feat. Count Basie) (2:47) 06. 06 - I'll Only Miss Her When I Think Of Her (2:54) 07. 07 - They Can't Take That Away From Me (2:44) 08. 08 - Yesterdays (3:47) 09. 09 - Nice Work If You Can Get It (feat. Count Basie) (2:38) 10. 10 - Have You Met Miss Jones (2:35) 11. 11 - Without A Song (3:41) September Of My Years (1965) Vocal Jazz, Classic pop | Mp3 320 Kbps CBR | 102 MB | 44:43 Min. % 5 Recovery File | Released: 1965 01. 01 - The September Of My Years (3:16) 02 ... . 33 - Get Me To The Church On Time (2:27) 34. 34 - Luck Be A Lady (4:35) 35. 35 - It Was A Very Good Year (3:51) 36. 36 - Don't Worry 'Bout Me (3:16) 37. 37 - My Kind Of Town (2:54) 38. 38 - Introductions (4:40) 39. 39 - My Kind Of Town (Reprise) (1:44) 40. 40 - Speaks On Working With Count Basie (1:13) 41. 41 - Get Me To The Church On Time (2:29) 42. 42 - I Get A Kick Out Of You (5:35) 43. 43 - I Can't Get Started (3:05) 44. 44 - Without A Song (3:49) 45. 45 - Hey Look No Cryin' (3 ...

• 8-21-2010
• Count Basie Orchestra – One O’Clock Jump
• William "Count" Basie, American bandleader (d. 1984) Tagged: August 21 birthdays, Big Band, Count Basie, Grammy Hall of Fame, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Grammy winner, piano blues, swing, William "Count" Basie ...

• 8-21-2010
• [UpLoading.Com] [HF] [HF] VA – The Best Of The Crooners & Divas [CD06-10] (2010)
• VA - The Best Of The Crooners %26 Divas [CD06-10] (2010)Jazz | 5CDs | 2010 | MP3 | 320 kbps | 549 MBTrack listingThe Incomparable Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra1. Chicago - Tony Bennett2. Anything Goes - Tony Bennett, Tony Bennett3. I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans - Tony Bennett4. Are [...] ...

• 8-19-2010
• Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience to tour
• , QUE Metropolis Mon 10/25 Quebec City, QUE Grand Theatre Wed 10/27 Hamilton, ON Hamilton Place-Great Hall Thu 10/28 Kitchener, ON Centre in the Square Fri 10/29 Toronto, ON Sony Centre Sat 10/30 Rochester, NY Auditorium Theater Tue 11/2 Boston, MA The Orpheum Wed 11/3 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theater Thu 11/4 Englewood, NJ Bergen PAC Sat 11/6 Philadelphia, PA Merriam Theater Mon 11/8 New York, NY Nokia Theatre Sat 11/13 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theater Sun 11/14 Clearwater, FL Ruth ...

• 8-18-2010
• Other Places: Unheard Treasures Discovered
• This a couple of days old, but in case you missed the news of the unearthing and restoration of a cache of important recordings, see this New York Times article about the National Jazz Museum. Then read this followup. It will probably be a long time before the trove of new old music by Lester Young, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and others can make its way to the public in commercial albums. In the meantime, the museum offers a few tantalizing samples. ...

• 8-18-2010
• Jazz Legends on display
• , adding to its mystique. After 70 years that wait has now ended. This year the National Jazz Museum in Harlem acquired the entire set of nearly 1,000 discs, made at the height of the swing era, and has begun digitizing recordings of inspired performances by Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Bunny Berigan, Harry James and others that had been thought to be lost forever. Some of these remarkable long-form performances simply could not fit ...

• 8-18-2010
• VA - The Rat Pack [12 CD Collectors Edition] (2010)
• - But Beautiful. Martin - Baby Obey Me. CD 11 / The Rat Pack - Live In St. Louis with Count Basie Martin - Johnny Carson Introduces Dean Martin. Martin - Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On. Martin - King Of The Road. Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody. Martin - Medley: Volare / On An Evening In Roma. Davis Jr - Johnny Carson Introduces Sammy Davis Jr. Davis Jr - My Shining Hour . Davis Jnr - Monologue. Davis Jr - Who Can I Turn To. Davis Jr - Medley: I've Got You Under My Skin / You Are My Sunshine. Davis ...

• 8-17-2010
• National Jazz Museum Acquires Savory Collection
• the National Jazz Museum in Harlem acquired the entire set of nearly 1,000 discs, made at the height of the swing era, and has begun digitizing recordings of inspired performances by Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Bunny Berigan, Harry James and others that had been thought to be lost forever..."Read all about it here. ...

• 8-17-2010
• The National Jazz Museum Acquires Storied Trove of Performances by Jazz Greats
• that wait has now ended. This year the National Jazz Museum in Harlem acquired the entire set of nearly 1,000 discs, made at the height of the swing era, and has begun digitizing recordings of inspired performances by Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Bunny Berigan, Harry James and others that had been thought to be lost forever. Some of these remarkable long-form performances simply could not fit on the standard discs of the time, forcing Mr ...

• 8-16-2010
• National Jazz Museum Acquires Savory Collection
• This year the National Jazz Museum in Harlem acquired the entire set of nearly 1,000 discs, made at the height of the swing era, and has begun digitizing recordings of inspired performances by Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Bunny Berigan, Harry James and others that had been thought to be lost forever. Some of these remarkable long-form performances simply could not fit on the standard discs of the time, forcing Mr. Savory to find ...

• 8-16-2010
• Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience announce tour dates
• in the Square 10/29 - Toronto, ON @ Sony Centre 10/30 - Rochester, NY @ Auditorium Theater 11/02 - Boston, MA @ The Orpheum 11/03 - Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Theater 11/04 - Englewood, NJ @ Bergen PAC 11/06 - Philadelphia, PA @ Merriam Theater 11/08 - New York, NY @ Nokia Theatre 11/13 - Jacksonville, FL @ Florida Theater 11/14 - Melbourne, FL @ King Center 11/16 - Houston, TX @ Verizon Theatre 11/21 - Riverside, CA @ Fox PAC 11/23 - Los Angeles, CA @ Pantages Theater 11/26 - Portland, OR @ Schnitzer ...

• 8-16-2010
• JASON BONHAM's Led Zeppelin Experience Launching October with North American Shows
• Theatre 21 Merrilville, IN (Chicago) Star Plaza 23 Montreal, QUE Metropolis 25 Quebec City, QUE Grand Theatre 27 Hamilton, ON Hamilton Place-Great Hall 28 Kitchener, ON Centre in the Square 29 Toronto, ON Sony Centre 30 Rochester, NY Auditorium Theater November 2 Boston, MA The Orpheum 3 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theater 4 Englewood, NJ Bergen PAC 6 Philadelphia, PA Merriam Theater 8 New York, NY Nokia Theatre 13 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theater 14 Melbourne, FL King Center 16 Houston, TX Verizon ...

• 8-13-2010
• Richie Hayward, co-founder of band Little Feat, dies of liver cancer
• was of running away on his first day of kindergarten. His early enthusiasm for school work lasted until the day he saw Count Basie's band on television and was overwhelmed by the abilities of Basie's drummer, Sonny Payne. Hayward took his first halting steps into the world of percussion by banging out rhythms on an orange crate. By the time he was 10, he was developing his own style, and soaking up the music of jazz and R&B artists such as Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Sonny Rollins and Dave Brubeck. Having ...

• 8-13-2010
• Little Feat co-founder Richie Hayward has died. He was 64
• was of running away on his first day of kindergarten. His early enthusiasm for school work lasted until the day he saw Count Basie's band on television and was overwhelmed by the abilities of Basie's drummer, Sonny Payne. Hayward took his first halting steps into the world of percussion by banging out rhythms on an orange crate. By the time he was 10, he was developing his own style, and soaking up the music of jazz and R&B artists such as Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Sonny Rollins and Dave Brubeck. Having ...

• 8-13-2010
• Queen Of Swing at the Apollo Theater | Aug. 29th, 2010
• Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Billy Holiday, Benny Goodman, Ethel Watersand many other jazz legends. Her film credits include the MarxBrothers' DAY AT THE RACES (1938), HELLZAPOPPIN'(1941), choreographerfor MALCOLM X (1992), and CAPTIVA ISLAND (1994). QUEEN OF SWING was produced by Dreamtime Entertainment and written and directed by Emmy award-winner John E. Biffar. Biffar first met Miller after directing her on his 1994 feature film CAPTIVA ISLAND. QUEEN OF SWING is narrated and co ...

• 7-09-2010
• Derek Trucks Band Hiatus To Extend for "A Few Years"
• Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band, which performs tonight in Red Bank, NJ at the Count Basie Theatre. Beyond ...

• 6-29-2010
• 'Charlie's Angels' composer Allyn Ferguson dies
• Mathis and Julie Andrews. He wrote the arrangements for the Count Basie Orchestra's 1998 Grammy ...

• 6-29-2010
• 'Charlie's Angels' composer Allyn Ferguson dies
• Mathis and Julie Andrews. He wrote the arrangements for the Count Basie Orchestra's 1998 Grammy ...

• 6-14-2010
• Jazz veterans outshine youngsters at Playboy fest
• of the trumpet section, where he has perched with the bands of Count Basie, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, Gerald Wilson ...

• 6-14-2010
• Jazz veterans outshine youngsters at Playboy fest
• of the trumpet section, where he has perched with the bands of Count Basie, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, Gerald Wilson ...

• 6-10-2010
• Max Weinberg on His Future With Conan and Bruce
• Tomorrow night, Max Weinberg kicks off his Max Weinberg Big Band Tour at the Count Basie Theater ...

• 5-27-2010
• Bon Jovi Opens New Meadowland Stadium | Billboard.com
• ." "Southside or Bruce. Sinatra or Count Basie," he reflected. "Or anyone else that came out of here, set a high ...

• 5-14-2010
• Bootleg DVD Nominated for Jazz Award
• While the Count Basie band's Live In Berlin & Stockholm 1968 has been nominated for the DVD ...

• 5-10-2010
• Lena Horne: a silken voice and fiery pride
• . Count Basie once told her: "They don't give us a chance very often, and when they do, we have to take it ...

• 4-20-2010
• The Black Crowes To Begin Indefinite Hiatus Following Acoustic Album
• Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ* Oct 19 Higher Ground Burlington, VT Oct 20 Higher Ground Burlington, VT Oct 22 House of Blues Boston, MA Oct 23 House of Blues Boston, MA Oct 24 Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom Hampton Beach, NH* Oct 26 Palace Theatre Waterbury, CT Oct 27 Massey Hall Toronto, ON Oct 29 Tower Theatre ...

• 4-12-2010
• Debut album from Jen Olive with Andy Partridge
• was a lounge jazz singer, her father a trombone player. "We probably moved about 35 times before I was 16″, she explains. Having eventually settled in L.A., she then moved to Albuquerque a few years ago to meet her dad's "crazy jazz" family (her uncle is the lead saxophone player for the Count Basie Orchestra). Warm Robot is Jen Olive's first "official" album, despite some low-key, self-released recordings in the past under different names. Jen first hooked up with Andy Partridge back in 2007, sending him ...

• 3-16-2010
• Robert Randolph & The Family Band to Release New Album in June
• —Orpheum Theatre March 18 Chicago, IL—Chicago Theatre March 20 St. Louis, MO—Fox Theatre March 21 Milwaukee, WI—Riverside Theatre March 23 Akron, OH—Civic Theatre March 24 Montclair, NJ—Wellmont Theatre March 25 Red Bank, NJ—Count Basie Theatre March 27 Atlanta, GA—Fox Theatre Other Randolph Dates May 16 Wadmalaw Island, SC—First Flush Festival June 13 Los Angeles, CA—Hollywood Bowl June 26 Bridgeview ...

• 3-03-2010
• Ludacris Drops Microphone To Interview Quincy Jones at ASCAP EXPO
• critiquing, technology demonstrations and much more. Ludacris will interview Jones about his career as musician, executive and producer. Jones has worked with everyone of note from the past and present, including Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, James Ingram, Ray Charles, Melle Mel and numerous others. Other artists and musicians slated to take place in "I Create Music" EXPO include John Mayer, who will interview R&B legend Bill Withers, while participants like ...

• 2-19-2010
• Fats Waller Festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center
• Carmichael, and Marcus Roberts join forces to explore the Harlem stride style that Waller made famous. Repertoire will include Waller favorites such as 'Honeysuckle Rose' and 'Ain't Misbehavin'.' Carmichael, who Count Basie nicknamed, 'Stride,' will also lend her voice to the lyrics that made Waller one of the most loved entertainers. Roberts says of Waller, 'his impact on the music went beyond piano, beyond jazz- he's an American institution.' Tickets at $55 or $65 are available at the Jazz at Lincoln ...

• 2-16-2010
• Jake Hanna Versatile Jazz Drummer Was in Merv Griffin's TV Show Band Dies
• . Hanna was equally at home playing with big bands or small groups. He performed with Herman in 1957 and the early 1960s, then joined Griffin's band, in which he played until 1975. Hanna moved to the West Coast when the show relocated from New York to Los Angeles. During his career, he also played with Maynard Ferguson, Toshiko Akiyoshi, the Marian McPartland Trio, Roberta Gambarini, Harry James, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, among others. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (1988) said Hanna ...

• 2-14-2010
• 2010 Tanglewood Jazz Festival Tickets on Sale Feb 14
• TICKETS GO ON SALE FOR THE 2010 TANGLEWOOD SEASON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, INCLUDING ANNUAL TANGLEWOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL, TO TAKE PLACE OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2010 TANGLEWOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL TO FEATURE KURT ELLING, JOHN PIZZARELLI, THE LEGENDARY COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA, EDDIE DANIELS, BOB JAMES, DONAL FOX, JULIAN LAGE, JESSICA MOLASKEY, LAURENCE HOBGOOD TRIO AND MORE On Sunday, February 14, tickets go on sale for the 2010 Tanglewood season, including the annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz ... Festival, to take place September 4-5. Jazz greats highlighting this year's festival include Kurt Elling. John Pizzarelli, The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, Eddie Daniels, Bob James, Donal Fox, Julian Lage, Jessica Molaskey, and the Laurence Hobgood Trio. All shows will be held in Seiji Ozawa Hall. On Saturday, September 4, at 2 pm, the 2010 Tanglewood Jazz Festival will open with "Radio Deluxe," co-hosted by John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey. The program will be taped live at the festival ... plan to engage in during this long overdue reunion will give our audience the opportunity to hear the influences that have shaped our styles." Following "Broadway Boogie" on Sunday afternoon will be the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra. Since it's creation in 1935 by William "Count" Basie, the orchestra has toured and performed around the globe for fans and dignitaries in every country. Since Basie's passing in 1984, the orchestra has been led by Thad Jones, Frank Foster, Grover Mitchell and ... -"Broadway Boogie" Legendary Count Basie Orchestra $33/42/56/lawn $19 Sunday, September 5, 8 p.m. Julian Lage Group Donal Fox Quartet: Piazzolla to Bach Project with special guest TBA $42/$50/$62/lawn $18 All-day lawn pass Saturday and Sunday $34 ...

• 2-13-2010
• Thad Jones: Chairman of the Board
• Thad Jones' big band arrangements sneak up on you. They're crafty, they swing and they get the job done in a playful way, often on melodic tippy toes. From his earliest recorded chart for Count Basie (he shared credit for arranging Move in 1956) right on through his expansive work with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Jones employed a light, jaunty touch and instrument combination that engaged your heart as well as your foot. When I asked Basie trombonist Benny Powell yesterday about Jones ... playing had nothing to do with the song's melody line. "Thad's music was very sophisticated. And sometimes it was dissonant. But no matter, it always made perfect sense, especially to the musicians playing it." JazzWax tracks: Count Basie's Chairman of the Board can be found at iTunes or here. This 1958 album has long been overshadowed by Basie = MC2, also known as Atomic Basie, which was recorded in October 1957. The static cover for Chairman of the Board, featuring Basie and band members sitting ...

• 2-10-2010
• The Sarah Hayes Trio Featuring Benny Powell Perform at Piano Due Friday, Feb. 12
• lecturers on the contemporary music scene. He is a world-class musician who draws upon his vast experience, deep roots in the jazz tradition, and a driving capacity to expand his concept of modern music. Born in New Orleans, Powell was a member of Lionel Hampton's big band and gained national attention during his twelve years with Count Basie. Since leaving Basie in 1963, Powell has enjoyed a diverse career. He has worked in orchestras for numerous Broadway shows and was one of the first jazz musicians ...

• 2-08-2010
• Postal Service Offers "Love Letters from Ella"
• Serenade that special someone in your life this Valentine's Day with classic love songs featuring acclaimed music artist Ella Fitzgerald. On sale for a limited time at select Post Offices nationwide, Love Letters from Ella is a collection of the jazz singer's most cherished love songs, recorded with some of her favorite collaborators - including Count Basie and his orchestra, Joe Pass and Andre Previn. This special edition, first released in 2007, also boasts a full reproduction of Fitzgerald ... 's commemorative postage stamp. The 10-track CD, mixed in high-definition audio, includes Fitzgerald singing "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" with the Count Basie Orchestra, a duet of Joe Pass and Fitzgerald on "The One I Love" and her performance of "Our Love is Here to Stay" with pianist, conductor and composer Andre Previn. Love Letters from Ella also features the celebrated singer accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra on a rendition of "Cry Me a River." The London Symphony Orchestra ...

• 1-30-2010
• Count Basie - Live in Berlin & Stockholm 1968 (from All About Jazz)
• Count Basie Live in Berlin & Stockholm 1968 Impro Jazz 2009 Every jazz fan, while listening to an album by one of their favorite legends of the genre, occasionally closes their eyes to imagine what it might have been like actually to be there for the recording itself. Due to the fact that jazz performances and recording sessions were in the past so rarely filmed (and because time travel has yet to be perfected), it's always a treat to see the true greats in action on the TV screen. Impro Jazz h......

• 1-03-2010
• Count Basie Eddie Lockjaw Davis
• Found at: youtube

• 1-03-2010
• COUNT BASIE ORQUESTRA
• Found at: youtube

• 12-27-2009
• Count Basie - Basie Boogie
• Found at: youtube

• 10-04-2009
• Count Basie - Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 20: Mustermesse Basel 1956, Pt. 2; On My Way & Shoutin' Again! & Swinging, Singing, Playing (from All About Jazz)
• Count Basie Orchestra Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 20: Mustermesse Basel 1956, Pt. 2 TCB 2009 Count Basie On My Way & Shoutin' Again! Verve 2009 Count Basie Orchestra Swinging, Singing, Playing Mack Avenue 2009 If the rhythm section of Count Basie's Old Testament big band of the '30s-40s is remembered as the "All-American Rhythm Section," then the New Testament big band of the later '50s-60s deserves the appellation All-American big band. As sleek, propulsive and muscularly assert......

• 9-22-2009
• Count Basie par Marcus
• Found at: myspace

• 8-27-2009
• Untitled

• 8-16-2009
• Count Basie Orchestra - One O' Clock Jump
• Found at: youtube

• 8-16-2009
• Count Basie at Carnegie Hall:: Roll'em Pete
• Found at: youtube

• 8-16-2009
• count basie
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• 8-16-2009
• Count Basie
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• 8-16-2009
• COUNT BASIE Swingin' the Blues, 1941 HOT big band swing jazz
• Found at: youtube

• 8-02-2009
• Count Basie - "Blues Alley"
• Found at: youtube

• 8-02-2009
• Count Basie - fast and happy blues
• Found at: youtube

• 7-26-2009
• COUNT BASIE, IN A MELLOW TONE
• Found at: youtube

• 7-26-2009
• Count Basie & Joe Williams-Jumpin At The Woodside+Alright OK
• Found at: youtube

• 7-26-2009
• Count Basie Freckle Face
• Found at: youtube

• 7-26-2009
• Jazz Icons: Count Basie- Live In '62 Preview
• Found at: youtube

• 7-26-2009
• Oscar Peterson & Count Basie - Jumpin' At The Woodside
• Found at: youtube

• 7-26-2009
• Count Basie.. April In Paris
• Found at: youtube

• 7-26-2009
• COUNT BASIE Zurich 1959
• Found at: youtube

• 7-21-2009
• Count Basie
• Found at: myspace

• 7-14-2009
• SAM NOTO WITH COUNT BASIE
• Found at: myspace

• 7-26-2008
• Ray Charles & Count Basie - Ray Sings Basie Swings EPK
• Found at: youtube

• 7-26-2008
• Oscar Peterson & Count Basie - Slow Blues
• Found at: youtube

• 7-26-2008
• Count Basie Band
• Found at: youtube

• 7-26-2008
• Count Basie & Joe Williams - Well Alright ,Okay,You Win
• Found at: youtube

• 7-26-2008
• Count Basie at Newport 1957: One O'clock Jump
• Found at: youtube

• 10-03-2005
• Count Basie - Good Time Blues (from All About Jazz)
• Is there any sound more timeless in all of jazz than that of the Basie Orchestra? The title of this new Pablo release might be a perfect description of the essence of the Basie band—except one might add the word swingin'. This is the band that perfected a sound and a feeling that define what's best about jazz, and especially big band jazz: brilliant ensemble sound; players who understand the notion of playing together, but also of making smart and economic solo statements; and a leader who with......

• 9-01-2005
• Count Basie - The Complete Cleff/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings (from Jazz Times)
• Conventional wisdom among Count Basie experts is that Basie's 1937-1941 outfit was nonpareil. With Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells, Earle Warren and the incomparable All-American Rhythm Section, Basie achieved an apogee of swinging that set the standard for generations of musicians. It was a soloist's band and a head arrangement band, capable of spontaneity equaled only by Woody Herman's First Herd for a short time in the mid-'40s. Fair enough. But Basie ran ......

• 9-01-2005
• Count Basie - The Complete Cleff/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings (from Jazz Times)
• Conventional wisdom among Count Basie experts is that Basie's 1937-1941 outfit was nonpareil. With Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells, Earle Warren and the incomparable All-American Rhythm Section, Basie achieved an apogee of swinging that set the standard for generations of musicians. It was a soloist's band and a head arrangement band, capable of spontaneity equaled only by Woody Herman's First Herd for a short time in the mid-'40s. Fair enough. But Basie ran ......

• 3-04-2005
• Count Basie - "One O'Clock Jump" (from All About Jazz)
• Part II in a series exploring the history of the Swing Era's greatest songs. In the summer of 1937 Charlie Parker headed to the Ozark Mountains with a stack of Count Basie records and spent hours woodshedding, learning the solos of Lester Young note for note. Although Parker developed his own style out of this exercise, Young's playing had a profound influence on his initial approach. But Parker wasn't the only one; there were plenty of artists who devoted time to copying the floating, melodic s......

• 12-16-2004
• Count Basie - 100th Birthday Bash & The Count Basie Story (from All About Jazz)
• This past August marked the 100th anniversary of Count Basie's birth and in recognition of that august event, reissued are some of the big band master's finest sides from the late '50s and early '60s. Count Basie Count Basie and Friends: 100th Birthday Bash Blue Note 2004 The indispensable two-disc set Count Basie and Friends: 100th Birthday Bash is a compilation of 28 tunes, about half of them vocal numbers, featuring Basie, his big and small bands and such special guests as Nat King Cole,......

• 9-25-2004
• Count Basie - The Count Basie Story (from All About Jazz)
• To mark the Count Basie Orchestra's silver anniversary in 1960, Roulette Records released a double album comprised of updated versions of many of the band's classic recordings from those twenty-five years. This double-disc set, one of two issued by Roulette to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Basie's birth (the other is Count Basie & Friends ), embodies the twenty-six songs renovated during those sessions in 1957-60. As most of the old arrangements had been memorized by the band, and ......

• 1-01-2004
• Count Basie - Good Time Blues (from Jazz Reviews)
• Fans of the big Basie band are pleased. Pablo Records has seen fit to release a concert from Basie's 15th European tour in 1970. Special arrangements were made to accommodate the inclusion of Harry "Sweets" Edison and his unique style. Edison had been a part of Basie's earlier bands. Other perennials include Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Cecil Payne and the venerable Freddie Green. Liner notes for the Budapest concert are perfectly prepared by Chris Sheridan who is the author of the exhaustive Co......

• 10-16-2003
• Count Basie - (from allaboutjazz)
• Featuring both Count Basie's big band and his small group recordings, this 4-CD collection of reissued material includes blues-based jazz that was recorded between 1936 and 1951. Some of the dates have never been authorized for release before, some come from radio broadcast air checks, and many of the recordings appeared on the Vocalion, Columbia and OKeh labels. In this Year of the Blues, it's appropriate that Columbia reissue these sessions, which accurately reflect our heritage and how...

• 10-16-2003
• Count Basie - America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years (from All About Jazz)
• Featuring both Count Basie's big band and his small group recordings, this 4-CD collection of reissued material includes blues-based jazz that was recorded between 1936 and 1951. Some of the dates have never been authorized for release before, some come from radio broadcast air checks, and many of the recordings appeared on the Vocalion, Columbia and OKeh labels. In this Year of the Blues, it's appropriate that Columbia reissue these sessions, which accurately reflect our heritage and how we fe......

• 10-16-2003
• Count Basie - America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years (from All About Jazz)
• Featuring both Count Basie's big band and his small group recordings, this 4-CD collection of reissued material includes blues-based jazz that was recorded between 1936 and 1951. Some of the dates have never been authorized for release before, some come from radio broadcast air checks, and many of the recordings appeared on the Vocalion, Columbia and OKeh labels. In this Year of the Blues, it's appropriate that Columbia reissue these sessions, which accurately reflect our heritage and how we fee......

• 1-20-2003
• Count Basie - Swingsation (from All About Jazz)
• Known for his wide and wild orchestral arrangements, William "Count" Basie also demonstrates a calmer, more concentrated attitude on this first volume of GRP's new "Swingsation" series (which also features classic collections of Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmie Lunceford and Lionel Hampton, among others). From a liliting take on Fats Waller's "Honeysuckle Rose" (featuring sax man Lester Young, trumpeter Buck Clayton and a taste of "Tea For Two") and a restrained romp through Basie's own "One O'Clock Jump......

• 1-01-2003
• Count Basie - America's #1 Band - The Columbia Years (from Jazz Reviews)
• Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when Jazz was not yet an Art Form (at least to most Americans – the Europeans held it in higher esteem), it was FUN, it was 'get dressed up and go dancing' music. That was The Big Band/Swing Era, which went from the 30s through the mid-40s or so, and there were many, for a variety of tastes: The Duke, Mr. Ellington, the great composer, who music personified class and genteel jungle stomp; Glenn Miller, a bit square and sentimental, but ......

• 1-01-2003
• Count Basie - America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years (from Robert Christgau)
• See: Recyclables....

• 1-01-2003
• Count Basie - America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years (from Robert Christgau)
• See: Recyclables....

• 1-01-2003
• Count Basie - America's #1 Band - The Columbia Years (from Jazz Reviews)
• Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when Jazz was not yet an Art Form (at least to most Americans – the Europeans held it in higher esteem), it was FUN, it was 'get dressed up and go dancing' music. That was The Big Band/Swing Era, which went from the 30s through the mid-40s or so, and there were many, for a variety of tastes: The Duke, Mr. Ellington, the great composer, who music personified class and genteel jungle stomp; Glenn Miller, a bit square and sentimental, but ......

• 6-25-2002
• Count Basie - Basie Meets Bond (from All About Jazz)
• Leave it to one of the most swinging big bands of its time to make a silk purse out of a cow's ear. Visiting themes from James Bond movies, arrangers Chico O'Farrill and George Williams craft hip and bristling versions of what might appear to be less than complimentary pieces for jazz exploration. But then O'Farrill was a master writer and he proved that this Bond thing wasn't just a fluke when a year later in 1966 he helped to develop the catchy Basie's Beatles Bag. With its low sputtering bo......

• 6-04-1999
• The Basie Bunch - Too Marvelous for Words (from Entertainment Weekly)
• Lovers of 1950s mainstream jazz have long wondered if the riches first released by Vanguard Records would ever again see the light of day in the CD era. These two samplers cull gorgeous tracks from undervalued pianist Powell's three albums for the label, as well as a contingent of Count Basie band stars including trumpeter Buck Clayton and drummer Jo Jones. If swing's heyday was over, nobody informed these masterly players. The Best Things In Life: A Too Marvelous for Words: A-...

• 9-01-1998
• Count Basie - Live at the Sands (before Frank) (from All About Jazz)
• The mid-'60s are regarded as a creative low point for the Count Basie Orchestra, but this live recording proves that the Basie band was as stylish and swingin' as ever in 1966, though fewer folks were paying attention. Recorded during a week-long stint at the Las Vegas Sands Hotel, this release compiles material from the band's opening sets prior to their performances with the main attraction that week, Frank Sinatra. Live at the Sands serves as an excellent Basie sampler, in part because it off......

• 12-01-1997
• Count Basie - April in Paris (from Jazz Times)
• "April in Paris" was one of the biggest hits by Basie's New Testament band-so big that he got tired of answering requests for it, just as Thad Jones got tired of repeating the "Pop goes the weasel" quote in his solo. The trick ending and Basie drily ordering "One more time!" and "One more once!" were what made it popular. But there are much better jazz performances on this disc, like those of Freddie Green's "Corner Pocket," Frank Foster's "Shiny Stockings" and Frank Wess' "Magic." Wess never go......

• 6-01-1997
• Count Basie - Count Basie and the Kansas City Seven (from All About Jazz)
• Count Basie developed the concept of the Kansas City Seven in the late 1930's when Basie recorded with a small section of his Big Band. The original members of that aggregation were: Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells, Lester Young, Freddie Green, Walter Page and Jo Jones. Twenty-three years later he selected a group of musician's that would rekindle the fire that was the Kansas City Seven. This contingent featured Thad Jones, Frank Wess, Frank Foster (who currently leads the Count Basie Big Band), Eric ......

• 1-01-1996
• Count Basie - The Best of Early Basie (from Robert Christgau)
• It was the sure shots of the Basie Ken Burns Jazz that enabled me to go back and hear this 1996 budget item. Late Basie is as springy as brass plush gets. But though Orrin Keepnews's big-band focus is purist--this would still have been a unified record if he'd made room for Helen Humes pop and gone out on a terse piano feature like "Hey Lawdy Mama"--jazzbos don't divide Basie into Old and New Testament just because he's a god. Not all 21 tunes here are as indelible as "One O'Clock Jump." But mos......

• 1-01-1996
• Count Basie - The Best of Early Basie (from Robert Christgau)
• It was the sure shots of the Basie Ken Burns Jazz that enabled me to go back and hear this 1996 budget item. Late Basie is as springy as brass plush gets. But though Orrin Keepnews's big-band focus is purist--this would still have been a unified record if he'd made room for Helen Humes pop and gone out on a terse piano feature like "Hey Lawdy Mama"--jazzbos don't divide Basie into Old and New Testament just because he's a god. Not all 21 tunes here are as indelible as "One O'Clock Jump." But mos......