In Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium, Herbie Hancock will perform with a hugely impressive slate of musicians, including trumpeter ...

PITTSFIELD — It’s easy to get lost in the instrumentation of the Count Basie Orchestra — the outfit has maintained a roster of up to 18 members for the past nine decades. But the key to the jazz ...

Trombonist, Bill Hughes, bandleader and director of the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, has announced his retirement on September 12, 2010. Hired by William “Count" Basie himself, Hughes first joined ...

A CONCERT APPEARANCE by the Count Basie Band is a sort of minor miracle in defiance of the caprice of show business. This is his 34th year as a bandleader, and in the style that won him fame almost ...

On Wednesday, April 30, the Count Basie Orchestra will celebrate 90 years swinging at the Kansas City Music Hall. On Wednesday, April 30, the Count Basie Orchestra will celebrate 90 years swinging at ...

One of New Jersey’s most famous residents, along with a famous Jazz musician, will soon be inaugural members of the Count Basie Center for the Arts’ new Walk of Fame in Red Bank. Rock star Jon Bon ...

This story originally appeared in the Asbury Park Press on Jan 29, 1998. Clarence Clemons will perform in the Bon Jovi and Friends benefit concert Saturday at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, ...