Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Get ready for deep swing and thunderous horns, Motor City: The legendary Count Basie Orchestra will play Detroit’s Aretha Franklin ...

Proceeds from the concert will help the foundation’s new Harry’s House — A Home for Alzheimer’s and Assisted Living at the Golden Inn & Village, scheduled to open in 2018 in the Santa Ynez Valley.

It’s been nearly three decades since the late William “Count” Basie made his final Twin Cities appearance at the gone-but-not-forgotten Prom Center ballroom in St. Paul. But, in the tradition of ...

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 ...

The Center for the Arts is pleased to present the Count Basie Orchestra with Special Guest Gunhild Carling in the Marisa Funk Theater on July 13, 2024. In the history of jazz music, there is only one ...

During this past concert season, the Mellon Jazz Festival at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, has offered a number of double bills, perhaps to provide variety and contrast, suggest comparisons, and ...

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 ...

Scotty Barnhart, then a seventeen-year-old aspiring trumpet player, had just seen Count Basie and his orchestra perform at Atlanta’s Fox Theater. Barnhart was waiting across the street for his parents ...

There’s a good reason for it, too, because it’s his job. Barnhart spent 20 years as a soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra before being tapped as the big band’s director. On Friday, Oct. 11 when the ...

Attend a performance by the Count Basie Orchestra, and you’ll leave with a smile on your face. “The audience can expect to hear 80 years of music that will leave them feeling good,” says Scotty ...

What: H2 Big Band Tribute to Count Basie. When: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25. Where: Vail Jazz @ Vail Square, inside the all-weather jazz tent in Lionshead Village. Cost: General admission tickets ...

The Count Basie Orchestra, led by Scotty Barnhart, will perform at Detroit’s Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre on August 13. The orchestra's latest album, "Basie Swings the Blues," won a 2024 Grammy Award.