On March 19, 1939, Count Basie & His Orchestra entered a Chicago recording studio and cut one of their most noted sessions.

Gala proceeds will support the center and its mission to provide arts education opportunities to schools and communities throughout NJ.

Earlier this month, the New Jersey Symphony presented a program under the baton of their music director that showcased ...

Many might think of jazz fusion as simply being jazz music's rockier mutated sibling, but these five albums prove that ...

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MUSIC. COUNT BASIE. ARTISTS LIKE DUKE ELLINGTON. ARTISTS LIKE RAY CHARLES, ETTA JAMES, HOWLIN WOLF, B.B. KING. PIVOTAL FIGURES IN THE WORLD OF JAZZ. ALL TOURING THROUG NORTH OMAHA, OMAHA ...

He writes about blues and jazz for Universal Music. He also writes album sleeve notes for Verve Records. As a teenager, he saw BB King, Count Basie and Muddy Waters perform live.

In Asbury Park, Andy Burton, Muddy Shews, Dave Moore, Mike McKernan will be joining Marc Ribler to perform songs of Dylan, the Byrds and the Band.

Attention Timothée Chalamet, British music legend Elvis Costello has a message for you. “I'm waiting for him to play me in a film,” said Costello from the stage of the Count Basie Center for ...