Editor’s note: The Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank is a partner of the Asbury Park Press. This is the first of a series of columns on music education by Adam Philipson, president/CEO of the ...

Count Basie (born William James Basie on August 21, 1904 and passed away on April 26, ... He is credited with instrument innovations such as the use of the two "split" tenor saxophones, ...

William “Count” Basie, the iconic, Red Bank-born bandleader and composer is celebrated in grand fashion with “Late Night Basie,” a new tribute album arriving Friday, April 7, via Primary ...

Count Basie's Kansas City Seven added Buck Clayton for a September 1939 session that produced, among other things, "Lester Leaps In." Count Basie and his All-Star Rhythm Section added tenor player Don ...

The retooled Basie band of the 1950s was a precision instrument nicknamed "The Basie Machine" by its admirers--a phrase that caught on with the band's detractors as well.

The Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank opened as the Reade’s Carlton Theater movie and vaudeville stage 1926 ...

Seventeen total musicians, comprised of five saxophones, four trombones, four trumpets, four rhythm instruments and one vocalist, will be taking the stage this Friday to perform “Basically Basie ...

Celebrating the Count Basie centennial (he was born Aug. 21, 1904) was one of the better thematic ideas in the summer’s Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl series. But the devil, as usual, was in the ...

Count Basie Centennial Celebration If some of the old color and steam were absent, there was still reason to rejoice as the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, led by Wynton Marsalis, celebrated the ...

Count Basie: Atomic Swing provides all the evidence the most doubtful listener could demand. This is classic jazz. Capitol Records and Roulette Jazz provide an excellent selection of Basie recordings ...