The Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank has announced a 16-month long “Centennial Celebration” for its 100th anniversary on Nov. 11, 2026 with a video emceed by comedian Jon Stewart on ...

The Arlington Jazz Exchange will honor the legendary Count Basie during a 3 p.m. concert on April 14, at Forest View Education Center, 2121 S Goebbert Road, Arlington Heights. Courtesy of Andrew Ledet ...

A new book by Larry Tye -- The Jazzmen -- traces how the popularity of musicians Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie affected the civil rights movement.

RED BANK, NJ — Count Basie Center for the Arts has officially announced this year’s winners of the 20th annual Basie Awards, honoring the very best in Monmouth County high school theatre.

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 ...