Darlene Love and The Smithereens are the next inductees to the Count Basie Center for the Arts' Walk of Fame. The induction ceremonies will take place during the artists' respective shows at the Basie ...

In 1958, the French Vogue label put out a double LP in Europe entitled Count Basie Plays Quincy Jones & Neal Hefti. Essentially, it was a re-issue of two previous Roulette releases—Basie One More Time ...

How’s this for some classic Jersey cool? 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 ...

The Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank has been featured in several major movies and TV projects in the past few years, and two recent biggies have a music connection: “Road Diary: Bruce ...

Featuring both Count Basie’s big band and his small group recordings, this 4-CD collection of reissued material includes blues-based jazz that was recorded between 1936 and 1951. Some of the dates ...