Jazz fans can enjoy an evening of timeless swing and vocal standards Saturday as “An Evening of Big Band and Vocal Jazz” showcases music by legendary bandleaders Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Glenn ...

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EASTON — Antonia Bennett is used to it. “Daughter of Tony Bennett” has its home in her social media bios. His legendary jazz influence permeates her own music. A photo of her with her late father ...

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The 2026 Basie Awards rolled out the red carpet for the best of Monmouth County high school theater on Tuesday night, May 19, at the historic Red Bank venue. The ceremony brought a capacity crowd to ...

BETTENDORF, Iowa — Josh Duffee still remembers the first concert his orchestra performed 25 years ago in downtown Moline. Duffee organized the entire show himself at the former Moline Community Center ...

The legendary Count Basie Orchestra will perform at the Midland Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 15. The big band is still performing with members personally chosen by the Count before his ...

A CONCERT APPEARANCE by the Count Basie Band is a sort of minor miracle in defiance of the caprice of show business. This is his 34th year as a bandleader, and in the style that won him fame almost ...

The Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank just announced the 2026 nominees. Fifty-three high school productions were evaluated by the Basie Awards nomination committee. The Basie Awards Lifetime ...