Hailed upon its release as an instant classic, Count Basie’s “April in Paris” is big band heaven and one of the great opening numbers on any album. Born on August 21, 1904, Basie is ...

Sean Nelson and the New London Big Band will release “Don’t Stop Now,” in April via All In Records.

An errant Google search led South Philly-raised vocalist Brandon Tomasello to these gems that lay hidden in the Library of ...

Deborah Silver is now gearing up for the May 2025 release of her new album Basie Rocks! on Green Hill Records, with the Count ...

Sam Summers is ready to reveal his latest venture, Tom Archer's Poor Man's Country Club, under the Val Air Ballroom.

Billy Wolfe, director of the Big Band at the university, led the ensemble for the second half of the night, beginning with Glenn Miller’s “In ...

The private passions and ambitions that inspired Count Basie, the bandleader and pianist who brought the blues to the big band podium, and the first black musician to win a Grammy Award.

The private passions and ambitions that inspired Count Basie, the bandleader and pianist who brought the blues to the big band podium, and the first black musician to win a Grammy Award.

Herbie Hancock, Lainey Wilson, Jacob Collier and Will Smith also took the stage to celebrate the esteemed musician, composer ...

Z, Stevie Wonder, and Paul McCartney rank among the top Grammy winners of all time.

Economics precipitated the end of the big-band era at least 10 years before Terry Gibbs formed his Dream Band. By the mid-50s, for instance, Count Basie’s 16-piece band was being paid the same amount ...