Jazz trumpeter Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton is celebrated for his vibrant contributions to Count Basie's orchestra.

Herschel "Tex" Evans was an exceptional tenor saxophonist whose contributions to the Count Basie Orchestra left a lasting ...

In 1935, pianist William “Count" Basie (born August 21, 1904), a fixture on the jny: Kansas City jazz scene since the late 1920s, organized his own rocking, riffing, blues-based big band. The ...

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 ...

The SCC Jazz Band, the “Sound of Swing in the Sandhills” for over 47 years, will kick off their summer concert series with “A Swingin’ Summer: Count Basie Meets the ...

KANSAS CITY IS PAYING TRIBUTE TO JAZZ, A SOUND THAT’S CLOSE TO THE HEART OF THE CITY. TONIGHT, THE LEGENDARY COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA PERFORMS LIVE HERE AT KANSAS CITY MUSIC HALL AS PART OF THE ...

There will be a special guest in the crowd Wednesday as Creative City KC marks International Jazz Day with the Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the Count Basie Orchestra concert at 7 p.m. at ...

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Keb' Mo' and The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra headline Elkhart ...

NMAH Archives Center Frank Driggs Collection of Duke Ellington Photographic Supported by By Larry Tye Jazz lovers worldwide know well the passion that Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis ...