Gala proceeds will support the center and its mission to provide arts education opportunities to schools and communities ...

Country rocker Sheryl Crow, a nine-time Grammy Award-winner, is set to headline the Count Basie Center for the Arts' Summer ...

He lives in Tokyo and has been frequenting Basie, named after the famous jazz pianist and band leader Count Basie, for many years. "It is a miracle for a cafe to last 50 years. Basie must have ...

“Fly Me to the Moon” is a timeless jazz standard that achieved iconic status through Frank Sinatra’s collaboration with Count Basie and his orchestra. The song, with its swinging arrangement ...

Elvis Costello and long-time collaborator Steve Nieve plated the Basie Center in Red Bank, where "A Complete Unknown" was partly filmed.

The legendary Count Basie Orchestra is coming to St. Pete! The 18-time Grammy-winning Count Basie Orchestra is one of the greatest jazz ensembles of all time, and this is a rare opportunity to see ...

Enduring legends took hold, none more potent than the myth that Delta bluesman Robert Johnson sold his soul in exchange for his skills as a bottleneck guitarist Count Basie’s band, influenced by ...