The 2026 Basie Awards rolled out the red carpet for the best of Monmouth County high theater on May 19 at the historic Red ...

Count Basie Center for the Arts will host a weekend of events to commemorate the birth of its namesake, William "Count" Basie ...

The Count Basie Center for the Arts celebrated its 100th anniversary, and two of New Jersey’s most iconic musicians were honored with the first-ever inductions into the Center’s new Walk of Fame. This ...

Winners were announced Tuesday evening at the Basie Awards, which honor the very best in Monmouth County high school theater: ...

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The group, today directed by Scotty Barnhart, has won 18 Grammy Awards, appeared in several movies and television shows, and ...

No, the Count isn't literally back... in fact, he's never really been away, as the Count Basie Orchestra has kept rolling along under a series of leaders since Basie's death in April 1984. This latest ...

Florida State jazz professor and trumpet player Scotty Barnhart is one of the world’s leading experts when it comes to legendary pianist-songwriter-bandleader Count Basie (1904-1984). There’s a good ...

From 1935 to his death in 1984, pianist and bandleader Count Basie led one of the most important jazz institutions of the 20th century, in the process forging a distinctive sound that changed the jazz ...

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 ...