The Revisionists remotely perform the Count Basie classic "One O'Clock Jump", arranged by bandleader Danny Jonokuchi. This riff-based song was originally recorded in 1937 by the legendary Count Basie ...

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 ...

William James “Count” Basie (1904-1984) played piano, led bands, and composed jazz music in America. Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, Basie grew up in a musical family. He started as a musician in ...

Featuring both Count Basie’s big band and his small group recordings, this 4-CD collection of reissued material includes blues-based jazz that was recorded between 1936 and 1951. Some of the dates ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Fans of classic big band jazz will have an opportunity to boogie and woogie to the sounds of the pre-rock n’ roll ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, when ...

It was not by accident, perhaps, that the yachting cap became Count Basie's signature topper. Count Basie got around. And wherever he went, he went in style. "He had keys to any major city," says ...