STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Longtime West Brighton resident William H. (Bill) Hughes, who played trombone with the world-renowned Count Basie Orchestra, died Jan. 14 in Clove Lakes Health Care and ...

Known for his wide and wild orchestral arrangements, William "Count" Basie also demonstrates a calmer, more concentrated attitude on this first volume of GRP’s new "Swingsation" series (which also ...

Benny Powell, a jazz trombonist who played with Count Basie's band from the early 1950s to the early 1960s, taking a solo turn in its 1955 recording of "April in Paris," died June 26 at a hospital in ...

2003-08-09 04:00:00 PDT New York-- Grover Mitchell, the lead trombonist for the late-period Count Basie Orchestra and the third leader of the band since Basie's death, died on Wednesday at Memorial ...

Liverpool High School band director Jim Spadafore just sent a reminder that his four-year calendar has flipped over to something very special for the 12th annual Jumpin' Jazz Jam, at 7:30 p.m. April ...

This past August marked the 100th anniversary of Count Basie's birth and in recognition of that august event, reissued are some of the big band master's finest sides from the late '50s and early '60s.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It’s music to his family’s ears. William (Bill) Hughes, a jazz musician, now has an street that celebrates his life and legacy in West Brighton. Barker Street and Trinity Place ...

Benny Powell, a veteran jazz trombonist who played with Count Basie from the early 1950s to the early 1960s, taking a solo turn in the band’s 1955 recording of “April in Paris,” has died. He was 80.

Benny Powell, a trombonist who performed or recorded with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Screamin’ Jay Hawkins but who was best known for his long tenure with Count Basie’s big band, died on June 26 ...

Usually I can’t run fast enough from a “ghost band” trying to carry on the name of a departed swing-era bandleader: such groups almost always trade on nostalgia, replaying the old hits like a jukebox, ...

VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - A musician is representing South Georgia in an international group, The Count Basie Orchestra. Professor and department head of music at Valdosta State University (VSU), Isrea ...