Happy rock 'n' roll birthday to the late, great Count Basie. Basie, born Aug. 21. 1904, in Red Bank, is one of music's most acclaimed big band jazz leaders, but he rocked pretty good, too. The Count ...

Two legendary musical acts took big holiday steps Friday, Dec. 19, at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank. The Smithereens and Darlene Love were inducted into the Basie's Walk of Fame ...

New Jersey natives Kate Pierson and Fred Schneider of the B-52s and the band Dramarama received steps on the Basie Center's Walk of Fame.

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 ...

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 ...

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A new sampler features live cuts of Count Basie's band in New York from 1938 to 1940. Jazz Critic Kevin Whitehead says Jumpin' at the Woodside is full of "pretty terrific" music. This is FRESH AIR.

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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.

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Forecasting the paths that big-band jazz might travel is difficult now that another of its pacesetters has reached the end of his journey. In symbolic terms, the loss of Count Basie, who died last ...