Count Basie

Author Larry Tye talks to WBGO' Doug Doyle about his new book The JazzMen

On this episode of AOS, New York Times best-selling author Larry Tye chats with WBGO's Doug Doyle about his new joint biography 'The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie Transformed America'

Samara Joy, Billy Childs, Nicole Zuraitis, säje, Miguel Zenon, Laufey, Meshell Ndegeocello and the Count Basie Orchestra among the winners at the 2024 Grammy Awards pre-telecast ceremony.

WBGO’s Gary Walker to spotlight ‘Basie Swings the Blues’ album by the Count Basie Orchestra for the New Day, New Play feature on his Daybreak show.

WBGO’s Gary Walker talks with Scotty Barnhart and Mr. Sipp about the new album featuring the Count Basie Orchestra with an all-star cast of blues artists as guests.

WBGO’s Trevor Smith talks with producer and concert impresario Paul Peck about the ‘Late Night Basie’ album featuring collaborations between jazz and hip hop artists.

Sammy Nestico, an omnipresence in big band arranging and composing, best known for a close association with the Count Basie Orchestra, died of natural…

The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center in Red Bank, NJ is presenting a 116th birthday celebration for jazz legend Count Basie Friday night. It's a Facebook…

Mikkel Ploug and Mark Turner, “Warmth”Mark Turner is a tenor saxophonist who needs no introduction. Mikkel Ploug may be a little less familiar to American…

Nearly 1,000 artifacts connected to the life of Count Basie life will eventually be available to view at the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers…