Results for "Count Basie"

Jan Johansson: From Small Acorns...

by Ian Patterson
November 24, 2008

Upon hearing the news and in a state of disbelief, Randi Hultin the legendary Norwegian jazz journalist rang pianist Reinhold Svensson who confirmed the worst: “Yes. Swedish jazz has just died."1 Reinhold's reaction to the death in a car accident of fellow pianist Jan Johansson whilst melodramatic reflected Jan Johansson's importance in the contemporary Swedish jazz ...

Cab Calloway Home a New Landmark?

by Fradley Garner
November 17, 2008

“A bad happening for the jazz community" is how reedsman Dave Liebman described the demise earlier this year of the International Association of Jazz Educators. Why IAJE filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy is still being asked, but part of the problem was the return to Toronto for this year's conference. Attendance was little more than half ...

Basie Theater Renovation Turns Back the Clock 82 Years

November 14, 2008

FOR years, performers like Bruce Springsteen, George Carlin and Whoopi Goldberg took the stage at the aging Count Basie Theater amid decaying plaster and leaking ceilings. Repairmen stood on call to fix any seat that suddenly gave way. We used to tell the performers that the audience here was great; the house itself, not so good, ...

The New Yorker's 100 Essential Jazz Albums

May 15, 2008

While finishing “Bird-Watcher," a Profile of the jazz broadcaster and expert Phil Schaap, I thought it might be useful to compile a list of a hundred essential jazz albums, more as a guide for the uninitiated than as a source of quarrelling for the collector. First, I asked Schaap to assemble the list, but, after a ...

At Newport [50th Anniversary]

By Count Basie

Label: Victor
Released: 2007

The Midgets

Featuring the music of Count Basie
Duration: 8:16
August 21, 2007

Columbia/Legacy Signature Series: Count Basie & The Brecker Brothers

by Jim Santella
May 13, 2007

Memories stay intact with treasures like these. Columbia/Legacy's claim that their Signature Series includes “the greatest songs by the greatest artists has considerable credibility. Personal opinions notwithstanding, these are indeed among of the best recordings to come out of the Columbia, Bluebird and Arista labels and the series looks set to preserve a valuable portion of ...

Basie Is Back

By Count Basie

Label: Village Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: Corner Pocket; Discommotion; Blues in Hoss

Count Basie Orchestra: Basie Is Back

by Jack Bowers
November 20, 2006

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 incarnation, directed by the Count's longtime bass trombonist Bill Hughes, was recorded in concert in October '05 at Denryoku Hall in ...

Don't Like You No More

Featuring the music of Count Basie
Duration: 2:32
October 27, 2006