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 ...

Performing music from Bill Chase, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Tower of Power ... The UMass Lowell Pep Band, also known as the Jazz Rock Big Band, is under the direction of Dan Lutz, and Deb Huber.

Here are three ways Jones avoided the founder’s dilemma and kept on innovating and reinventing himself for seven decades.

Spiro’s band plays an eclectic mix of the traditional big band-era hits of the ’30s and ’40s from the likes of Count Basie, ...

Born in Chicago and raised in Seattle, he jumpstarted his estimable legacy as a big band- and jazz-loving trumpeter who ...

During rehearsals, the group primarily zeroes in on sight-reading and repertoire specifically chosen to teach and reinforce the subtle variations in the style of big band jazz. The main songs ...

has appeared and collaborated with The Count Basie Orchestra, Paquito D’Rivera and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. The ...

The father of modern drumming,” the guitarist Pat Metheny once called Mr. Haynes, who was the recipient of several Grammy ...

The world said goodbye to legendary 28-time Grammy-winning music producer Quincy Jones this past weekend and while you may ...

The Nutcracker, Holiday Pops and Handel's Messiah.The Jacksonville Symphony has plenty of performances to get you in the ...

Musicians who had left the South during the Great Depression, including Big Bill Broonzy ... for his skills as a bottleneck guitarist Count Basie’s band, influenced by the New Orleans jazz ...

Diwali is a festival that celebrates the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. The ...