Every jazz fan, while listening to an album by one of their favorite legends of the genre, occasionally closes their eyes to imagine what it might have been like actually to be there for the recording ...

It's Bruce Springsteen on a last-chance power drive — from the stage of the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank. Springsteen released a filmed acoustic preview version of “Open All Night” from ...

The musical "Songs For A New World" calls for a cast of four. Phoenix Productions cast 13. And who could blame them? The March performances of the three-decade-old community theater troupe at the ...

Count Basie defined the jazz meaning of swing. His band could get more bounce from a line that any other. And though his soloists were never of highest dazzle, they always fit the program. These live ...

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

THE VIRUS. WELL, TODAY MARKS INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY, A GLOBAL CELEBRATION OF ART FORM THAT HAS SHAPED CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD, AND MANY CONTRIBUTE ITS ROOTS THROUGH RIGHT HERE IN KANSAS CITY. THE ...

Get ready for some R-S-T-L-N-E in NJ. "Wheel of Fortune Live" is coming to the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank and Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood in early November. Audience ...

Counting the great drummers of the Count Basie Orchestra is like counting stars. They are multitudinous. Buddy Rich played for the legendary bandleader. Jo Jones did, too. Gus Johnson, Sonny Payne, ...

THE official launch of Port Lucaya Marketplace Xperience on April 19 will signal the return of live Bahamian entertainment at the Count Basie Square and an authentic experience for visitors and ...

Get ready for some R-S-T-L-N-E in NJ. Audience members are randomly selected to play the game on a full-size replica of everybody's favorite wheel. They're eligible to win prizes, including trips to ...