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Since I was really young I've always idolised Count Basie, especially that album at The Sands with Frank Sinatra. I've had about four versions of that album since I was 15. I liked Duke Ellington too, but when I heard Basie I was transfixed.
Since I was really young I've always idolised Count Basie, especially that album at The Sands with Frank Sinatra. I've had about four versions of that album since I was 15. I liked Duke Ellington too, but when I heard Basie I was transfixed.
Stanley was a great swing-era jazz fan ... He had some reservations about modern jazz. I think if he had to disappear to a desert island, it'd be a lot of swing records he'd take, the music of his childhood: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Harry James.More quotes »
Around the web
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Music Legend Lloyd Price Set to Play the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey
barriers. Tickets are currently on sale at prices ranging from $45-$55 for this unique entertainment experience at The Count Basie Theatre and can be purchased online by visiting http://www.countbasietheatre.org/calendar/show/show.asp?id=43248153. from EURweb Read more »
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Count Basie tribute at Capitol Center
of the “A Moment in Time” Series, The Capitol Center Orchestra, under the direction of Clayton J. Poole, will pay tribute to Count Basie on Sunday, May 19, at 4 p.m. Basie was one of the most influential band leaders of the swing era. With the exception of from The Union Leader Read more »
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Events in New Jersey
RED BANK Scotty McCreery, country singer. May 13 at 8 p.m. $29.50 to $55. Count Basie Theater, 99 Monmouth Street. countbasietheatre.org ; (732) 842-9000. SOUTH ORANGE South Orange Symphony Concert, featuring IhnSeon Park, pianist, performing works by Verdi, from The New York Times Read more »
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Sound Check
the now. The point of art is to defy the ravages of time so that the future will not forget those boundless struggles man undertook to reach eternity through his art. And that’s rather the point, here and now. The Count Basie Orchestra belongs to forever. from VC Reporter Read more »
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Swingadelic
takes the classic sounds of Count Basie and Duke Ellington, along with the rhythms of the jump blues masters, adds a pinch of soul jazz and spices it up with some Latin rhythms to create a blend suited for an evening of dancing. Swingadelic takes the classic from LongIsland.com Read more »
