Located at the East Freehold Fairgrounds, ParkStage is set to open over the summer and host musicians, comedians and more.

The first wave concerts at the new ParkStage outdoor concert at the East Freehold Park Fairgrounds in Freehold Township have ...

Kathy Griffin backs the Boss. Griffin, who's comeback tour comes Feb. 27 to the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, ...

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 ...

From 1935 to his death in 1984, pianist and bandleader Count Basie led one of the most important jazz institutions of the 20th century, in the process forging a distinctive sound that changed the jazz ...

The history of the Count Basie orchestra is generally divided into two broad periods—the Old Testament band, which lasted from 1935 to 1950, and the New Testament band, which lasted from 1952 until ...

Acclaimed actor Tony Danza brings his own life to stage in "Sinatra & Stories" at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red ...

Florida State jazz professor and trumpet player Scotty Barnhart is one of the world’s leading experts when it comes to legendary pianist-songwriter-bandleader Count Basie (1904-1984). There’s a good ...

Count Basie's band was the epitome of swing and his pioneering sound can still be heard in jazz orchestras all over the world. Basie, who was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, on August 21 1904, died 30 ...

It doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to clue us in on who is the Queen of Jazz. It’s Ella Fitzgerald, my dear Watson, Lady Ella. William Basie began to boogie-woogie piano keys at a Harlem club catering to ...