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Hi all! Sam Ruland, service editor, here filling in for Rosa this week. What a week, Philly! We’re riding high as we approach the NFC championship this Sunday at 3 p.m. against Washington. Whether you ...

Even so, due to the propulsive nature of big band swing and its emphasis on the interplay of the horns, the best jazz guitarists of the era – like the Count Basie ... spell of free jazz maven ...

Below is a compilation of some of the most notable deaths of global figures from the worlds of showbusiness, politics, sports and art in 2024.

An errant Google search led South Philly-raised vocalist Brandon Tomasello to these gems that lay hidden in the Library of ...

Vibrant and enchanting, Deborah Silver brings her soul-soothing, powerful and sultry voice to ‘(I’m Spending) Hanukkah In Santa Monica’, her new single with The Count Basie Orchestra. Taken from her ...

2/28/2016 - 2/28/2016 A Night With Janis Joplin (2016) ...

The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America Larry Tye 416 pages ... at New York's Cotton Club beginning in 1927 extended Ellington's orchestra's national ...

the Count Basie Orchestra, Delfeayo Marsalis, Joel Ross, Aaron Parks, Gerald Clayton, Gretchen Parlato, Lalah Hathaway, Solange Knowles, Bob Dylan, and Wynton Marsalis to name just a few. It was also ...

Jazz trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis and his Uptown Jazz Orchestra were playing the Allstate ... “In the middle of that set, I was like, ‘Count Basie,’ so we broke out the Basie and man ...

Hailed upon its release as an instant classic, Count Basie’s “April in Paris” is big band heaven and one of the great opening numbers on any album. Born on August 21, 1904, Basie is ...