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 ...

The Reprise CD consists of excerpts from Basie’s opening sets at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas in 1966. As a prelude to Frank Sinatra’s “main event,” these sets had to be delivered with maximum ...

This 1996 date marks the onset of yet another edition of the Basie band, this one under the alert ear of conductor/trombonist Grover Mitchell. Though the cast keeps changing, the band still connects ...

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A new sampler features live cuts of Count Basie's band in New York from 1938 to 1940. Jazz Critic Kevin Whitehead says Jumpin' at the Woodside is full of "pretty terrific" music. This is FRESH AIR.

Basie Rocks! A great idea? One best left on the cutting-room floor? Or perhaps a little of both? There are reasonable arguments to be made on all sides of the equation. On the one hand, this is the ...