Grover Mitchell, who has been leading the Count Basie Band for more than five years, insists that the ensemble not be described as a “ghost band.” The group’s performance at Segerstrom Hall in the ...

Count Basie fans tend to focus on his hard-driving “Super Chief" bands of the 1940s and his stylistic “New Testament" bands of the 1950s. And rightly so. But often overlooked is Basie's output during ...

Usually I can’t run fast enough from a “ghost band” trying to carry on the name of a departed swing-era bandleader: such groups almost always trade on nostalgia, replaying the old hits like a jukebox, ...

Jazz trombonist Grover Mitchell, known for his work with the Count Basie Orchestra, died Wednesday in Gotham from cancer. He was 73. He played with the group from 1962-70 and 1980-84 and was the third ...

Scotty Barnhart, then a seventeen-year-old aspiring trumpet player, had just seen Count Basie and his orchestra perform at Atlanta’s Fox Theater. Barnhart was waiting across the street for his parents ...

From the intimate clubs of Kansas City to the grand stage of Carnegie Hall, the Count Basie Orchestra is a testament to the enduring power of jazz to transcend generations and inspire audiences across ...

Trombonist, Bill Hughes, bandleader and director of the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, has announced his retirement on September 12, 2010. Hired by William “Count" Basie himself, Hughes first joined ...