STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Longtime West Brighton resident William H. (Bill) Hughes, who played trombone with the world-renowned Count Basie Orchestra, died Jan. 14 in Clove Lakes Health Care and ...

Known for his wide and wild orchestral arrangements, William "Count" Basie also demonstrates a calmer, more concentrated attitude on this first volume of GRP’s new "Swingsation" series (which also ...

Benny Powell, a trombonist who performed or recorded with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Screamin' Jay Hawkins but who was best known for his long tenure with Count Basie's big band, died on June 26 ...

Liverpool High School band director Jim Spadafore just sent a reminder that his four-year calendar has flipped over to something very special for the 12th annual Jumpin' Jazz Jam, at 7:30 p.m. April ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It’s music to his family’s ears. William (Bill) Hughes, a jazz musician, now has an street that celebrates his life and legacy in West Brighton. Barker Street and Trinity Place ...

Benny Powell, a jazz trombonist who played with Count Basie's band from the early 1950s to the early 1960s, taking a solo turn in its 1955 recording of "April in Paris," died June 26 at a hospital in ...

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, ...

Benny Powell, a trombonist who performed or recorded with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Screamin’ Jay Hawkins but who was best known for his long tenure with Count Basie’s big band, died on June 26 ...

Get ready to celebrate as The Count Basie Center for the Arts kicks off 16 months of events in honor of its centennial ...

In the history of jazz music, there is only one bandleader that has the distinction of having his orchestra still performing sold out concerts all over the world, with members personally chosen by him ...

Benny Powell, a veteran jazz trombonist who played with Count Basie from the early 1950s to the early 1960s, taking a solo turn in the band’s 1955 recording of “April in Paris,” has died. He was 80.