In 1935, pianist William “Count" Basie (born August 21, 1904), a fixture on the jny ... Sweets" Edison, trombonist Dicky Wells, drummer Jo ... Ya want big bands? We got big bands. Sometimes we got one ...

Deborah Silver will perform select songs from 'Basie Rocks!' Tuesday, Aug. 13, at the Loft at City Winery in New York City.

The documentary contains footage of live performances at the cafe by the late great jazz drummer Elvin Jones ... phonograph records there of the Count Basie Orchestra, Miles Davis and other ...

The Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank has ... The road crew, the guitar techs, the drum techs, the audio guys, the lighting guys ... were here from 8 a.m. to midnight just about every ...

("Count Basie! Where'd you park the ship ... the bassist Walter Page, and the drummer Jo Jones. A spirit of big-band camaraderie infused the unrefined ensemble passages, and jam-session rivalry ...