Castro Coleman, AKA Mr. Sipp, is a Mississippi-born gospel guitarist who secured his first Grammy Award in 2024 for his work on the Count Basie Orchestra’s album “Basie Swings the Blues.” ...

Today will be warm, a bit hazy with a light Southerly breeze. Highs will be in the mid to upper 70s. AQI is expected to be moderate this afternoon, which is acceptable to the general public with ...

Today will be warm, a bit hazy with a light Southerly breeze. Highs will be in the mid to upper 70s. AQI is expected to be moderate this afternoon, which is acceptable to the general public with ...

"We have two headline concerts: One featuring an amazing vocalist named Dawning Holmes who will be playing at the St. Germain stage of Barrington Stage, [and] the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra." ...

Ryan Fleur was promoted Wednesday to president and CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts, leading an institution that he has worked for since 2012. Fleur had been interim president ...

Starting with an open jam session and ending with a jazz brunch, the events include the popular Jazz Crawl, the jazz prodigy concert, and headline concerts featuring the Count Basie Orchestra and ...

Cree McCree Defying Labels: Mr. Sipp is not one dimensional Castro Coleman’s contributions to the Count Basie Orchestra’s 2024 album, Basie Swings the Blues, earned the charismatic Mississippian his ...

THEN: The Pease/Comstock Mill is set back a distance from the south end of Yale Hill Road in Stockbridge. This undated photograph was likely taken in the early decades of the 20th century. Courtesy of ...

Number of Winners for Each Cue to Call: One (1) Total Number of Winners for Contest Period: Five (5) Prize(s) and Value(s): Two (2) tickets to “Sinatra Sings, Basie Swings” on May 10 ...

Dixieland jazz musician Lawrence Welk and the Count Basie Orchestra. Thousands of patrons would come to dance on the 6,500-square-foot dance floor, many of whom would travel from other countries ...

There’s still a risk of an early morning thunderstorm as warm, moist air collides with a colder front. Winds will be dramatic—first from the southwest at 20 km/h gusting to 50 km/h, then shifting to ...

PITTSFIELD — It’s easy to get lost in the instrumentation of the Count Basie Orchestra — the outfit has maintained a roster of up to 18 members for the past nine decades. But the key to the jazz ...