The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records

Jazz sides

"...these visionary artists; they also recorded old-school masters like Count Basie and Earl Hines, progressive mainstreamers Sonny Rollins, Charles..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Tommy Dorsey

Gift guide

"...African-American bands like those of Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Jimmy Lunceford were the best in this..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Box Sets

Gift guide

"...Count Basie..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Feature

Realms of Inspiration

Erik Hokkanen, Finnish and fiddling in Austin

"...Scandinavian countries have always mirrored American music with a twist. Think..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

4th of July, Asbury Park: A History of the Promised Land / Runaway American Dream

"...cast of characters includes John Phillip Sousa, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Stephen Crane, the KKK, and Bill Haley &..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Nora O'Connor

"...Country music is the progeny of traditional Scotch-Irish music, imported..."

March 18, 2005 Music Review by David Lynch

Ballroom Dancing

SXSW panels

"...anecdotes, self-deprecating jokes, or witty insights, involving everyone from Count Basie to Jerry Lee Lewis to George Jones. Here's..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by David Lynch

Jimmy Smith

Gift guide

"...were jazz organists before Jimmy Smith – Fats Waller, Count Basie, Bill Doggett, Wild Bill Davis – but none..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Into the Heart

U2 drops the 'Atomic Bomb'

"...Simple Minds in years. The poor guy from Big Country killed himself a few years ago. The Alarm resurfaced,..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Master of the Improbable

When someone says something can't be done, trust Turk Pipkin to say 'Wanna bet?'

"...weren't the first to look at Pipkin that way. Countless audience members had done the same in his performing..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Books Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...to Kraftwerk as connecting points. Their new The Bastardized Country Carnival is a neon-lit jamboree best enjoyed after eating..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Critics Poll

Chronicle critics size up 2003

"...Trachtenberg: Count Basie & His Orchestra, America's #1 Band! (The Columbia..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Music Feature

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Dallas Country Jail Blues," Gene Autry..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

QT on Trio

With five Austin QT Fests under his belt, Tarantino will be sharing this format with the world, as the Trio cable network presents six nights of Tarantino-presented movies to coincide with the opening of his new film Kill Bill Vol. 1 on Oct. 10.

"...(1943) D: Edward Cline; musical performances by Allan Jones, Count Basie, the Delta Rhythm Boys, and the Glenn Miller..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bright Lights, Inner City

When Austin's Eastside music scene was lit up like Broadway

"...Miller. "They had nice bands there -- Duke Ellington, Count Basie. It must have been the Forties when it..."

July 4, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Calaboose African-American History Museum & San Marcos MLK Historic District

"...was both terrorized by, yet a favorite among, Hays County Ku Klux Klansmen? Is it any surprise that you..."

June 20, 2003 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Charlie Christian

In Box

"...loose affair that finds Christian and Goodman jamming with Count Basie and his All-American Rhythm Section along with trumpeter..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

A Jazz Odyssey: The Life of Oscar Peterson

Sheet Music

"...and often humorous vignettes about legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, and dozens more are..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

The Manhattan Transfer with the Austin Symphony

The four accomplished vocalists who comprise the Manhattan Transfer turned an evening with the Austin Symphony at the Austin Convention Center into a night when "there was magic abroad in the air."

"...and two or three times went down for the count (Basie, that is). Every step of the way, the..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Artie Shaw

Box Sets

"...beaming like different pedals on the same rose, while Count Basie's "The Glider" swings heavy as it smolders. Most..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Music Review by David Lynch

Say It Loud! A Celebration of Black Music in America

Box Sets

"...Johnson, Leadbelly, T-Bone Walker, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King); jazz (Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Bird, Monk, Ella, Miles, Trane, Mingus);..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Four Tops

Box Sets

"...to a burnished jazz combo, backing the likes of Count Basie, Joe Henderson, and Billy Eckstine. Even after they..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

Champ Hood takes his fiddle to heaven.

"..."essential" info... Bruce Springsteen joined Joe Ely at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ, for a show..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Austin Arts & Jazz Festival

"Off" year doesn't stop the impressive names from coming.

"...13th year. Besides headliner Jason Moran, former Austinite and Count Basie Orchestra vocalist Carmen Bradford will put in an..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

KGSR Blues Festival, Waterloo Park, May 19

"...leading the multitude of musicians onstage through a brisk, Count Basie-style warmup, but there was only one thing the..."

June 1, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Day Trips

Sandora's Box in Dallas fixes up some mighty fine vittles.

"...to the 1950s, celebrities like Sugar Ray Robinson and Count Basie owned restaurants in the area. Around the corner..."

May 25, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Make Your Mama Proud

The Gospel According to Bill "The Mailman" Martin and Chester Baldwin

"...nephew Johnny "Spider" Martin, who had gigged with Hampton, Count Basie, and Dizzy Gillespie, he made the rounds to..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Jazz: By the Episode

"...Swing continues to be fantastically popular. The impact of Count Basie...."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Hank Penny Crazy Rhythm/The Standard Transcriptions (Bloodshot/Soundies)

"...music (by his own admission) touched on Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Stan Kenton more liberally than contemporaries like..."

July 14, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

In Between Days

At the Crossroads of the 1999-2000 Austin Music Awards.

"...Awards performers, you'd scarcely realize the calendar changed: folk, country, jazz, blues-funk, guitar rock. Pretty 1900s. Look even closer,..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

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