[Dixielandjazz] Count Basie at the Sacramento Jazz Festival

[Robert Ringwald]

 From the web site

www.sacjazz.com

Count Basie Orchestra
The world famous Count Basie Orchestra
, led by trombonist Bill Hughes, kicks off the 2009 Sacramento Jazz Jubilee
in a
special concert on
Thursday, May 21 at the Radisson Hotel.

Doors open at 6:00 pm and the concert starts at 7:00 pm.

The Special Count Basie Jubilee Kickoff Concert will be broadcast live and
streamed
by KXJZ, Sacramento Capital Radio's news and jazz station, May 21, 2009 from
8 to
9 pm. For information, go to
www.capradio.org
.

The 19-piece Basie Orchestra, founded by legendary pianist Count Basie,
sailed comfortably
through the late-'40s decline of big band popularity and, although no longer
led
by the Count, has gone on to garner 17 Grammy awards and to be included 11
times
in the Down Beat Reader's Poll as 'Best Big Band.'

The orchestra continues to build new fans the old fashioned way-by hitting
the road,
meeting its audiences and playing its music, night after night. It has fused
contemporary
sensibilities with its own traditions, in part because it is a working band
with
the esprit de corps that comes from facing listeners night in and night out.
Audiences
experience firsthand the power and grace that exists only when 19 jazz
musicians
stand shoulder to shoulder and perform as a big band.

The Basie Orchestra's musicians have grown up with the Kansas City Swing
style of
Count Basie and add their own voice to the band. With 19 performers-17
sidemen, one
vocalist, and one bandleader-it has become America's premier jazz band,
celebrating
the big band experience through the original and identifiable Count Basie
repertoire.

Tickets are $45 in advance, $50 at the door, but Jubilee ticket holders,
volunteers
and Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society members will be admitted for $25.

Get your tickets online at www.sacjazz.com
or call 916/372-5277.



--Bob Ringwald K6YBV
rsr at ringwald.com
530/642-9551
916/806-9551 Cell
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