The Count Basie Orchestra will play the Colonial Theatre May 3, part of the 19th annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival. The ...

The Orchestra honored his career during a concert ... There aren’t many great orchestral bass players who can also be a great jazz upright bass player. And there aren’t many great jazz ...

Classical bass players do play pizzicato parts in orchestra, but these parts generally require simple notes (quarter notes, half notes, whole notes), rather than rapid passages. - The tone is deeper ...

His assignment was to create of a network of modern base bands for the AAF and an ... and a string section of accomplished players from major symphony orchestras. The Glenn Miller Army Air Forces ...