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The Count Basie Orchestra, led by Scotty Barnhart, will perform at Detroit’s Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre on August 13.
The orchestra's latest album, "Basie Swings the Blues," won a 2024 Grammy Award.
The concert will feature music spanning the orchestra's 90-year history.
Get ready for deep swing and thunderous horns, Motor City: The legendary Count Basie Orchestra will play Detroit’s Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre on Wednesday, Aug. 13, along with pianist David Benoit.
Trumpeter Scotty Barnhart joined the band in 1993 and took over as director in 2013. He called the honor a “dream come true.”
“I first saw this orchestra when I was nine or ten in Atlanta, where I’m from,” he said, “and it was immediately my favorite orchestra. I saw them live twice before I even go