Byline: Scott McLennan
COLUMN: SCOTT MCLENNAN
During its recent trip through Washington, D.C., The Count Basie Orchestra had a couple of gigs. One was at Blues Alley, a well-known jazz hotspot. And the other was at a retirement home.
"If you want to make a dollar, you don't say, `I only play this kind of show,'" said trombonist Bill Hughes, who now leads The Count Basie Orchestra.
The unusual retirement home show came about through a connection between the band and ...