The Chairman of the Board is a 1959 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra.
Contents
Track listing
"Blues in Hoss' Flat" (Count Basie, Frank Foster) – 3:13
"H.R.H. (Her Royal Highness)" (Count Basie, Thad Jones) – 2:40
"Segue in C" (Frank Wess) – 6:15
"Kansas City Shout" (Henry Wells) – 3:34
"Speaking of Sounds" (Thad Jones) – 3:27
"TV Time" (Frank Foster) – 3:16
"Who, Me?" (Frank Foster) – 5:13
"The Deacon" (Thad Jones) – 4:50
"Half Moon Street" (Frank Wess) – 3:25
"Mutt & Jeff" (Thad Jones, Jack McDuff) – 3:39
"Fair and Warmer" (Harry James, Ernie Wilkins) – 3:35 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster Moten) – 4:51 Bonus track on CD reissue
Recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago, on March 4, 1958 (tracks 1 & 2) and Capitol Studios, New York, on April 28 (tracks 7, 9, 12), April 29 (tracks 4, 10, 11), December 10 (tracks 5 & 8) and December 11 (tracks 3 & 6), 1958.
Personnel
The Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie - piano
Frank Foster - arranger, tenor saxophone
Ernie Wilkins - arranger
Eddie Jones - double bass
Charlie Fowlkes - bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
Marshal Royal - clarinet, alto saxophone
Sonny Payne - drums
Frank Wess - flute, arranger, alto saxophone
Freddie Green - guitar
Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
Henry Coker - trombone
Al Grey - trombone
Benny Powell - trombone
Thad Jones - trumpet, arranger
Wendell Culley - trumpet
Joe Newman - trumpet
Snooky Young - trumpet