The Chairman of the Board is a 1959 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra.
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
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