Chairman of the Board (album)

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

Track listing

 * 1) "Blues in Hoss' Flat" (Count Basie, Frank Foster) – 3:13
 * 2) "H.R.H. (Her Royal Highness)" (Count Basie, Thad Jones) – 2:40
 * 3) "Segue in C" (Frank Wess) – 6:15
 * 4) "Kansas City Shout" (Henry Wells) – 3:34
 * 5) "Speaking of Sounds" (Thad Jones) – 3:27
 * 6) "TV Time" (Frank Foster) – 3:16
 * 7) "Who, Me?" (Frank Foster) – 5:13
 * 8) "The Deacon" (Thad Jones) – 4:50
 * 9) "Half Moon Street" (Frank Wess) – 3:25
 * 10) "Mutt & Jeff" (Thad Jones, Jack McDuff) – 3:39
 * 11) "Fair and Warmer" (Harry James, Ernie Wilkins) – 3:35 Bonus track on CD reissue
 * 12) "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster Moten) – 4:51 Bonus track on CD reissue
 * Recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago on March 4, 1958 (Track 1 & 2) and Capital Studios, New York on April 28 (Track 7, 9, 12), April 29 (Track 4, 10, 11), December 10 (Track 5 & 8) and December 11 (Track 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