Chairman of the Board (album)

For the Chairmen of the Board album, see Chairmen of the Board (album).

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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)" (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" (Jones) – 3:27
6. "TV Time" (Foster) – 3:16
7. "Who, Me?" (Foster) – 5:13
8. "The Deacon" (Jones) – 4:50
9. "Half Moon Street" (Wess) – 3:25
10. "Mutt & Jeff" (Jones, Jack McDuff) – 3:39
11. "Fair and Warmer" (Harry James, Ernie Wilkins) – 3:35
12. "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster Moten) – 4:51

Personnel

The Count Basie Orchestra

• Count Basie - piano
• Sammy Nestico - arranger
• Frank Foster - arranger, tenor saxophone
• Ernie Wilkins - arranger
• Eddie Jones - double bass
• Charlie Fowlkes - bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
• Marshall 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
• Benny Powell
• Thad Jones - trumpet, arranger
• Wendell Culley - trumpet
• Joe Newman
• Snooky Young