On the Road (Count Basie album) explained

On the Road
Type:	studio
Artist:	Count Basie
Border:	yes
Released:	1980
Recorded:	July 12, 1979
Studio:	Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre:	Jazz, big band
Label:	Pablo Today
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	Live in Japan '78
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	Digital III at Montreux
Next Year:	1979

On the Road is an album by the Count Basie Orchestra that won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band in 1981.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Wind Machine" (Sammy Nestico) – 3:16
2. "Blues for Stephanie" (John Clayton) – 7:01
3. "John the III" (Bobby Plater) – 4:55
4. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:59
5. "Bootie's Blues" (Count Basie, Booty Wood) – 4:00
6. "Splanky" (Neal Hefti) – 3:42
7. "Basie" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:27
8. "Watch What Happens" (Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 2:17
9. "Work Song" (Nat Adderley, Oscar Brown Jr.) – 4:02
10. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 5:37

Personnel

• Count Basie – piano
• Ray Brown – trumpet
• Paul Cohen – trumpet
• Sonny Cohn – trumpet
• Pete Minger – trumpet
• Bill Hughes – trombone
• Mel Wanzo – trombone
• Dennis Wilson – trombone
• Booty Wood – trombone
• Eric Dixon – saxophone
• Charles Fowlkes – saxophone
• Kenny Hing – saxophone
• Bobby Plater – saxophone
• Danny Turner – saxophone
• John Clayton (bassist) – double bass
• Freddie Green – guitar
• Butch Miles – drums
• Dennis Rowland – vocals

Production

• Norman Granz – producer
• Arne Frager – engineer
• Dave Richards – engineer
• Dennis Sands – engineer

Notes and References

1. Web site: On the Road - Count Basie Awards. AllMusic. 13 April 2017.