On the Road (Count Basie album)

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.

Track listing "Wind Machine" (Sammy Nestico) – 3:16 "Blues for Stephanie" (John Clayton) – 7:01 "John the III" (Bobby Plater) – 4:55 "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:59 "Bootie's Blues" (Count Basie, Booty Wood) – 4:00 "Splanky" (Neal Hefti) – 3:42 "Basie" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:27 "Watch What Happens" (Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 2:17 "Work Song" (Nat Adderley, Oscar Brown Jr.) – 4:02 "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 Mickey Roker – drums Dennis Rowland – vocals

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

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