On the Road (Count Basie album)

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On the Road
Studio album by Count Basie
Released 1979
Recorded 1979
Genre Jazz
Length 42:16
Label Pablo
Producer Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology
Live in Japan '78
(1978)Live in Japan '781978
On the Road
(1979)
Digital III at Montreux
(1979)Digital III at Montreux1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]

On the Road is a 1979 studio album by Count Basie.[2]

At the 23rd Grammy Awards, Count Basie won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band for On the Road.

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, Bootie 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

The Count Basie Orchestra

References