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.

On the Road
Studio album by Count Basie
Released	1980
Recorded	July 12, 1979
Studio	Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre	Jazz, big band
Length	42:16
Label	Pablo Today
Producer	Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology
Live in Japan '78 (1978) On the Road (1980) Digital III at Montreux (1979)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

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