The Board of Directors (album)

The Board of Directors is an LP album recorded at the A & R Recording Studios in New York City on November 20–21, 1967 and released in 1968, featuring the Mills Brothers with Count Basie and orchestra.[1][2] The arrangements and conducting were by Dick Hyman, and the sound engineer was Phil Ramone.

The Board of Directors
Studio album by
The Mills Brothers, Count Basie and Orchestra
Released1968
RecordedNovember 1967
StudioA & R (New York)
GenreSwing
Big band music
Length32:27
LabelDot
ProducerTeddy Reig and Tom Mack
Count Basie chronology
Half a Sixpence
(1967)		 The Board of Directors
(1968)		 Manufacturers of Soul
(1968)

The theme of the title was taken from the Basie band album recorded in April 1958, Chairman of the Board (reissued 1970 by Roulette Records). It was resumed in 1968 in the follow-up album The Board of Directors Annual Report, also with the Mills Brothers (Dot Records).

Track listing
  1. "Up a Lazy River" - 3:27
  2. "I May Be Wrong But I Think You're Wonderful" (Frank Foster solo) - 3:07
  3. "Release Me" - 2:39
  4. "I Want to Be Happy" (Eric Dixon flute solo) - 1:56
  5. "Down-Down-Down (What a Song)" - 2:31
  6. "The Whiffenpoof Song" - 3:07
  7. "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" - 3:00
  8. "Tiny Bubbles" - 3:10
  9. "December" - 2:41
  10. "Let Me Dream" - 2:46
  11. "April in Paris" - 4:03

Personnel

The Mills Brothers
Orchestra:

References
  1. Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 15, 2015
  2. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Dot Album Discography, Part 4: LPs 25501-25852, accessed November 16, 2015
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