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Released
  
1961

Producer
  
Fred Norsworthy

Artist
  
Rocky Boyd

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
39:42 (original LP)

Ease It (1961)
  
Inta Somethin' (1961)

Release date
  
1961

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Recorded
  
March 13, 1961 Bell Sound Studios, New York

Labels
  
Jazztime, Black Lion Records

Similar
  
Jazz Contemporary, Showboat, This Is the Moment!, Inta Somethin', Kenny Dorham Quintet

Rocky boyd kenny dorham ease it


Ease It is a jazz album credited to Rocky Boyd's Quintet, featuring Kenny Dorham on trumpet. It is the only album known to exist by this obscure saxophonist, and was released by the equally obscure Jazztime Records, here at its first release (JTL 001). It was also released by Muse Records as Ease It! (MR 5053). In 1989, Black Lion released an ultimate edition on CD titled West 42nd Street, credited to Kenny Dorham, which comprised all the takes from the session.

Contents

Track listing

Ease It (1961)

  1. "Avars" (Boyd) – 7:42
  2. "Stella by Starlight" (Young, Washington) – 5:05
  3. "Why Not?" (LaRoca) – 7:26
  4. "Ease It!" (Chambers) – 10:35
  5. "Samba De Orfeu" (Luiz Bonfá) – 4:31
  6. "West 42nd Street" (Hardin) – 4:23

West 42nd Street (1989)

  1. "Avars" [Take 3] – 7:42
  2. "Stella by Starlight" [Take 1] – 5:05
  3. "Stella by Starlight" [Take 2] – 5:17
  4. "Why Not?" [Take 1] – 7:26
  5. "Why Not?" [Take 2] – 9:17
  6. "Ease It!" [Take 1] – 10:35
  7. "Samba De Orfeu" [Take 5] – 4:31
  8. "Samba De Orfeu" [Take 6] – 4:29
  9. "West 42nd Street" [Take 7] – 3:51
  10. "West 42nd Street" [Take 8] – 4:23

Personnel

  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Rocky Boyd – tenor sax
  • Walter Bishop Jr. – piano
  • Ron Carter – double bass
  • Pete LaRoca – drums

    • Songs

    1Avars7:43
    2Stella By Starlight5:03
    3Why Not7:24

    References

    Ease It Wikipedia
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