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Easy Living (Sonny Rollins album)

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Released
  
1977

Artist
  
Sonny Rollins

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
August 3–6, 1977

Release date
  
1977

Label
  
Milestone Records

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Sonny rollins easy living 1977


Easy Living is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released on the Milestone label in 1977, featuring performances by Rollins with George Duke, Paul Jackson and Tony Williams with Byron Miller and Bill Summers added on one track and Charles Icarus Johnson on two.

Contents

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "One of Sonny Rollins' better recordings of the 1970s, this spirited Milestone set finds the veteran tenor saxman adopting a thicker and raunchier R&B-ish tone."

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated
  1. "Isn't She Lovely?" (Stevie Wonder) - 6:39
  2. "Down the Line" - 7:59
  3. "My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) - 5:05
  4. "Arroz con Pollo" - 5:37
  5. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 6:09
  6. "Hear What I'm Saying" - 9:40
  • Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, on August 3–6, 1977

    • Personnel

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • George Duke – piano, electric piano
  • Tony Williams – drums
  • Paul Jackson – electric bass (tracks 2-4 & 6)
  • Charles Icarus Johnson – guitar (tracks 1 & 2)
  • Byron Miller – electric bass (track 1)
  • Bill Summers – congas (track 1)

    • Songs

    1Isn't She Lovely6:41
    2Down The Line8:01
    3My One And Only Love5:06

    References

    Easy Living (Sonny Rollins album) Wikipedia
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