Easy Living (Paul Desmond album)

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "As the Paul Desmond/Jim Hall quartet's recording activities gradually came to a halt by 1965, RCA Victor assembled the remains of a number of their later sessions into one last album. These are anything but leftovers, however -- indeed, they constitute the best Desmond/Hall album since Take Ten, more varied in texture and mood, and by and large more inspired in solo content, than Bossa Antigua and Glad to Be Unhappy".

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Desmond except where noted.

1. "When Joanna Loved Me" (Robert Wells, Jack Segal) - 5:48
2. "That Old Feeling" (Sammy Fain, Lew Brown) - 5:49
3. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 5:51
4. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Van Heusen, Burke) - 5:43
5. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 7:08
6. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) - 4:19
7. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart) - 6:25
8. "Blues for Fun" (Paul Desmond) - 6:28
9. "Rude Old Man" (Eugene Wright) - 5:42 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" [alternate take] (Van Huesen, Burke) - 6:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
11. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" [alternate take] (Rogers, Hart) - 7:47 Bonus track on CD reissue

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Personnel