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

Easy Living(1977) Don't Stop the Carnival(1978) Similar Don't Ask, The Way I Feel, Dancing in the Dark, Old Flames, Here's to the People

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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.

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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

"Isn't She Lovely?" (Stevie Wonder) - 6:39
"Down the Line" - 7:59
"My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) - 5:05
"Arroz con Pollo" - 5:37
"Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 6:09
"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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