Easy Living (Sonny Rollins album)
1977 studio album by Sonny Rollins
Easy Living | ||||
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Studio album by Sonny Rollins | ||||
Released | 1977 | |||
Recorded | August 3–6, 1977 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Milestone | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
Sonny Rollins chronology | ||||
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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.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
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."[2]
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 (tracks 1,5,6), soprano saxophone (tracks 2,3,4)
- George Duke – piano, electric piano
- Tony Williams – drums
- Paul Jackson – electric bass (tracks 2–6)
- Charles Icarus Johnson – guitar (tracks 1–4,6)
- Byron Miller – electric bass (track 1)
- Bill Summers – congas (track 1)
References
- ^ Sonny Rollins discography, accessed September 25, 2009.
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Easy Living > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 172. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1234. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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- Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet
- Moving Out
- Work Time
- Sonny Rollins Plus 4
- Tenor Madness
- Saxophone Colossus
- Rollins Plays for Bird
- Tour de Force
- Sonny Boy
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1
- Way Out West
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2
- The Sound of Sonny
- Freedom Suite
- Newk's Time
- Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass
- Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
- The Bridge
- What's New?
- Our Man in Jazz
- Sonny Meets Hawk!
- Now's the Time
- The Standard Sonny Rollins
- Sonny Rollins on Impulse!
- Alfie
- East Broadway Run Down
- Next Album
- Horn Culture
- Nucleus
- The Way I Feel
- Easy Living
- Don't Ask
- Love at First Sight
- No Problem
- Reel Life
- Sunny Days, Starry Nights
- The Solo Album
- Dancing in the Dark
- Falling in Love with Jazz
- Here's to the People
- Old Flames
- Sonny Rollins + 3
- Global Warming
- This Is What I Do
- Sonny, Please
- A Night at the "Village Vanguard"
- There Will Never Be Another You
- The Cutting Edge
- Don't Stop the Carnival
- G-Man
- Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert
- Road Shows, Vol. 1