Easy Living (Sonny Rollins album)

Easy Living
Studio album by
Sonny Rollins
Released1977
RecordedAugust 3–6, 1977
GenreJazz
LabelMilestone
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Sonny Rollins chronology
The Way I Feel
(1976) 		Easy Living
(1977) 		Don't Stop the Carnival
(1978)

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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
  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

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Sonny Rollins discography, accessed September 25, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Easy Living > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 172. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1234. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.