Easy Living (Paul Desmond album)

Easy Living
Studio album by Paul Desmond
Released	1966
Recorded	June 5, 14 & 25, 1963, July 14 and September 9, 1964 and June 1, 1965 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	67:13
Label	RCA Victor LPM 3320
Producer	George Avakian
Paul Desmond chronology
Glad to Be Unhappy (1964) Easy Living (1963-65) Summertime (1968)

Easy Living is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond featuring performances recorded between 1963 and 1965 which were released on the RCA Victor label.^[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

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".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Desmond except as indicated

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

• Recorded Webster Hall on June 5, 1963 (track 3), June 14, 1963 (track 8), June 25, 1963 (track 2) and at RCA Studio A in New York City on July 13, 1964 (track 9), July 14, 1964 (tracks 1 & 1), September 9, 1964 (track 5), September 16, 1964 (track 11) and June 1, 1965 (tracks 4, 6 & 7) .

Personnel

• Paul Desmond - alto saxophone
• Jim Hall - guitar
• Gene Cherico (tracks 3 & 8), Percy Heath (tracks 4, 6 & 7), Eugene Wright (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 9-11) - bass
• Connie Kay - drums

References

1. Paul Desmond Catalog accessed February 29, 2016
2. Paul Desmond Discography Part Three: 1960-1969 accessed February 29, 2016
3. Berry, S. Jim Hall discography accessed February 29, 2016
4. Ginell, Richard S.. Easy Living – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 29, 2016.