Easy Living (Paul Desmond album)


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.

Reception

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" - 5:48
  2. "That Old Feeling" - 5:49
  3. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" - 5:51
  4. "Here's That Rainy Day" - 5:43
  5. "Easy Living" - 7:08
  6. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" - 4:19
  7. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" - 6:25
  8. "Blues for Fun" - 6:28
  9. "Rude Old Man" - 5:42 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" - 6:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" - 7:47 Bonus track on CD reissue
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