| Easy Living | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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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]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
| Q Magazine |  [6] |
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] Q Magazine called it "Desmond's finest hour" when it was reissued in 1990. [6]
All compositions by Paul Desmond except where noted.
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