| Easy Living | ||||
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| Released | 2004 | |||
| Recorded | June 2003 | |||
| Studio | Artesuono Recording Studio Udine, Italy | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 54:44 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1760 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Easy Living is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava recorded in June 2003 and released on ECM the following year. The quintet features trombonist Gianluca Petrella and rhythm section Stefano Bollani, Rosario Bonaccorso and Roberto Gatto. [1]
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating, "Easy Living is a relaxed, low-key affair that is nonetheless fully engaged and deceptive in its pastoral appearance... for all of its warmth and beauty, for all of its free-flowing interplay between the front line and the shimmering rhythms, this is as adventurous and poetic as jazz can be in the new century." [2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
All tracks are written by Enrico Rava, except as noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cromosomi" | 8:26 | |
| 2. | "Drops" | 2:28 | |
| 3. | "Sand" | 9:18 | |
| 4. | "Easy Living" | 4:14 | |
| 5. | "Algir Dalbughi" | 6:36 | |
| 6. | "Blancasnow" | 2:35 | |
| 7. | "Traveling Night" | 7:12 | |
| 8. | "Hornette and the Drums Thing" | 7:10 | |
| 9. | "Rain" | 6:46 |
Enrico Rava, is an Italian jazz trumpeter. He started on trombone, then changed to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis.
Stefano Bollani is an Italian composer, pianist and singer, also active as a writer and a television presenter.
Roberto Gatto is an Italian jazz drummer, born October 6, 1958, in Rome.
Italian jazz refers to jazz music that is played by Italian musicians, or to jazz music that is in some way connected to Italy.
Gianluca Petrella is an Italian jazz trombonist. In 2001 he won Italy's Django d'Or Award as well as Musica Jazz's annual critics poll as Best Young Talent. In 2006 and 2007 he was featured in Down Beat magazine, winning their award for "Best Emerging Artist" in the category for Best Trombonist.
Morten Lund is a Danish jazz drummer. He co-leads a trio with Italian pianist Stefano Bollani and Danish bassist Jesper Bodilsen, and he is a member of Paolo Fresu's Devil Quartet and Kind of Porgy and Bess ensembles. As a sideman he has participated on more than 60 albums.
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Suspended Night is an album by the Tomasz Stańko Quartet recorded in July 2003 and released on ECM February the following year. The quartet features rhythm section Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz and Michal Miskiewicz.
Tati is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava recorded in November 2004 and released on ECM October the following year. The trio features Stefano Bollani on piano and Paul Motian on drums.
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New York Days is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava recorded in February 2008 and released on ECM the following year.
Jesper Bodilsen is a Danish jazz double bassist.
Tribe is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava's Quintet recorded in Italy in 2010 and released on the ECM label.
O que será is a live album by Italian pianist Stefano Bollani and Brazilian bandolinist Hamilton de Holanda recorded in Belgium in August 2012 and released on ECM a year later. The album is named after a 1976 Chico Buarque song.
Rava on the Dance Floor is a live album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava with Parco della Musica Jazz Lab, performing songs by Michael Jackson recorded in Italy in 2011 and released on the ECM label.
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