Ease It

Ease It
Studio album by Rocky Boyd Quintet
Released 1961
Recorded March 13, 1961
Bell Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 39:42 original LP
Label Jazztime Records
JTL 001
Black Lion
BLCD 760119
Producer Fred Norsworthy
Kenny Dorham chronology
Whistle Stop
(1961)		 Ease It
(1961)		 Inta Somethin'
(1961)
Alternative cover
Black Lion's West 42nd Street
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Ease It is a jazz studio album credited to Rocky Boyd's quintet, featuring legendary Kenny Dorham on trumpet.[3] It is the only album known to exist by this obscure saxophonist, and was released by the equally obscure Jazztime Records, here at its first release (JTL 001). It was also released by Muse Records as Ease It! (MR 5053). In 1989, Black Lion finally released an ultimate edition on CD titled West 42nd Street, credited to Kenny Dorham, which comprised all the takes from the session.

Track listing

Ease It (1961)

  1. "Avars" (Boyd) - 7:42
  2. "Stella by Starlight" (Young, Washington) - 5:05
  3. "Why Not?" (LaRoca) - 7:26
  4. "Ease It!" (Chambers) - 10:35
  5. "Samba De Orfeu" (Luiz Bonfá) - 4:31
  6. "West 42nd Street" (Hardin) - 4:23

West 42nd Street (1989)

  1. "Avars" [Take 3] - 7:42
  2. "Stella by Starlight" [Take 1] - 5:05
  3. "Stella by Starlight" [Take 2] - 5:17
  4. "Why Not?" [Take 1] - 7:26
  5. "Why Not?" [Take 2] - 9:17
  6. "Ease It!" [Take 1] - 10:35
  7. "Samba De Orfeu" [Take 5] - 4:31
  8. "Samba De Orfeu" [Take 6] - 4:29
  9. "West 42nd Street" [Take 7] - 3:51
  10. "West 42nd Street" [Take 8] - 4:23

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Ease It at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 64. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ↑ Ease It at Jazzdisco
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