Easy (Grant Green album)

Easy (also released as Last Session) is the final album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1978, a few months before his death, and released on the Versatile label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

1. "Easy" (Lionel Richie) - 7:57
2. "Just the Way You Are" (Billy Joel) - 7:11
3. "Wave" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 6:07
4. "Empanada" (Gene Dunlap, Mario E. Sprouse) - 12:19
5. "Nighttime in the Switching Yard" (Jorge Calderón, David Lindell) - 5:11
6. "Three Times a Lady" (Lionel Richie) - 7:07

• Recorded in New York City on April 17–20, 1978

Personnel

• Grant Green - guitar
• Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Janice Robinson, Kiane Zawadi - trombone
• Karen Joseph - piccolo, flute, alto flute
• Hank Crawford - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Jorge Dalto - piano, electric piano
• Mario E. Sprouse - electric piano (track 6)
• Wayne Morrison - guitar, electric guitar
• Buster Williams - bass, electric bass
• Dough Wilson - drums
• Shanimba - percussion
• Unidentified strings

References