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.^[1]

Easy
Studio album by Grant Green
Released	1978
Recorded	April 17–20, 1978
Genre	Jazz
Label	Versatile
Grant Green chronology
The Main Attraction (1976) Easy (1978)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The Allmusic review by awarded the album 3 stars.^[2]

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

1. Grant Green discography accessed September 20, 2010
2. Allmusic Review accessed September 20, 2010
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 601. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.