Easy Living (Ike Quebec album)

Easy Living is an album by American saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded in 1962, but not released on the Blue Note label until 1987. The album collects all the material recorded in January 1962, five tracks from which were released in 1981 as Congo Lament.

Easy Living
Studio album by Ike Quebec
Released	1987
Recorded	January 20, 1962
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	56:52
Label	Blue Note BST 84103
Producer	Alfred Lion
Ike Quebec chronology
Blue & Sentimental (1961) Easy Living (1987) Soul Samba (1962)
Alternative cover
Congo Lament (LT 1089)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "The mood isn't as unified as some of his carefully calibrated romantic dates, but Easy Living offers the two strongest sides of Quebec's musical personality in one place, encapsulating a great deal of what he did best". The Easy Living LP did not contain all the sextet tracks (#1-5) from the Congo Lament session, which can also be found in Bennie Green's Mosaic box set.

Track listing

1. "See See Rider" (Ma Rainey) - 9:01
2. "Congo Lament" (Bennie Green) - 6:53
3. "Que's Pills" (Turrentine) - 5:40
4. "B.G.'s Groove Two" (Green) - 6:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
5. "I.Q. Shuffle" (Quebec) - 9:47 Bonus track on CD reissue
6. "I've Got a Crush on You" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 6:51
7. "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers) - 7:25
8. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 5:00

Personnel

• Ike Quebec - tenor saxophone
• Bennie Green - trombone (tracks 1–5)
• Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone (tracks 1–5)
• Sonny Clark - piano
• Milt Hinton - bass
• Art Blakey - drums