Nice and Easy (album) - Misplaced Pages

Nice and Easy (subtitled The Soulful Vibes of Johnny Lytle) is the third album led by American jazz vibraphonist Johnny Lytle which was recorded in 1962 for the Jazzland label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Nice and Easy is a mellow and heavily bop-influenced set fairly far removed from his usual blues-tinged funk... The results are a welcome change of pace from Lytle's often frenetic and occasionally too-busy style, and the ballad-heavy selection is a nice balance of new tunes and a few familiar standards. Overall, this could well be Johnny Lytle's best set".

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Lytle except as indicated

"But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:33
"Soul Time" (Bobby Timmons) - 4:33
"That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) - 5:23
"322-Wow!" - 4:07
"Coroner's Blues" - 7:22
"Nice and Easy" (Johnny Griffin) - 8:20
"Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) - 4:40

Personnel

Johnny Lytle - vibraphone
Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-6)
Bobby Timmons - piano
Sam Jones - bass
Louis Hayes - drums

References

Jazzland Records discography accessed November 2, 2012
^ Mason, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 2, 2012
Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 917. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

v t e Johnny Lytle
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Blue Vibes (1960) Happy Ground (1961) Moon Child (and Ray Barretto, 1962) Nice and Easy (1962) Got That Feeling! (1963) The Village Caller! (1963) The Loop (1964–65) New and Groovy (1966) A Man and a Woman (1967) Swingin' at the Gate (1967) Close Enough for Jazz (1969) The Soulful Rebel (1971) People & Love (1972) Fast Hands (1980) Good Vibes (1981)
With others	Workin' Out! (Bobby Timmons, 1964) Unlimited! (Roger, 1987)

v t e Bobby Timmons
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons (and John Jenkins, Clifford Jordan, 1957) This Here Is Bobby Timmons (1960) Soul Time (1960) Easy Does It (1961) In Person (1961) Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962) Born to Be Blue! (1963) Chun-King (1964) From the Bottom (1964) Holiday Soul (1964) Little Barefoot Soul (1964) Workin' Out! (1964) Chicken & Dumplin's (1965) Soul Food (1966) The Soul Man! (1966) Got to Get It! (1967) Do You Know the Way? (1968)
With Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers	1958 – Paris Olympia (1958) Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958) Drums Around the Corner (1958) Moanin' (1958) At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959) Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959) A Night in Tunisia (1960) Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961) Pisces (1961) Roots & Herbs (1961) The Freedom Rider (1961) The Witch Doctor (1961)
With others	10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (Pepper Adams, 1958) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959) Them Dirty Blues (Cannonball Adderley, 1960) Work Song (Nat Adderley, 1960) Chet Baker & Crew (1956) Chet Baker Big Band (1956) Blue Lights (Kenny Burrell, 1958) On View at the Five Spot Cafe (Kenny Burrell, 1959) More Party Time (Arnett Cobb, 1960) Movin' Right Along (Arnett Cobb, 1960) 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (Kenny Dorham, 1956) Matador (Kenny Dorham, 1962) Brass Shout (Art Farmer, 1959) The Opener (Curtis Fuller, 1957) Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (1958) The Big Soul-Band (Johnny Griffin, 1960) The Soul Society (Sam Jones, 1960) Nice and Easy (Johnny Lytle, 1962) Hank (Hank Mobley, 1957) The Cooker (Lee Morgan, 1957) Lee-Way (Lee Morgan, 1960) Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece, 1960) Personal Appearance (Sonny Stitt, 1957) The Young Lions (1960)

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