B.G.'s Groove Two – Bennie Green

Bennie often combined Latin and swing grooves. Here, he starts out Latin, then plays a swing bridge. The solos are all swing.

The front line of this recorded arrangement consists of three horns. Rather than create three separate horn parts, the harmony is noted on every lead sheet edition. The recording has a vamp and fade ending, so we've also indicated an optional ending.

"Easy Living" was recorded at the legendary Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs.

Trombonist Bennie Green was in demand both as a sideman and as a leader (the Tom Lord Jazz Discography counts 24 sessions as a leader). We've already introduced one of Bennie's leader dates (1961) with the Johnny Griffin composition Sweet Sucker. In Bennie's discography, that's the date that precedes this Ike Quebec session. Less than two months later, Bennie went back in the studio to record Cecil Payne's The Connection album. In 1964 and 1965 he teamed up again with alto saxophonist Sonny Stitt for a couple of recordings (Stitt's "My Main Man" and "Pow"). The two musicians had recorded together in 1949 and 1950 on the Stars of Modern Jazz Carnegie Hall Xmas concert.