Nice 'n' Easy (Houston Person album)

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Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	[2]

On All About Jazz, Jack Bowers noted "Those who have heard Houston Person before will know pretty much what to expect from Nice 'n' Easy; those who haven't are in for a pleasant ride. Even though Person never strays from conventional norms, neither does he undervalue the music or its import, lending every tune the full measure of his attentiveness and ardor".[2] In JazzTimes, Owen Cordle wrote: "Person is a connoisseur of melody, and he solos in a way that honors the rhythms of those melodies. He can alter his tone from tender restraint to joyful shouts. He is ever-soulful and is as capable of extroverted double-timing (“Bluesology”) as he is of economical exposition (“Ill Wind”). More young saxophonists should study the gospel according to Person".[3]

1. "Someday You'll Be Sorry" (Louis Armstrong) – 5:46
2. "All My Tomorrows" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 5:37
3. "Stolen Sweets" (Wild Bill Davis) – 5:01
4. "It's All in the Game" (Charles G. Dawes, Carl Sigman) – 4:05
5. "Nice 'n' Easy" (Lew Spence, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 5:41
6. "If It's the Last Thing I Do" (Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn) – 7:02
7. "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 5:51
8. "Let's Fall in Love" (Arlen, Koehler) – 3:53
9. "Sweet Life" (Tadd Dameron) – 7:02
10. "Bluesology" (Milt Jackson) – 5:49

• Houston Person – tenor saxophone
• John Di Martino – piano
• Chuck Redd – vibraphone
• Ray Drummond – bass
• Lewis Nash – drums