''Easy Street'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist

Eric Marienthal Eric Marienthal (born December 19, 1957) is a Grammy Award-nominated Los Angeles-based contemporary saxophonist best known for his work in the jazz, jazz fusion, smooth jazz, and pop genres. Early life Eric Marienthal was born on December 19, 1 ...

released in 1997 and recorded for the Verve label. The album reached No. 13 on the ''Billboard'' Contemporary Jazz chart.

Track listing

# Easy Street (

Lee Ritenour Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s. Biography Ritenour was born on January 11, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, United States. At the age of eight he started play ...

) – 5:17 # Tuesday's Delight ( John Beasley) – 4:41 # New Jack Saturday (Marienthal/Ritenour) – 5:07 #

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(Morris Broadnax/

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) – 4:24 # Glow (Ritenour) – 5:06 # Half and Half ( Charles Davis) – 4:36 # The Sun Died (

Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson Sr. (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential singers in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Ge ...

) – 5:14 # Last Day of Summer (Rob Mullins) – 5:33 # Bourriquot (Beasley) – 4:35 # Secret Passions (Jeff Lorber/Marienthal) – 5:03 # Backstage (Marienthal/Mullins) – 4:59

Personnel

– saxophone *

Rick Braun Rick Braun (born July 6, 1955) is a smooth jazz trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone and keyboards player, vocalist, composer, and record producer. Career Braun was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and attended Dieruff High School. His mother was a se ...

– trumpet * John Beasley – keyboards *

Don Grusin Don Grusin (born April 22, 1941) is an American jazz keyboardist, composer, and record producer. He is the younger brother of Dave Grusin. Career Don Grusin grew up in Littleton, Colorado. His father, a native of Latvia, was a classical violinis ...

– keyboards * Rob Mullins – keyboards *

Russell Ferrante Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, California. History In 1977, guitarist Robben Ford, for his first solo album, recruited keyboardist Russell Ferrante, electric bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Rick ...

– piano *

– guitar *

Melvin Lee Davis Melvin Lee Davis is an American bass player, vocalist, keyboard player, producer, TV composer and engineer based in Orange County, California. He is the music director for Grammy-award winning artist Chaka Khan and has recorded with The Pointer ...

– bass *

Sonny Emory Sonny is a common nickname and occasional given name. Often it can be a derivative of the English word "Son", a name derived from the Ancient Germanic element *sunn meaning "sun", a nickname derived from the Italian name Salvatore (especially in N ...

– drums * Hilary Jones – drums * Cassio Duarte – percussion *

Vesta Williams Mary Vesta Williams (December 1, 1957 – September 22, 2011) was an American singer-songwriter, who performed across genres such as pop, jazz, adult contemporary and R&B. Originally credited as Vesta Williams, she was simply known as Vesta begin ...

– vocals

Charts

References

External links

Eric Marienthal/Easy Street at Discogs

Eric Marienthal/Easy Street at AllMusic

Eric Marienthal's Official Site
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