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Bill Easley

ts, *1946 US, New York City
Musician of Jazz and R&B/Soul
A.k.a. William Robert Easley

Bill Easley (born January 13, 1946) plays alto, tenor, flute and clarinet. He worked with George Benson in the late 1960s and with Isaac Hayes in the 1970s. Easley Attended Memphis State University in the 1970s. He also did sessions at Stax and Hi Records (with Ann Peebles and Al Green). Easley moved back to New York in 1980 and has recorded sessions for Sunnyside and Milestone. He's played with Sir Roland Hanna, Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy Smith, Ruth Brown, James Williams, trumpeter Bill Mobley, Mulgrew Miller, Grady Tate, George Caldwell, Victor Gaskin, Panama Francis, Mercer Ellington and Billy Higgins among others.

     
Instruments
  • Tenor sax
  • Flute
  • Alto sax
  • Clarinet
  • Saxophone
Genres
  • Jazz
  • R&B/Soul
Popular Tracks   
Oh What A Dream - Instrumental on First Call by Bill Easley
Those Were the Days on Diversitonic by Bill Easley
It's All In The Game - Instrumental on First Call by Bill Easley
Isfahan on Diversitonic by Bill Easley
That's What Friends Are For on Wind Inventions by Bill Easley
Love with a Proper Stranger on Love Stories by Bill Easley
Things Ain't What the Used to Be on Diversitonic by Bill Easley
Almost Like Being in Love on Love Stories by Bill Easley
Somewhere Along The Way - Instrumental on First Call by Bill Easley
They Can't Take That Away from Me on Love Stories by Bill Easley

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Band Members
Discography


Title Artist Year Type
Hearing VoicesBill Easley2009Album
Business Man´s BounceBill Easley2007Album
McGriff's BluesJimmy McGriff With Eric Leeds, Bill Easley, Dr. Fink, Bernard Purdie1994Compil.
Memphis ConventionJames Williams, Calvin Newborn, Bill Mobley, Bill Easley, George Coleman, Lewis Keel, Herman Green, Donald Brown, Harold Mabern, Mulgrew Miller, Charles Thomas, Jamil Nasser, Tony Reedus1993Album
First CallBill Easley1991Album
Wind InventionsBill Easley1987Album
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