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Date: September 1 & 2, 1986
Location: Manhattan Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Sunnyside
Bill Easley (ldr), Bill Easley (f, cl, as), Mulgrew Miller (p), Victor Gaskin (b), Tony Reedus (d)
| a. | a-01 | Wind Inventions - 5:24 (Bill Easley) |
| b. | a-02 | Blue Again - 5:31 (Bill Easley) |
| c. | a-03 | Sticking - 5:35 (Bill Easley) |
| d. | a-04 | Come Sunday - 6:54 (Duke Ellington) |
| e. | b-01 | That's What Friends Are For - 5:21 (Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager) |
| f. | b-02 | All Too Soon - 5:54 (Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman) |
| g. | b-03 | Focus - 5:40 (James Williams) |
| h. | b-04 | Waltz For The Ball - 4:55 (Bill Easley) |
| All titles on: | Sunnyside LP 12": 1022 — Wind Inventions
Sunnyside CD: SSC 1022D — Wind Inventions (1996) | |
Bill Easley (f) on a, e; (cl) on a-g; (as) on h.
Easley overdubbed multiple flute and clarinet parts on a and e.
Date: October 22, 1990
Location: Giant Studios, New York City
Label: Milestone
Bill Easley (ldr), Bill Easley (as, ts), Bill Mobley (t), James Williams (p), George Caldwell (syn), David Jackson (b), Grady Tate (d)
| a. | 03 | How Long Has This Been Going On - 7:35 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| b. | 04 | Oh, What A Dream - 8:17 (Harold 'Chuck' Willis) |
| c. | 05 | Soulful Bill - 5:50 (James Williams) |
| d. | 06 | Blues For Stitt - 6:02 (Bill Easley) |
| All titles on: | Milestone CD: MCD 9186-2 — First Call (1991) | |
George Caldwell (syn) on b-c.
Date: October 29, 1990
Location: Giant Studios, New York City
Label: Milestone
Bill Easley (ldr), Bill Easley (as, ts), Bill Mobley (t), Roland Hanna (p), George Caldwell (syn), Hassan Shakur [aka J. J. Wiggins] (b), Grady Tate (d)
| a. | 01 | It's All In The Game - 6:22 (Carl Sigman, Charles Dawes) |
| b. | 02 | Somewhere Along The Way - 5:53 (Kurt Adams, Sammy Gallop) |
| c. | 07 | Prelude To A Kiss - 6:24 (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) |
| d. | 08 | Crazeology [aka Little Benny] - 4:12 (Bud Powell) |
| All titles on: | Milestone CD: MCD 9186-2 — First Call (1991) | |
Bill Mobley (t) on d; George Caldwell (syn) on b-c.
d listed as "Little Benny".
Date: September 29 & 30, 1994
Location: Power Station, New York City
Label: Evidence
Bill Easley (ldr), Bill Easley (f, cl, bcl, as), George Coleman (ts), Bill Mobley (t, fh), Donald Brown (p), Ron Carter (b), Billy Higgins (d)
| a. | 01 | Extension 27 - 9:24 (Frank Strozier) |
| b. | 02 | Alex The Great - 7:49 (Harold Mabern, Jr.) |
| c. | 03 | Nina Never Knew - 7:11 (Milton Drake, Louis Alter) |
| d. | 04 | Easley Said And Done - 8:06 (Donald Brown) |
| e. | 05 | I Want To Be Happy - 7:30 (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach) |
| f. | 06 | Runnin' - 4:28 (Frank Strozier) |
| g. | 07 | Listen To The Dawn - 7:53 (Kenny Burrell) |
| h. | 08 | Born Out Of Darkness - 4:53 (Bill Easley) |
| i. | 09 | Gypsy - 9:09 (Ron Carter) |
| All titles on: | Evidence CD: ECD 22183-2 — Easley Said (1997) | |
Date: November 12-14, 2006
Label: 18th And Vine
Bill Easley (ldr), Bill Easley (cl, ts), Frank Wess (ts), Warren Vaché, Jr. (c), Larry Ham (p), Hassan Shakur [aka J. J. Wiggins] (b), Michael Carvin (d)
| a. | 01 | Straighten Up And Fly Right - 3:42 (Irving Mills, Nat King Cole) |
| b. | 02 | Mentor - 5:55 (Bill Easley) |
| c. | 03 | September Song - 4:56 (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) |
| d. | 04 | Chelsea Bridge - 5:45 (Billy Strayhorn) |
| e. | 05 | In The Still Of The Night - 4:58 (Cole Porter) |
| f. | 06 | Hi-Fly - 5:09 (Randy Weston) |
| g. | 07 | The Memphis Blues - 6:07 (W. C. Handy, George Norton) |
| h. | 08 | Spring Is Here - 5:45 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| i. | 09 | Indian Summer - 5:27 (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin) |
| j. | 10 | Anthropology - 4:23 (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie) |
| k. | 11 | Just In Time - 4:32 (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) |
| All titles on: | 18th And Vine CD: 1055 — Business Man's Bounce (2007) | |
Bill Easley (cl) on g; Frank Wess (ts) on b; Warren Vaché, Jr. (c) on g.
Recording date needs confirmation.
Backgrounds by Off Broadway Woodwind Ensemble - personnel unknown.
Date: ca. 2010
Location: Showplace Recording Studios, Dover, NJ
Label: American Showplace Music
Bill Easley (ldr), Bill Easley (ts), Tommy James (p), Hassan Shakur [aka J. J. Wiggins] (b), Willie Martinez (d), Wilson 'Chembo' Corniel (cga, per)
| a. | 01 | They Can't Take That Away From Me - 5:44 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| b. | 02 | Almost Like Being In Love - 4:15 (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
| c. | 03 | My Foolish Heart - 4:29 (Victor Young, Ned Washington) |
| d. | 04 | Theme From "Love Story" - 5:25 (Carl Sigman, Francis Lai) |
| e. | 05 | Don't You Know I Care - 4:38 (Duke Ellington, Mack David) |
| f. | 06 | I Can't Give You Anything But Love - 4:44 (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) |
| g. | 07 | Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - 4:08 (Don Redman, Andy Razaf) |
| h. | 08 | Falling In Love With Love - 5:20 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| i. | 09 | I'll Take Romance - 3:47 (Ben Oakland, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| j. | 10 | Hey There - 4:12 (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) |
| k. | 11 | Love With The Proper Stranger - 5:30 (Elmer Bernstein, Johnny Mercer) |
| l. | 12 | You Go To My Head - 5:51 (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) |
| m. | 13 | The End Of A Love Affair - 4:28 (Edward C. Redding) |
| All titles on: | American Showplace Music CD: — Love Stories (2010) | |
Wilson 'Chembo' Corniel (cga) on a-e, k, m; (per) on a-e, k, m.
CD issue gives no recording date - 2010 is issue date.