| Swingin' Easy | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Sarah Vaughan |
| Cover: | swingineasy.jpg |
| Released: | 1957 |
| Recorded: | April 2, 1954, February 14, 1957 |
| Genre: | Vocal jazz |
| Length: | 35:26 |
| Label: | EmArcy 36109 |
| Producer: | Jack Tracy |
| Prev Title: | Sassy |
| Prev Year: | 1956 |
| Next Title: | Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine Sing the Best of Irving Berlin |
| Next Year: | 1957 |
Swingin' Easy is a 1957 studio album by the American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan.
On the second chorus of "All of Me" Vaughan bops in "a quite extraordinary fashion, covering more than two octaves" (from the sleeve notes). "Pennies from Heaven" is taken slower than is usual and Vaughan creates a brand new melody the second time around, a kind of descant improvising on the original tune.
Eight of the tracks, recorded on April 2, 1954, with John Malachi on piano and Joe Benjamin on bass, were originally released that year on a 10-inch LP entitled Images.
The initial Billboard review from November 1957 said the album was a "commentary on Miss Vaughan's high level of professionalism and ease in jazz environment. Relaxed quality is keynote here as the singer makes the difficult sound easy."[1] The Billboard review highlighted "Words Can't Describe", which noted that it was given an "especially cogent reading".[1] Mentioning “Shulie a Bop”, “Lover Man”, and “Linger Awhile” as particular highlights, The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings says that, backed by only a rhythm section, “Vaughan is at her freest and most good-humoured.”
Recorded April, 1954 and February, 1957, in New York City, United States: