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Easy to Love

Easy to Love — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Easy to Love was composed by Cole Porter. The lyrics are credited to Cole Porter. It dates from 1936. It is in G major, 32 bars long, and in AA (16-16) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

G major

Section A1

Am7
Dm7
Am7
D7
Gmaj7
C9
Bm7
E7b9
Am7
D9
Gmaj7
Bm7E7
Am7
D7
Bm7
Bm7E7b9

Section A2

Am7
Dm7
Am7
D7
Gmaj7
C9
Bm7
E7b9
Am7
Cm7F7
Gmaj7
Bbdim7
Am7
D7
G
Bm7b5E7b9

Changes confidence: high. Source: Weimar Jazz Database (Jazzomat Research Project, HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0. Changes as annotated by the Jazzomat Research Project, licensed under the ODbL 1.0.

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Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

  • New York Swing: John Bunch, Bucky Pizzarelli with Jay Leonhart & Joe Cocuzzo — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1992
  • Pierre Huybregts & Carol Wallace Payne — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1999
  • The Allentown Band, Ronald Demkee — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2003
  • John Barrowman — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2004
  • Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2005
  • Billie Holiday — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2005

Recording credits and years follow the entries in the dataset. Source: MusicBrainz.

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Steve Lacy (soprano sax) — Steve Lacy featuring Roswell Rudd, Don Cherry, Carl Brown, Bill Higgins, Winton Kelly, Buell Neidlinger, Dennis Charles and Henry Grimes
    Hard bop · 166 bpm · swing feel
    1995

Solo, record, style, tempo and feel as catalogued by the Jazzomat Research Project (ODbL 1.0). Release year is the year of the catalogued issue, which can be a later reissue.

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