Bill Easley
Bill Easley is an American jazz musician who plays saxophone, flute, and clarinet.
Easley studied at Memphis State University during the 1960s. He worked with George Benson in the late 1960s and with Isaac Hayes in the 1970s. He also did sessions at Stax and Hi Records. He moved back to New York in 1980.
He has worked with Roland Hanna, Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy Smith, Ruth Brown, James Williams, Bill Mobley, George Caldwell, Mulgrew Miller, Grady Tate, Victor Gaskin, Panama Francis, Mercer Ellington, and Billy Higgins.Discography
- Wind Inventions
- First Call
- Easley Said
- Business Man's Bounce
- Hearing Voices
- Love Stories
As sideman
With Mercer Ellington
With Jimmy McGriff
With Warren Vaché
With James Williams
- Flying Colors
- Alter Ego
- Progress Report
- Memphis Convention
With others
- Jimmy Witherspoon, Sings the Blues
- Benny Carter, Central City Sketches
- Bobby Watson, The Year of the Rabbit
- Charles Earland, Front Burner
- Ed Thigpen, BWay
- Grady Tate, Dream Love
- Joey DeFrancesco, Where Were You?
- Etta Jones, Christmas with Etta Jones
- Randy Johnston, Walk On
- Grady Tate, TNT Grady Tate Sings
- Dakota Staton, Darling Please Save Your Love for Me
- Jimmy Heath, Little Man Big Band,
- Harold Mabern The Leading Man
- Chris Connor, I Walk With Music