Easy Street (Alan Rankin Jones song)

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"Easy Street" is a jazz standard and popular song with lyrics and music written by Alan Rankin Jones in 1940.[1][2][3][4] It was first recorded by 'Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra.' [1]

Written1940
SongwriterAlan Rankin Jones
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Background

The term 'easy street' originated in the late 1800s and is slang for "a state in which everything is going well and one is comfortable.” It's usually meant momentarily.[2]

Musical characteristics

Easy Street is in thirty-two bar form[4][5] and includes a melody that moves the title line to different pitches whenever it recurs in a phrase.[4][1] The song is usually played with a slow, slightly swinging melody.[1]

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