Flying Easy
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| “Flying Easy” | |||||
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| Song by Donny Hathaway | |||||
| Album | Extension of a Man | ||||
| Released | June 18, 1973 | ||||
| Recorded | January 8, 1973 | ||||
| Genre | Soul | ||||
| Length | 3:13 | ||||
| Label | Atco | ||||
| Writer | Donny Hathaway, Walter Lowe, Franklin Moss, Jr. | ||||
| Producer | Arif Mardin | ||||
| Extension of a Man track listing | |||||
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"Flying Easy" is a song from Donny Hathaway's 1973 album, Extension of a Man.
Hathaway originally recorded the song as an instrumental with the Woody Herman band on a chess release from 1969 titled 'Heavy Exposure', but that rendition is a clunky, kitschy embarrassment that was actually done in hopes that United Airlines might use is for a national advertising campaign. Donny redeemed the Herman take with a smooth and easy version that used the brass sparingly and added the mellowing presence of strings. Combined with the lyrics of Walter Lowe and Franklin Moss, Jr., it became a serene soundtrack of many dreams to come.
