Mr. Nathanson and Mr. Fowlkes, the saxophonist and trombonist from the Jazz Passengers, are perfectly compatible with the easygoing soul-jazz style, the organist Reuben Wilson's stock in trade; his old tenor-and-organ records on Blue Note have been enjoying a bit of a rediscovery lately.
Their disc jockey-producer-programmers draw on plush acid jazz, smooth soul, easygoing hip-hop and relaxed house music, using plenty of acoustic instruments to build their tracks.
Both are trawling an easygoing confluence of Italian soul and finger food.
We've already had Wainwright's brazenly hit-seeking record – 2007's Release the Stars – so when he describes this as his "most pop album", he means something different: a smooth, easygoing collection, informed by 70s soul and MOR and given a sympathetic vintage gloss by Mark Ronson.
Brennan's easygoing personality seems to embody the soul of the town, which he calls "a wacky, weird little place".
The easygoing photographer hardly seems like a tortured soul who relies on art to sublimate his fears and fantasies.
A recreational snowboarder with a soul patch, Mr. Raddon has an easygoing manner at odds with his high-octane output.
"In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," a Sinatra cry from the dark night of the soul, was relaxed into a languid, easygoing swing ballad.
In person, he's easygoing and affable.
NICK LOWE Now in his 60s, Nick Lowe the pub-rocker has matured into an easygoing, slyly retro craftsman, looking to the concision of country and soul songwriting.
Reviewing "Staggerford" for The Times, the author Joyce Carol Oates wrote, "Jon Hassler's easygoing, understated prose expresses succinctly the arid state of Miles's soul".
