Ike Quebec - The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions

3LP Vinyl - BST 11441 (Compilation, Reissue, Stereo, 180g)

The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions of Ike Quebec collects a phenomenal body of work produced between 1959-62 by a key player in the Blue Note Story. The saxophonist had recorded a series of 78s for Alfred Lion in the 1940s and also served as a talent scout who encouraged Lion to record important figures of the emerging bebop scene including Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell. After a difficult period through the 1950s during which Quebec fell off the scene, Lion reconnected with his friend and began to reintroduce Quebec’s music to jazz fans in 1959 with a series of 45 jukebox singles that were well received and revealed a formidable stylist very much at the top of his game. His full-throated yet utterly relaxed sound was ideally suited to a wide range of material from ballads to blues.

The success of Quebec’s comeback inspired Lion to keep going, capturing four sessions of material with a revolving cast of musicians that yielded classic tracks including “A Light Reprieve,” “Blue Monday,” and “What A Difference A Day Makes.” Quebec would also go on to record several album sessions including the timeless soul jazz classics Heavy Soul, Blue & Sentimental, and Bossa Nova Soul Samba, capping a prolific end to a career that would be tragically cut short with his death from lung cancer at age 44 in 1963.

Condition:

Media: Mint (M)

Sleeve: Mint (M)

Track List: 

A1. A Light Reprieve 4:34
A2. Buzzard Lope 6:15
A3. Blue Monday 5:01
A4. Zonky 4:31
B1. Later For The Rock 4:34
B2. Sweet And Lovely 4:15
B3. Dear John 6:50
B4. Blue Friday 5:01
C1. Everything Happens To Me (Short Version) 4:30
C2. Mardi Gras 6:12
C3. What A Diff'rence A Day Makes 4:04
C4. For All We Know 4:09
C5. Ill Wind 6:10
D1. If I Could Be With You 6:00
D2. I've Got The World On A String 5:30
D3. Me 'N' Mabe 5:09
D4. Everything Happens To Me (Long Version) 6:36
E1. How Long Has This Been Going On 5:57
E2. With A Song In My Heart 3:54
E3. Imagination 5:07
E4. What Is There To Say 4:31
F1. There Is No Greater Love 4:44
F2. All Of Me 2:55
F3. Intermezzo 3:43
F4. But Not For Me 3:43
F5. All The Way 3:52