Album: Ike Quebec - The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions [2CD]

Ike Quebec - The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions [2CD]

Album review ~allmusic.com
During his comeback years (1959-62) after a decade mostly off the scene, tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded frequently for Blue Note. He started off with a session aimed at the 45 jukebox market and, although he eventually made a few full-length albums for the label, Quebec cut four 45 dates over a two-and-a-half-year period. This double-disc set has all of the jukebox sessions. Most of the 26 selections clock in between four and seven minutes and have long melody statements in addition to concise and soulful solos. Quebec, who was in consistently prime form during his last period, is joined by groups featuring either Skeeter Best or Willie Jones on guitar and Edwin Swanston, Sir Charles Thompson, or Earl Van Dyke on organ. Fun, loose and highly enjoyable music.

Tracklist - CD.1:
01. A Light Reprieve (4:39)
02. Buzzard Lope (6:17)
03. Blue Monday (5:06)
04. Zonky (4:35)
05. Later for the Rock (4:37)
06. Sweet and Lovely (4:19)
07. Dear John (6:54)
08. Blue Friday (5:05)
09. Everything Happens to Me (short version) (4:32)
10. Mardi Gras (6:14)
11. What a Diff'rence a Day Makes (4:08)
12. For All We Know (4:12)
13. Ill Wind (6:13)

Tracklist - CD.2:
01. If I Could Be with You (6:04)
02. I've Got the World on a String (5:35)
03. Me 'n' Mabe (5:13)
04. Everything Happens to Me (long version) (6:39)
05. All of Me (2:59)
06. Intermezzo (3:46)
07. But Not for Me (3:45)
08. All the Way (3:55)
09. How Long Has This Been Going On (6:00)
10. With a Song in My Heart (3:57)
11. Imagination (5:10)
12. What is There to Say (4:34)
13. There is No Greater Love (4:46)

Personnel:
Ike Quebec - tenor saxophone
Edwin Swanston, Sir Charles Thompson, Earl Van Dyke - organ
Skeeter Best, Willie Jones - guitar
Milt Hinton, Sam Jones, Sonny Wellesley - bass
J.C. Heard, Wilbert Hogan, Les Jenkins - drums
...and more

Additional Info:
Produced by Alfred Lion
Reissue produced by Michael Cuscuna
Disc 1, tracks #1-8, recorded on July 1, 1959 at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
All other tracks recorded September 25, 1960 (Disc 1, tracks #9-13 & Disc 2, tracks #1-4);
February 5, 1962 (Disc 2, tracks #5-8), and February 13, 1962
(Disc 2, tracks #9-13); at Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Mastered in 24-Bit by Ron McMaster
Cover Photography: Francis Wolff (Mosaic Images)
Cover design by Patrick Roques
Creative direction by Gordon H. Jee
Liner notes by Bob Porter, WBGO

Genre: Hard-Bop/Soul
Label: Capitol Records/Blue Note
Year: 2005

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