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| 1. | Acquitted
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| 2. | Just One More Chance
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| 3. | Que's Dilemma
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| 4. | Brother Can You Spare A Dime
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| 5. | The Man I Love
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| 6. | Heavy Soul
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| 7. | I Want A Little Girl
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| 8. | Nature Boy
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| 9. | * Blues For Ike
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Jazz
Recorded on November 26, 1961 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
IKE QUEBEC, tenor sax
FREDDIE ROACH, organ; MILT HINTON, bass; AL HAREWOOD, drums
By 1959, tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec was a long forgotten swing musician. That year, he reunited with Blue Note Records where he's had some hits in the mid '40s. The aptly titled "Heavy Soul", his comeback album, proved a revelation to the jazz world. His big, vibrant tone, bluesy phrasing and magnificent heart-on-sleeve ballad work on this album secured his rightful place in jazz history. Among the gems on this album are "Acquitted", "The Man I Love" and a powerful "Nature Boy" performed by just Quebec and bassist Milt Hinton.
* Bonus track, not part of the original LP
Ike Quebec
Active Decades: '40s, '50s and '60s
Born: Aug 17, 1918 in Newark, NJ
Died: Jan 16, 1963 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: R&B, Soul-Jazz, Jump Blues, Hard Bop
Influenced by Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster but definitely his own person, Ike Quebec was one of the finest swing-oriented tenor saxman of the 1940s and '50s. Though he was never an innovator, Quebec had a big, breathy sound that was distinctive and easily recognizable, and he was quite consistent when it came to came to down-home blues, sexy ballads, and up-tempo aggression. Originally a pianist, Quebec switched to tenor in the early '40s and showed that he had made the right decision on excellent 78s for Blue Note and Savoy (including his hit "Blue Harlem"). As a sideman, he worked with Benny Carter, Kenny Clarke, Roy Eldridge, and Cab Calloway. In the late '40s, the saxman did a bit of freelancing behind the scenes as a Blue Note A&R man and brought Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell to the label. Drug problems kept Quebec from recording for most of the 1950s, but he made a triumphant comeback in the early '60s and was once again recording for Blue Note and doing freelance A&R for the company. Quebec was playing as authoritatively as ever well into 1962, giving no indication that he was suffering from lung cancer, which claimed his life at the age of 44 in 1963.
--- Alex Henderson, All Music Guide |
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