Ike Quebec - The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions of Ike Quebec

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 for Blue Note and served as a talent scout in the 1940s before personal problems forced him off the scene.  Alfred Lion 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 with a full-throated yet relaxed sound ideally suited to a 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.

Tracklist

LP1 — SIDE A

1.    A Light Reprieve

2.   Buzzard Lope

3.   Blue Monday

4.   Zonky

LP1 — SIDE B

1.    Later For The Rock

2.   Sweet And Lovely

3.   Dear John

4.   Blue Friday

LP2 — SIDE A

1.    Everything Happens To Me [Short Version]

2.   Mardi Gras

3.   What A Difference A Day Makes

4.   For All We Know

5.   Ill Wind

LP2 — SIDE B

1.    If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)

2.   I've Got The World On A String

3.   Me 'N Mabe

4.   Everything Happens To Me [Long Version]

LP3 — SIDE A

1.    How Long Has This Been Going On

2.   With A Song In My Heart

3.   Imagination

4.   What Is There To Say?

LP3 — SIDE B

1.    There Is No Greater Love

2.   All Of Me

3.   Intermezzo

4.   But Not For Me

All The Way