Ike Quebec

 

Artist:  Ike Quebec 

Birth Name:  Ike Abrams Quebec

Born:  August 17, 1918.  Newark, New Jersey, USA

Died:  January 16, 1963 (Aged 44).  New York City, New York, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Blues, R&B, Jump Blues, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Early R&B

Occupation:  Musician

Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Piano

Ike Quebec was an American Jazz Tenor Saxophonist.  He began his career in the big band era of the 1940s, he was one of the finest Swing-Oriented Tenor Saxman of the 1940s and '50s.  He influenced by Colman Hawkins and Ben Webster.  He worked with Benny Carter, Kenny Clarke, Boy Eldridge and Cab Calloway.  He brought Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell to the Blue Note Label.

Title:  Heavy Soul (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Blues, R&B, Jump Blues, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Early R&B

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:   ****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Acquitted (5:38)

 2.  Just One More Chance (5:30)

 3.  Que's Dilemma (4:29)

 4.  Brother, Cam You Spare A Dime? (5:28)

Side B:

 1.  The Man I Love (6:31)

 2.  Heavy Soul (6:51)

 3.  I Want A Little Girl (5:22)

 4.  Nature Boy (2:44)

Personnel:

Ike Quebec:  Tenor Saxophone

Freddie Roach:  Organ on Tracks:  A1-4, B1-3

Milt Hinton:  Bass

Al Harewood:  Drums on Tracks:  A1-4, B1-3

Heavy Soul is the debut album by Ike Quebec, originally released on March 1962 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on July 21, 2023 by Blue Note Records