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, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Big Band, Blues, R&B, Hard Bop, 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 recorded exrtensively for Blue Note Records, helped discover artists like Thelonious Monk, and launched a celecbrated Soul Jazz comeback, and he was quite consistent when it came to down-home Blues,Sexy Ballads, and Up-Tempo aggression.

Title:  Bossa Nova Soul Samba (Blue Note Tone Poet Edition) (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Big Band, Blues, R&B,

 Jump Blues, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Early R&B

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Loie (3:10)

 2.  Lloro Tu Despedida (3:01)

 3.  Goin' Home (5:39)

 4.  Me'N You (5:58)

Side Two:

 1. Liebestraum (3:42)

 2. Shu Shu (3:31)

 3. Blue Samba (5:18)

 4.  Favela (4:00)

 5.  Linda Flor (3:28)

Personnel:

Ike Quebec:  Tenor Saxophone

Kenny Burrell:  Guitar

Wendell Marshall:  Bass

Willie Bobo:  Drums

Garvin Masseaux:  Chekere

Bossa Nova Soul Samba is an album by Ike Quebec, originally released in 1962 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on August 7, 2026 by Blue Note.  Blue Note Tone Poet Edition, 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Quincy Jones

 

Artist:  Quincy Jones

Birth Name:  Quincy Delight Jones Jr.

Born:  March 14,1933.  Chicago,, Illinois, USA

Genre:  Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk, Big Band, Swing, Bossa Nova, Jazz, Hip Hop, Rock & Roll, Pop, Disco

Occupation:  Record Producer, Conductor, Arranger, Record Executive, Songwriter, Musician, Composer, Film and Television Producer

Instruments:  Trumpet

Quincy Jones is an American Record Producer, Musician, Songwriter, Composer, Arranger, Film and Television Producer from Chicago, Illinois.  His career spans in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys and a Grammy Legend Award un 1992.  He worked on Pop Music and producing Lesley Gore's major pop hits including "It's My Party", and Jazz Artists Frank Sinatra and Count Basie.  He became the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original  Song for "The Eyes Of Love" (1968), he was also nominated for an Academy Award For Best Original Score of his work in Cold Blood (1967).  He produced three of Popstar Michael Jackson's most successful albums:  Off The War (1979), Thriller (1982), and Bad (1987).  He produced and conduced the charity song "We Are The World", which raised funds for victims of Famine in Ethiopia.  In 1971, he became the first African American to be the musical director and conductor of the Academy Awards.  He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame as the Winner.  He was named one of the most influential Jazz musicians of the 20th Century by Time.

Title:  The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones (Special Edition)(2026)

Genre:  Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk, Big Band, Swing, Bossa Nova, Jazz, Hip Hop, Rock & Roll, Pop, Disco

Label:  Ermitage

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Lester Leaps In (3:37)

 2.  Ghana (4:40)

 3.  Caravan (3:32)

 4.  Everybody's Blues (4:17)

 5.  Cherokee (Indian Love Song) (3:11)

Side Two:

 1.  Air Mail Special (2:37)

 2.  They Say It's Wonderful (3:26)

 3.  Chant Of The Weed (3:16)

 4.  I Never Has Seen Snow (3:13)

 5.  Eesom (5:06)

Personnel:

Quincy Jones:  Conductor

Art Farmer:  Trumpet

Lennie Johnson:  Trumpet

Jimmy Maxwell:  Trumpet

Lee Morgan:  Trumpet

Ernie Royal:  Trumpet

Nick Travis:  Trumpet

Billy Byers:  Trombone

Jimmy Cleveland:  Trombone

Urbie Green:  Trombone

Frank Rehak:  Trombone

Julius Watkins:  French Horn

Porter Kilbert:  Tenor Saxophone

Jerome Richardson:  Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo

Sahib Shihab:  Baritone Saxophone

Patti Brown:  Piano

Les Spann:  Guitar, Flute

Buddie Jones:  Bass

Buddy Catlett:  Bass

Don Lamond:  Drums

The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones  is an album by Quincy Jones, originally released in 1959 by Mercury, remastered and reissued on January 16, 2026 by Ermitage.  Special Edition Yellow Colour Vinyl.

Linda Ronstadt

 

Artist:  Linda Ronstadt
Birth Name:  Linda Maria Ronstadt
Born:  July 15, 1946
Origin:  Tucson, Arizona, USA
Genre:  Folk, Country, Folk Rock, Country Rock, Rock, Soft Rock, Adult Contemporary, Country Pop, Traditional Pop, Jazz, Big Band
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Producer, Actress
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar, Percussion

Linda Ronstadt is an American Singer, Songwriter, from Tucson, Arizona.  She started with the folk group called The Stone Poneys, before she started a solo career in 1968 and her group session musicians who would later form The Eagles, and she has been recording songs with Jackson Browne, Neil Young and Eric Anderson, she also has collaborated with artists including Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Warren Zevon, The Chieftains, Bette Midler, Frank Zappa, Rosemary Clooney and many more!.  She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, two Academy Of Country Music Awards, An Emmy Award, An Alma Award, and many more!.  Linda Ronstadt was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in April, 2014.

Title:  Sausalito 73 (2014) 

Genre:  Folk, Country, Folk Rock, Country Rock, Rock, Soft Rock, Adult Contemporary, Country Pop, Traditional Pop, Jazz, Big Band

Label:  All Access

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Nightingale (3:41)

 2.  I Fall To Pieces (3:15)

 3.  Silver Threads And Golden Needles (2:26)

 4.  Love Has No Pride (4:37)

 5.  Rock Me On The Water (5:42)

 6.  I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) (2:59)

 7.  It Doesn't Matter Any More (3:41)

 8.  Dark End Of The Street (4:21)

 9.  I Believe In You (3:32)

10. Crazy Arms (5:08)

11. Long, Long Time (4:36)

12. You're No Good (3:57)

13. Steel Guitar Rag (2:50)

14. Break My Mind (2:06)

Personnel:

Linda Ronstadt:  Vocals, Guitar

Andrew Gold:  Guitar

Bob Warford:  Guitar

Doug Hayward:  Bass

Jimmy Hodder:  Drums

John Boylan:  Piano, Guitar

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter:  Steel Guitar

Sausalito 73 is a live album by Linda Ronstadt, released in 2014 by All Access, recorded at KSAN-FM live Broadcast from The Record Plant, Sausalito, California, USA, November 18, 1973.

Duke Ellington

 

Artist:  Duke Ellington
Birth Name:  Edward Kennedy Ellington
Born:  April 29, 1899.  Washington, D.C. USA
Died:  May 24, 1974 (Aged 75).  New York City, New York. USA
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Orchestral Jazz, Standards, Modern Big Band, Progressive Jazz
Occupation:  Bandleader, Musician, Composer, Conductor, Songwriter
Instruments: Piano

Duke Ellington was an American Composer, Pianist and Bandleader of a Jazz Orchestra, was based on New York City from the mid-1920s onward together continuously for almost 50 years, and was the most important composer in the history of Jazz.  Some of the musicians who were members of Duke Ellington's Orchestra, such as Saxophonist Johnny Hodges.  He wrote more than one thousand compositions.  He was awarded a special Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1999.

Artist:  Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

Title:   Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) (2022)

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Orchestral Jazz, Standards, Modern Big Band, Progressive Jazz

Label:  Number One Essentials

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  In A Sentimental Mood (4:14)

 2.  Take The Coltrane (4:42)

 3.  Big Nick (4:30)

 4.  Stevie (4:22)

 5.  In A Sentimental Mood (2:27)

Side B:

 1.  My Little Brown Book (5:20)

 2.  Angelica (6:00)

 3.  The Feeling Of Jazz (5:34)

 4.  Big Nick (4:04)

Personnel:

Duke Ellington:  Piano

John Coltrane: Tenor Saxophone on All Tracks, except 3, Soprano on Track 3

Jimmy Garrison:  Bass on Tracks:   A2, A3, B2

Aaron Bell:  Bass on Tracks:  A1, A4, B1, B3

Elvin Jones:  Drums on Tracks:  A1-3, B3

Sam Woodyard:  Drums on Tracks:  A4, B1, B3

Bonus Tracks:  *

A5:

Duke Ellington:  Piano

Wendell Marshall:  Bass

Butch Ballard:  Drums

B4:

John Coltrane:  Tenor & Soprano Saxophone

McCoy Tyner:  Piano

Jimmy Garrison:  Bass

Elvin Jone:  Drums

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is an album by Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, originally released on January, 1963 by Impulse! remastered and reissued on November 14, 2025 by Number One Essentials.  18 Gram Audiophile Vinyl

Coleman Hawkins

 

Artist:  Coleman Hawkins

Birth Name:  Coleman Randolph Hawkins

Born:  November 21, 1904.  St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

Died:  May 19, 1969 (Aged 64).  New York City, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Early Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Big Band

Occupation:  Musician, Saxophinist

Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Clarinet

Coleman Hawkins was an American Jazz Tenor Saxophonist.  One of the first prominent Jazz Musicians of his instrument.  The main influence on a generation of Tenor Players that included Chu Berry, Buddy Tate, Don Byas, Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Ike Quebec, Al Sears, Paul Gonsalves, and Lucky Thompson.  While He became known with Swing Music during the Big Band Era, he had a role in the development of Bebop in the 1940s.

Title:  Coleman Hawkins And Confreres (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Early Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Big Band

Label:  Verve

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Maria (6:31)

 2.  Sunday (5:19)

 3.  Hanid (4:50)

Side Two:

 1.  Honey Flower (8:42)

 2.  Nabob (9:29)

Personnel:

Coleman Hawkins:  Tenor Saxophone

Roy Eldridge:  Trumpet on Tracks:  1/2, 3, 2/1, 2

Ben Webster:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  1/1, 2

Hank Jones:  Piano on Tracks:  1/3, 2/1, 2

Oscar Peterson:  Piano on Tracks:  1/1, 2

Herb Ellis:  Guitar on Tracks:  1/1, 2

Ray Brown:  Bass on Tracks:  1/1, 2

George Duvivier:  Bass on Tracks:  1/2, 2/1, 2

Mickey Sheen:  Drums on Tracks:  1/2, 2/1, 2

Alvin Stoller:  Drums on Tracks:  1/1, 2

Coleman Hawkins And Confreres is an album by Coleman Hawkins, originally released in 1958 by Verve, remastered and reissued on November 28, 2025 by Verve.  180 Gram Vinyl.

Frank Sinatra

 

Artist:  Frank Sinatra 
Birth Name:  Francis Albert Sinatra
Born:  December 12, 1915.  Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.
Died:  May 14, 1998 (Aged 82).  West Hollywood, California, USA.
Genre:  Traditional Pop, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Standards, Vocal Pop
Occupations;  Singer, Actor, Producer, Director, Conductor
Instruments:  Vocals

Frank Sinatra was an American Singer and Film Actor.  He started his career as a boy singer with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey in the Swing Era.  He found success as a solo artist from the early to mid-1940, he had many hits with "Strangers In The Night", "My Way", "New York, New York", "Somethin' Stupid", and many many more!, and he is one of the Best-Selling Artists of All Time.  He was also the recipient of 11 Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Awards, Grammy Legend Award And The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Title:  The Hits (Limited Edition) (2025) 

Genre:  Traditional Pop, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Standards, Vocal Pop

Label:  New Continent

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  The Lady Is A Tramp (3:15)

 2.  Witchcraft (2:53)

 3.  I've Got The World On A String (2:12)

 4.  Don' Cha Go 'Way Mad (3:14)

 5.  Night And Day (4:00)

 6.  All The Way (2:51)

 7.  I Love Paris (1:48)

 8.  Oh! Look At Me Now (2:52)

 9.  Young At Heart (2:50)

10. One For My Baby (4:24)

Side B:

 1.  I've Got You Under My Skin (3:45)

 2.  Nice 'N' Easy (2:46)

 3.  Not As A Stranger (2:47)

 4.  Come Fly With Me (3:18)

 5.  I Get A Kick Out Of You (2:54)

 6.  How Little We now (2:40)

 7.  At Long Last Love (2:26)

 8.  I Wish I Were In Love Again (2:28)

 9.  In The Still Of The Night (3:26)

10. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (3:09)

The Hits is the compilation album by Frank Sinatra, released on November 21, 2025 by New Continent.  Limited Edition 180 Gram Blue Colored Vinyl.