Quebec, Ike - The Complete 45 Sessions

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. This Blue Note Tone Poet Edition is produced by Joe Harley. The 3-LP vinyl set is all-analog and cut directly from Rudy Van Gelder’s original master tapes by Kevin Gray. Pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, the LPs come packaged in a deluxe tip-on trifold jacket which includes a booklet with never-before-seen photos by Francis Wolff and an insightful, in-depth essay by scholar Loren Schoenberg.

Disc 1
1    A Light Reprieve
2    Buzzard Lope
3    Blue Monday
4    Zonky
5    Later For The Rock
6    Sweet And Lovely
7    Dear John
8    Blue Friday
Disc 2
1    Everything Happens To Me
2    Mardi Gras
3    What A Difference A Day Makes
4    For All We Know
5    Ill Wind
6    If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
7    I’ve Got The World On A String
8    Me ’N Mabe
9    Everything Happens To Me
Disc 3
1    How Long Has This Been Going On
2    With A Song In My Heart
3    Imagination
4    What Is There To Say?
5    There Is No Greater Love
6    All Of Me
7    Intermezzo
8    But Not For Me
9    All The Way