ARTiST : Ike Quebec
ALBUM : Heavy Soul
LABEL : Blue Note Records
GENRE : Jazz
ENCODER : Lame 3.90 / APS
QUALiTY : VBRkbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo
RELEASE : Feb-26-2005
STREET : Feb-14-2005
SOURCE : CDDA
TYPE : Album
PLAYTIME : 48:26 min
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[#] [Track Name] [Time]
01. Acquitted 05:35
02. Just One More Chance 05:47
03. Que's Dilemma 04:28
04. Brother Can You Spare A Dime 05:25
05. The Man In Love 06:28
06. Heavy Soul 06:49
07. I Want A Little Girl 05:20
08. Nature Boy 02:41
09. Blues For Ike 05:53
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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.
-taken from allmusic.com