Ike Quebec – Soul Samba (1962) [Analogue Productions 2009]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 48:37 minutes | Scans included | 1,97 GB
or FLAC (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,01 GB
Soul Samba (aka Bossa Nova Soul Samba) is an album by American saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label. It was Quebec’s final recording before his death in January 1963.
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Ike Quebec – It Might As Well Be Spring (1964) [Analogue Productions Remaster 2010]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 Stereo > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 35:41 minutes | Scans included | 1,44 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 710 MB
Working with the same quartet that cut Heavy Soul — organist Freddie Roach, bassist Milt Hinton and drummer Al Harewood — Ike Quebec recorded another winning hard bop album with It Might As Well Be Spring. In many ways, the record is a companion piece to Heavy Soul. Since the two albums were recorded so close together, it’s not surprising that there a number of stylistic similarities, but there are subtle differences to savor. The main distinction between the two dates is that It Might As Well Be Spring is a relaxed, romantic date comprised of standards. It provides Quebec with ample opportunity to showcase his rich, lyrical ballad style, and he shines throughout the album. Similarly, Roach has a tasteful, understated technique, whether he’s soloing or providing support for Quebec. The pair have a terrific, sympathetic interplay that makes It Might As Well Be Spring a joyous listen.
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Ike Quebec – Blue & Sentimental (1962) [APO Remaster 2011]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 Stereo > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 50:29 minutes | Artwork (PDF) | 2,03 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Artwork (PDF) | 943 MB
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time – 50:36 minutes | 2,05 GB
Ike Quebec’s 1961-1962 comeback albums for Blue Note were all pretty rewarding, but Blue and Sentimental is his signature statement of the bunch, a superbly sensuous blend of lusty blues swagger and achingly romantic ballads. True, there’s no shortage of that on Quebec’s other Blue Note dates, but Blue and Sentimental is the most exquisitely perfected. Quebec was a master of mood and atmosphere, and the well-paced program here sustains his smoky, late-night magic with the greatest consistency of tone. Part of the reason is that Quebec’s caressing tenor sound is given a sparer backing than usual, with no pianist among the quartet of guitarist Grant Green, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones. It’s no surprise that Green solos with tremendous taste and elegance (the two also teamed up on Green’s similarly excellent Born to Be Blue), and there are plenty of open spaces in the ensemble for Quebec to shine through. His rendition of the Count Basie-associated title cut is a classic, and the other standard on the original LP, “Don’t Take Your Love from Me,” is in a similarly melancholy vein. Green contributes a classic-style blues in “Blues for Charlie,” and Quebec’s two originals, “Minor Impulse” and “Like,” have more complex chord changes but swing low and easy. Through it all, Quebec remains the quintessential seducer, striking just the right balance between sophistication and earthiness, confidence and vulnerability, joy and longing. It’s enough to make Blue and Sentimental a quiet, sorely underrated masterpiece.
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Ike Quebec – Blue & Sentimental (1962/2011/2013)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time – 50:36 minutes | 2 GB
or FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:36 min | 1,03 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds | Artwork: Digital booklet
Ike Quebec’s timeless, big-toned tenor was a frequent visitor to Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in the early sixties. But this album from December 1961 with spare, soulful backing from Grant Green, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones is his masterpiece. The leaner setting works perfectly, evoking an aura of relaxation and monumentality, with the deepest blue of accents.
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Ike Quebec – With A Song In My Heart (1962/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:59 minutes | 743 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
Ike Abrams Quebec (August 17, 1918 – January 16, 1963) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career in the big band era of the 1940s, then fell from prominence for a time until launching a comeback in the years before his death.
Critic Alex Henderson wrote, “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 down-home blues, sexy ballads, and up-tempo aggression.”
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Ike Quebec – It Might As Well Be Spring (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:23 minutes | 722 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
For the album by Kenny Drew, see It Might as Well Be Spring (Kenny Drew album). It Might as Well Be Spring is an album by American saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label.
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Ike Quebec – Easy Living (1987/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:44 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
Easy Living is an album by American saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded in 1962, but not released on the Blue Note label until 1987. The album collects all the material recorded in January 1962, five tracks from which were released in 1981 as Congo Lament.
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Ike Quebec – Blue & Sentimental (1962/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:27 minutes | 1,46 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Note Records
Joined by a quartet that includes Grant Green, Quebec makes every breath and sound count, playing seductive lines on the ballads and swinging forcefully on the hotter numbers. He only lived until 1963 (passing away when he was just 44), but, as Blue And Sentimental shows, Ike Quebec saved the very best for his later period, creating a masterpiece.
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Ike Quebec – Blue & Sentimental (1962/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:45 minutes | 887 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
Ike Quebec’s timeless, big-toned tenor was a frequent visitor to Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in the early sixties. But this album from December 1961 with spare, soulful backing from Grant Green, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones is his masterpiece. The leaner setting works perfectly, evoking an aura of relaxation and monumentality, with the deepest blue of accents.
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Ike Quebec – Bossa Nova Soul Samba (1962)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 45:13 minutes | 488 MB | Genre: Jazz, Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
Soul Samba (aka Bossa Nova Soul Samba) is an album by American saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label. It was Quebec’s final recording before his death in January 1963.
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Ike Quebec – With A Song In My Heart (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:55 minutes | 734 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
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.
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