Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Ike Quebec • It Might As Well Be Spring
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Monday, August 3, 2026
VA • Bossa Nova 100
Lamentablemente en este gran recopilatorio de Bossa Nova, el gran ausente es Vinícius de Moraes, supongo serán cuestiones de las discográficas. Pero bueno, la selección bien lo vale.
Unfortunately, in this great Bossa Nova compilation, the great absentee is Vinícius de Moraes, I guess it's a matter of record companies. But well, the selection is well worth it.
Friday, July 31, 2026
Jimmy Smith • Plain Talk
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
VA • Blue Bossa & Cool Jazz
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ramsey Lewis, Dave Pike, Hank Mobley, Charlie Byrd, Herbie Mann, Sergio Mendes, Stan Getz, Ike Quebec, Walter Wanderley, Cal Tjader …
Saturday, July 11, 2026
VA • Back Down To The Tropics
Hank Mobley, Duke Pearson, Horace Silver, Grant
Green, Donald Byrd, Lou Donaldson, John Patton, Stanley Turrentine, Art Blakey,
Kenny Burrell, Dexter Gordon, Ike Quebec, Don Wilkerson,
http://www.bluenote.com/
Thursday, June 25, 2026
VA • The Hard Bop Years - Rudy Van Gelder Masters
Compilation of RVG's masters, 99 tracks.
Art Blakey, Grant Green, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Burrell, Cannonball Adderley, Ike Quebec, Jimmy Smith, Joe Henderson, Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, Clifford Jordan, Blue Mitchell, Thelonious Monk, J.J. Johnson, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Jackie McLean, Lou Donaldson, Dexter Gordon, Stanley Turrentine ...
Monday, June 15, 2026
Ike Quebec • Heavy Soul
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Ike Quebec • With A Song In My Heart
A jazz album by tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec compiled around material from his later Blue Note sessions.
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Un álbum de jazz del saxofonista tenor Ike Quebec compilado en torno a material de sus últimas sesiones de Blue Note.
Sunday, January 25, 2026
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Grant Green • The Latin Bit
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Grant Green • Ballads
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Ike Quebec • The Art Of Ike Quebec
Review
by Scott Yanow
Tenor-saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded six albums for Blue Note during his last period before passing away in Jan. 1963. This single CD has at least one selection from each of the records (11 in all) that, when taken as a whole, gives one a good idea as to how strong Quebec was still sounding. Although his fans will want to get the individual records (four of the six are currently available on CD's), this is an excellent sampler. Among the other players are organist Freddie Roach, guitarists Grant Green and Kenny Burrell, pianist Sonny Clark, drummer Art Blakey and Billy Higgins, trombonist Bennie Green and tenor great Stanley Turrentine.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-art-of-ike-quebec-mw0000613994
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Reseña
por Scott Yanow
El tenor-saxofonista Ike Quebec grabó seis álbumes para Blue Note durante su última etapa antes de fallecer en enero de 1963. Este único CD contiene al menos una selección de cada uno de los discos (11 en total) que, tomados en su conjunto, dan una buena idea de la fuerza con la que Quebec seguía sonando. Aunque sus fans querrán conseguir los discos individuales (cuatro de los seis están disponibles actualmente en CD), éste es un excelente muestrario. Entre los demás músicos figuran el organista Freddie Roach, los guitarristas Grant Green y Kenny Burrell, el pianista Sonny Clark, los baterías Art Blakey y Billy Higgins, el trombonista Bennie Green y el gran tenor Stanley Turrentine.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-art-of-ike-quebec-mw0000613994
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Jimmy Smith • Open House
Review
by Michael Erlewine
Not
the usual group. Instead find Jackie McLean (as), Blue Mitchell (tp),
Quentin Warren (g), and Ike Quebec (ts) for a fast-paced studio jam
session.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/open-house-mw0000958849
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Reseña
por Michael Erlewine
No
es el grupo habitual. En su lugar encontramos a Jackie McLean (as),
Blue Mitchell (tp), Quentin Warren (g), e Ike Quebec (ts) para una jam
session de estudio de ritmo rápido.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/open-house-mw0000958849
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Friday, September 20, 2024
Ike Quebec • Soul Samba
Review by Scott Yanow
This was veteran tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec's final recording as a leader. It was cut in October 1962 and produced by Alfred Lion a little more than three months before the saxophonist's death. Bossa Nova Soul Samba was recorded and released during the bossa nova craze, as Brazilian music was first brought to the attention of pop listeners via Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd's smash hit with Tom Jobim's "Desafinado," on their Jazz Samba record for Verve in February. After that, seemingly everyone was making a bossa nova record. Quebec's effort is a bit unusual in that none of the musicians (guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist Wendell Marshall, drummer Willie Bobo, and percussionist Garvin Masseaux) was associated with Brazilian (as opposed to Afro-Cuban) jazz before this, and that there isn't a single tune written by Jobim on the set. Quebec emphasizes warm, long tones (reminiscent of Coleman Hawkins in a romantic fashion), and his sidemen play light and appealing but nonetheless authoritative bossa rhythms. Standout tracks here include Burrell's own "Loie," which opens the disc, "Goin' Home," based on a tune by classical composer Antonin Dvorák and arranged by Quebec -- he does the same with "Liebestraum" two tunes later -- and the stunning "Favela," by the crack composing team of Joraci Camargo and Heckel Tavares. The result is high-quality melodic Brazilian dance music with Burrell shining in particular.
Reseña de Scott Yanow
Esta fue la última grabación del veterano saxofonista tenor Ike Quebec como líder. Fue cortada en octubre de 1962 y producida por Alfred Lion un poco más de tres meses antes de la muerte del saxofonista. Bossa Nova Soul Samba se grabó y lanzó durante la locura de la bossa nova, ya que la música brasileña se puso por primera vez en conocimiento de los oyentes de pop a través del gran éxito de Stan Getz y Charlie Byrd con "Desafinado" de Tom Jobim, en su disco Jazz Samba para Verve en febrero. Después de eso, parece que todo el mundo estaba haciendo un disco de bossa nova. El esfuerzo de Québec es un poco inusual, ya que ninguno de los músicos (el guitarrista Kenny Burrell, el bajista Wendell Marshall, el baterista Willie Bobo y el percusionista Garvin Masseaux) se asoció con el jazz brasileño (a diferencia del afrocubano) antes de esto, y no hay ni una sola melodía escrita por Jobim en el set. Quebec hace hincapié en los tonos cálidos y largos (que recuerdan a Coleman Hawkins de manera romántica), y sus acompañantes tocan ritmos de bossa ligeros y atractivos, pero no obstante autoritarios. Entre los temas que se destacan aquí se encuentra el propio "Loie" de Burrell, que abre el disco, "Goin' Home", basado en un tema del compositor clásico Antonin Dvorák y arreglado por Quebec -él hace lo mismo con "Liebestraum" dos temas más tarde- y el impresionante "Favela", del equipo de composición de Joraci Camargo y Heckel Tavares. El resultado es música melódica brasileña de alta calidad, con Burrell brillando en particular.
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Grant Green & Ike Quebec • Complete Instrumental Sessions
This release presents all existing instrumental recordings by Grant Green with Ike Quebec. It comprises the complete LPs Blue and Sentimental (Blue Note BST-84098, with Quebec as the leader), and Born to Be Blue (Blue Note BST-84432, with Green as the leader). Also included are all of the extra tunes from those sessions that were not included on the original LPs, as well as a rare two-tune date featuring readings of “Granada” and “Hey There”. As a bonus, six songs from singer Dodo Greene’s album My Hour of Need (Blue Note BST- 89001), on which both Quebec and Green participated as sidemen.
https://www.jazzmessengers.com/es/64091/grant-green/and-ike-quebec-complete-instrumental-sessions
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Este lanzamiento presenta todas las grabaciones instrumentales existentes de Grant Green con Ike Quebec. Comprende los LPs completos Blue and Sentimental (Blue Note BST-84098, con Quebec como líder), y Born to Be Blue (Blue Note BST-84432, con Green como líder). También se incluyen todas las melodías extra de esas sesiones que no se incluyeron en los LPs originales, así como una rara cita de dos melodías con lecturas de «Granada» y «Hey There». Como bonus, seis canciones del álbum de la cantante Dodo Greene My Hour of Need (Blue Note BST- 89001), en el que tanto Quebec como Green participaron como sidemen.
https://www.jazzmessengers.com/es/64091/grant-green/and-ike-quebec-complete-instrumental-sessions
Monday, July 29, 2024
Ike Quebec • Blue and Sentimental
by Alex Henderson
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.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ike-quebec-mn0000082037/biography
por Alex Henderson
Influenciado por Coleman Hawkins y Ben Webster, pero definitivamente una persona propia, Ike Quebec fue uno de los mejores saxofonistas tenores orientados al swing de los años 40 y 50. Aunque nunca fue un innovador, Quebec tenía un sonido grande y respiratorio que era distintivo y fácilmente reconocible, y era bastante consistente cuando se trataba de blues casero, baladas sexys y agresividad a ritmo acelerado. Originalmente pianista, Quebec cambió a tenor a principios de los años 40 y demostró que había tomado la decisión correcta en excelentes 78s para Blue Note y Savoy (incluyendo su éxito "Blue Harlem"). Como acompañante, trabajó con Benny Carter, Kenny Clarke, Roy Eldridge y Cab Calloway. A finales de los años 40, el saxofonista trabajó por su cuenta en Blue Note como agente de ventas y trajo a Thelonious Monk y Bud Powell al sello. Los problemas con las drogas impidieron que Quebec grabara durante la mayor parte de la década de 1950, pero a principios de los años 60 volvió a grabar para Blue Note y a trabajar por cuenta propia como A&R para la compañía. Quebec seguía tocando con tanta autoridad como siempre hasta bien entrado el año 1962, sin dar ninguna indicación de que estuviera sufriendo un cáncer de pulmón, que se cobró su vida a los 44 años en 1963.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ike-quebec-mn0000082037/biography
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