Ike Quebec "The Complete 45 Sessions (Blue Note Tone Poet Edition)" 3xLP (280g Vinyl)

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.

Track List:

1.A Light Reprieve, 2.Buzzard Lope, 3.Blue Monday, 4.Zonky,

1.Later For The Rock, 2.Sweet And Lovely, 3.Dear John, 4.Blue Friday,

1.Everything Happens To Me, 2.Mardi Gras, 3.What A Difference A Day Makes, 4.For All We Know, 5.Ill Wind

1.If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight), 2.I've Got The World On A String, 3.Me 'N Mabe, 4.Everything Happens To Me,

1.How Long Has This Been Going On, 2.With A Song In My Heart, 3.Imagination, 4.What Is There To Say?,

1.There Is No Greater Love, 2.All Of Me, 3.Intermezzo, 4.But Not For Me, 5.All The Way