



Ike Quebec - The Complete 45 Sessions (3LP)
COMPILATION
Ike Quebec - Tenor saxophone
Edwin Swanston - Organ (A1 to B4)
Skeeter Best - Guitar (A1 to B4)
Sonny Wellesley - Bass (A1 to B4)
Les Jenkins - Drums (A1 to B4)
Sir Charles Thompson - Organ (C1 to D4)
Milt Hinton - Bass (C1 to D4)
J.C. Heard - Drums (C1 to D4)
Willie Jones - Guitar (E1 to F5)
Earl Van Dyke - Organ (E1 to F5)
Sam Jones - Bass (E1 to F5)
Wilbert Hogan - Drums (E1 to F5)
Written by Ike Quebec (tracks: A1-2, B1, B3, C2, D3), Bobby Sharp (A3), Charles Singleton (A3), Marvin Fisher (A3), Edwin Swanston (A4, B4), Gus Arnheim (B2), Harry Tobias (B2), Jules Lemare (B2), Matt Dennis (C1, D4), Tom Adair (C1, D4), Maria Grever (C3), Stanely Adams (C3), J. Fred Coots (C4), Sam Lewis (C4), Harold Arlen (C5), Ted Koehler (C5, D2), Henry Creamer (D1), James Price Johnson (D1), Harold Arlen (D2), George & Ira Gershwin (E1, F4), Lorenz Hart (E2), Richard Rodgers (E2), Jimmy Van Heusen (E3, F5), Johnny Burke (E3), E.Y. Harburg (E4), Vernon Duke (E4), Isham Jones (F1), Marty Symes (F1), Gerald Marks (F2), Seymour Simons (F2), Heinz Provost (F3), Robert Henning (F3), Sammy Cahn (F5)
3 LPs, tri-fold jacket with booklet
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated
Label : Blue Note Tone Poet
Original Label : Blue Note (for the original LPs) and Mosaic (for the compilation)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey (A1 to B4) on July 1, 1959 ; at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 25, 1960 (C1 to D4) and February 5 & 13, 1962 (E1 to F5)
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
Original session produced by Alfred Lion
Reissue produced by Joe Harley
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Creative Director – Gordon H Jee
Cover design by Patrick Roques
Liner Notes by Bob Porter
Photography by Francis Wolff
Compilation originally released in 1987
Reissued in 2025
Tracks :
Side A:
- A Light Reprieve
- Buzzard Lope
- Blue Monday
- Zonky
Side B:
- Later for the Rock
- Sweet and Lovely
- Dear John
- Blue Friday
Side C:
- Everything Happens to Me [Short Version]
- Mardi Gras
- What a Difference A Day Makes
- For All We Know
- Ill Wind
Side D:
- If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)
- I've Got the World on a String
- Me 'N Mabe
- Everything Happens to Me [Long Version]
Side E:
- How Long Has This Been Going On
- With A Song in My Heart
- Imagination
- What Is There to Say?
Side F:
- There Is No Greater Love
- All of Me
- Intermezzo
- But Not for Me
- All the Way
Review :
“During his comeback years (1959-62) after a decade mostly off the scene, tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded frequently for Blue Note. He started off with a session aimed at the 45 jukebox market and, although he eventually made a few full-length albums for the label, Quebec cut four 45 dates over a two-and-a-half-year period. This double-disc set has all of the jukebox sessions. Most of the 26 selections clock in between four and seven minutes and have long melody statements in addition to concise and soulful solos. Quebec, who was in consistently prime form during his last period, is joined by groups featuring either Skeeter Best or Willie Jones on guitar and Edwin Swanston, Sir Charles Thompson, or Earl Van Dyke on organ. Fun, loose and highly enjoyable music.” AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
Rating:
AllMusic : 5 / 5 ; Discogs 4.55 / 5