Ike Quebec 1944 1946

Ike Quebec | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Classics
• ASIN: B000001NUF
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,215 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tiny's Exercise

2. She's Funny That Way

3. (Back Home Again In) Indiana

4. Blue Harlem

5. Hard Tack

6. If I Had You

7. Mad About You

8. Facin' the Face

9. Blue Turning Grey Over You

10. Dolores

11. The Day You Came Along

12. Sweethearts on Parade

13. I Found a New Baby

14. I Surrender, Dear

15. Topsy

16. Cup-Mute Clayton

17. Girl of My Dreams

18. Jim Dawgs

19. Scufflin'

20. I.Q. Blues

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Neglected Tenor Genius, January 25, 2001

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Tom W. Rhody (Oregon United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ike Quebec 1944 1946 (Audio CD)

Ike Quebec never got the credit he deserved although the critics have always highly regarded him. This CD, part of the French, consistently excellent, CHRONOLOGICAL CLASSICS series is marvelous, swinging, soulful, hauntingly FRESH; you will find it hard to believe that this music was recorded from 1944-1946!Included are his quintet,swingtet,septet, and all star sessions.

My favorite tunes are the ballads where Ike demonstrates he is tenor saxman nonpareil and ALL the cuts where jazz guitar genius, Tiny Grimes is playing his inimitable electric 4-string (1-8;13-16). Thev immortal Buck Clayton plays a glorious trumpet on cuts 13-16.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A neglected giant of the Tenor Sax., February 8, 2001

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Dr.D.Treharne (Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ike Quebec 1944 1946 (Audio CD)

Four Blue note sessions and one session recorded for Savoy in 1945 make up the content of this album.It contains Quebec's "hit" Blue Harlem, which is as much about Tiny Grimes guitar and Roger Ramirez on piano, as it is about Quebec.Perhaps even better is "Blue turnin'grey over you" which Blue Note didn't release at the time. What is evident listening to this album is that Quebec is a neglected hero.He could blow hard, but when he played slower tunes he could wail, as proved by the September 1944 tracks, which have Oscar Pettiford on bass.If you're hesitating about this, take heed of the quote from the sleevenotes "Ike Quebec was one of the best tenor players who ever lived. It doesn't matter whether you want to cite 78's from the 40's or LP's from the 60's" Yes, I too think he was that good