Soul Samba [Limited Edition]

Ike Quebec | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 3, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 1962
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000005H6O
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,160 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Loie

2. Lloro Tu Despedida

3. Goin' Home

4. Me 'N You

5. Liebestraum

6. Shu Shu

7. Blue Samba

8. Favela

9. Linda Flor

10. Loie (Alternate Take)

11. Shu Shu (Alternate Take)

12. Favela (Alternate Take)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bewitching Sax Tone on a Wonderful Album, April 7, 2001

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Francis Flannery - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soul Samba (Audio CD)

This album is full of music that deserves to be called special. Ike Quebec's tenor sax playing is so rich and lulling that it is possible to get lost in the sheer beauty of his tone, almost (but not quite) losing track of the song that is the reason for the tone - or perhaps the tone is the reason for playing the song. Either way, the accompaniment on this disc, featuring Kenny Burrell, Willie Bobo, Wendell Marshall, and Gavin Masseaux, is both lush and understated. The music may not be, strictly speaking, bossa nova, but it is truly beautiful and deserves greater recognition than it has recieved (the same may be said of Quebec's music as a whole - every Quebec release features moments of joyous saxophone magic). The only regrets that I have concerning this album is that it is not longer (12 tracks, of which the final 3 are alternate takes), and that Ike Quebec was not to make more of this sweet sound - just over three months after this album was recorded, on January 16th, 1963, Ike Quebec succumbed to lung cancer, at the age of 44. His soulful takes on both original tunes and standards reveal him to be a true stylist, a master of effusive understatement, a musician who is able to take any theme, from "See See Rider" to Dvorak, and make it his own. If there were a true heavenly palace of sound, I have no doubt where palace would be found: inside of Ike Quebec's horn.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An obscure gem of an underrated genius..., April 27, 2001

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Jonathan Wiley (New York City,U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soul Samba (Audio CD)

An excellent interpretation of the Bossa Nova style,Ike Quebeck infuses it with with a tinge of the blues melancholy and his signature light,ethereal tone that lifts you off the ground from the opening track,and your "floating on clouds"till the last track ends and you have to come back down.Ike Quebeck had the magic gift of the "light touch" to his technique which had a distinctly atmospheric,sensuous sound in the way he played.Check out his genius you wont be disappointed!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the smoothest lp's out there, May 14, 2006

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munkey "puzld" (san francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soul Samba (Audio CD)

very incredible album all the way thru. the music literally oozes smooth class and stylish tranquility. from the opening track to the finale, this LP effortlessly transports me to a lush, outdoor patio-bar somwhere near a tropical ocean. ultra-smooth saxaphone and guitar dressed in dapper elegance... underpinned by a light bossa nova shuffle and a walking blue bass... people should definitely own this one.