Ike Quebec: Four Classic Albums (Blue And Sentimental / It Might As Well Be Spring / Heavy Soul / Bossa Nova Soul Samba)

AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD second set release from Ike Quebec, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details

"Blue And Sentimental"; "It Might As Well Be Spring"; "Heavy Soul" and "Bossa Nova Soul Samba"

Welcome back Ike Quebec! 1945-1961, that's a long time between releases! So what happened to the great tenor saxophonist? Sadly an all too familiar story of the decline of big band jazz audiences followed by serious drug problems. Ike Quebec had quite an extraordinary split career which either end you look at was remarkable for the jazz men he played with. The early years in the 1940s gets you Hot Lips Page, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Cab Calloway, Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge. While the comeback years of the 1960s courtesy of friend and great fan Alfred Lion at Blue Note gets you Grant Green, Paul Chambers, "Philly" Joe Jones, Sonny Clark, Louis Hayes, Freddie Roach, Milt Hinton, Al Harewood and Kenny Burrell.

Check out, Classic Organists AMSC1306, Classic Tenor Sax AMSC1285, Paul Chambers AMSC1324, Grant Green AMSC1065, Sonny Clark AMSC1250, Kenny Burrell AMSC1327.