Ike Quebec – Blue & Sentimental (Hybrid SACD) - Audiophile
Ike Quebec – Blue & Sentimental (Hybrid SACD) - Audiophile
Ike Quebec – Blue & Sentimental (Hybrid SACD) - Audiophile
Ike Quebec – Blue & Sentimental (Hybrid SACD) - Audiophile

Ike Quebec – Blue & Sentimental (Hybrid SACD)

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Tenor Saxophone : Ike Quebec

Drums : Philly Joe Jones [click here to see more products featuring Philly Joe Jones]

Guitar : Grant Green [click here to see more products featuring Grant Green]

Piano : Sonny Clark  [click here to see more products featuring Sonny Clark]

Bass : Paul Chambers [click here to see more products featuring Paul Chambers]

Bass : Sam Jones

Drums : Louis Hayes


 

1 Hybrid SACD

Original analog Master tape : YES

Stereo

Studio

Label :  Analogue Productions - The Blue Note Reissues

Original Label :  Blue Note

Recorded on December 16, 1961 (all tracks except 5) and on December 23 (5) at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder

Produced by Alfred Lion

Mastered by Kevin Gray, Steve Hoffman at Acoustech Mastering

Design by Reid Miles

Photography by Francis Wolff

Originally released in 1962

Reissued in 2011


Tracks :

  1. Blue And Sentimental
  2. Minor Impulse
  3. Don't Take Your Love From Me
  4. Blues For Charlie
  5. Like
  6. Count Every Star
  7. That Old Black Magic
  8. It's All Right With Me

 

Reviews :

"Ike Quebec's 1961-1962 comeback albums for Blue Note were all pretty rewarding, but Blue and Sentimental is his signature statement of the bunch, a superbly sensuous blend of lusty blues swagger and achingly romantic ballads. True, there's no shortage of that on Quebec's other Blue Note dates, but Blue and Sentimental is the most exquisitely perfected. Quebec was a master of mood and atmosphere, and the well-paced program here sustains his smoky, late-night magic with the greatest consistency of tone. Part of the reason is that Quebec's caressing tenor sound is given a sparer backing than usual, with no pianist among the quartet of guitarist Grant Green, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones. It's no surprise that Green solos with tremendous taste and elegance (the two also teamed up on Green's similarly excellent Born to Be Blue), and there are plenty of open spaces in the ensemble for Quebec to shine through. His rendition of the Count Basie-associated title cut is a classic, and the other standard on the original LP, "Don't Take Your Love from Me," is in a similarly melancholy vein. Green contributes a classic-style blues in "Blues for Charlie," and Quebec's two originals, "Minor Impulse" and "Like," have more complex chord changes but swing low and easy. Through it all, Quebec remains the quintessential seducer, striking just the right balance between sophistication and earthiness, confidence and vulnerability, joy and longing. It's enough to make Blue and Sentimental a quiet, sorely underrated masterpiece." AllMusic Review by Steve Huey

 

Ratings :

AllMusic 5/5  ,  Discogs 4.4 / 5

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