Ike Quebec - The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions (2 CD, 2005/FLAC)

 

The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions is a compilation album by American saxophonist Ike Quebec. The album focuses on Quebec's 45 RPMs recorded between 1959 and 1962 and aimed at the juke box market. The songs were successful, marking the start of a comeback for the saxophonist who had fallen into obscurity since his early career in 1940s.

The compilation was first issued on Mosaic MR3/MD2-121 in 1988, then re-released on a now out-of-print Blue Note CD in 2005. Despite the fact this is a compilation, all the pieces couldn't be found anywhere else at the time of the release, and still remain so, not counting From Hackensack to Englewood Cliffs which, however, includes only a part of this collection.

The July 1 session marks the last day of recording at the original Van Gelder Studio, based in Hackensack. Van Gelder would move the studio to Englewood Cliffs soon after. 

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4111-4125]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###

BN.4111- Grant Green- 1962- The Latin Bit {RVG Remaster}
BN.4112- Dexter Gordon- 1962- GO! {RVG Remaster}
BN.4113- Freddie Roach- 1962- Down To Earth {RVG Remaster}
BN.4114- Ike Quebec- 1962- Boss Nova. Soul Samba {RVG Remaster}
BN.4115- Freddie Hubbard- 1962- Hub-Tones {RVG Remaster}
BN.4116- Jackie McLean- 1962- Jackie McLean Quintet (not released)
BN.4117- Jimmy Smith- 1960- Back at the Chicken Shack {RVG Remaster}
BN.4118- Donald Byrd- 1961- Free Form {RVG Remaster}
BN.4119- Charlie Rouse- 1962- Bossa Nova Bacchanal
BN.4121- Don Wilkerson- 1962- Elder Don
BN.4122- Stanley Turrentine - 1962-  Jubilee Shout!!!
BN.4123- Kenny Burrell- 1963- Midnight Blue {RVG Remaster}
BN.4124- Donald Byrd- 1963- A New Perspective {RVG Remaster}
BN.4125- Lou Donaldson- 1963- Good Gracious!

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4101-4110]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###

BN.4101- Donald Byrd- 1961- Royal Flush {RVG Remaster}
BN.4102- The Three Sounds- 1961- Hey There (with bonus)
BN.4103- Ike Quebec- 1962- Easy Living (not released)
BN.4104- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers- 1961- Buhaina's Delight {RVG Remaster}
BN.4105- Ike Quebec- 1961- It Might As Well Be Spring {RVG Remaster}
BN.4106- Jackie McLean- 1961- Let Freedom Ring {RVG Remaster}
BN.4107- Don Wilkerson- 1962- Preach Brother!
BN.4108- Lou Donaldson- 1962- The Natural Soul {RVG Remaster}
BN.4109- Herbie Hancock- 1962- Takin' Off {RVG Remaster}
BN.4110- Horace Silver- 1962- The Tokyo Blues {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4086-4100]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###



BN.4086- Grant Green- 1961- Grantstand {RVG Remaster}
BN.4087- Leo Parker- 1961- Let Me Tell You 'Bout It
BN.4088- The Three Sounds- 1960- Here We Come
BN.4089- Jackie McLean- 1961- A Fickle Sonance {RVG Remaster}
BN.4090- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers- 1961- Mosaic {RVG Remaster}
BN.4091- Sonny Clark- 1961- Leapin' and Lopin' {RVG Remaster}
BN.4092- Kenny Clarke & Francy Boland- 1961- The Golden 8
BN.4093- Ike Quebec- 1961- Heavy Soul {RVG Remaster}
BN.4094- Fred Jackson- 1962- Hootin' 'N Tootin' {RVG Remaster}
BN.4095- Leo Parker- 1961- Rollin' with Leo {RVG Remaster}
BN.4096- Stanley Turrentine- 1962- That's Where It's At {RVG Remaster}
BN.4097- Art Blakey- 1962- The African Beat
BN.4098- Ike Quebec- 1961- Blue and Sentimental {RVG Remaster}
BN.4099- Grant Green- 1961- Sunday Morning {RVG Remaster}
BN.4100- Jimmy Smith- 1962- Plays Fats Waller {RVG Remaster}