'The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions' of Ike Quebec collects a phenomenal body of work produced between 1959-62 by a key player in the Blue Note Story. The saxophonist had recorded for Blue Note and served as a talent scout in the 1940s before personal problems forced him off the scene. Alfred Lion began to reintroduce Quebec's music to jazz fans in 1959 with a series of 45 jukebox singles that were well received and revealed a formidable stylist very much at the top of his game with a full-throated yet relaxed sound ideally suited to a range of material from ballads to blues. The success of Quebec's comeback inspired Lion to keep going, capturing four sessions of material with a revolving cast of musicians that yielded classic tracks.

Artists

Ike Quebec (tenorsaxophone, woodwinds), Edwin Swanston (organ, keyboard), Skeeter Best (guitar), Les Jenkins (drum), Charles Sonny Wellesley (bass), Willie Jones (guitar), Earl Van Dyke (organ), Sam Jones (bass), Wilbert Hogan (drum, drumkit), J.C. Heard (drumkit, drum), Milt Hinton (bass), Sir Charles Thompson (organ)