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Editorial Context

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 a series of 78s for Alfred Lion in the 1940s and also served as a talent scout who encouraged Lion to record important figures of the emerging bebop scene including Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell. After a difficult period through the 1950s during which Quebec fell off the scene, Lion reconnected with his friend and 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. His full-throated yet utterly relaxed sound was ideally suited to a wide 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 including “A Light Reprieve,” “Blue Monday,” and “What A Difference A Day Makes.” Quebec would also go on to record several album sessions including the timeless soul jazz classics Heavy Soul , Blue & Sentimental , and Bossa Nova Soul Samba , capping a prolific end to a career that would be tragically cut short with his death from lung cancer at age 44 in 1963. Produced for release by Joe Harley , the 3-LP vinyl set is all-analog and cut directly from Rudy Van Gelder ’s original master tapes by Kevin Gray. Pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI , the LPs come packaged in a deluxe tip-on trifold jacket which includes a booklet with never-before-seen photos by Francis Wolff and an insightful, in-depth essay by scholar Loren Schoenberg . 3LP Tracklist: A1. A Light Reprieve A2. Buzzard Lope A3. Blue Monday A4. Zonky B1. Later For The Rock B2. Sweet And Lovely B3. Dear John B4. Blue Friday C1. Everything Happens To Me [Short Version] C2. Mardi Gras C3. What A Difference A Day Makes C4. For All We Know C5. Ill Wind D1. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) D2. I've Got The World On A String D3. Me 'N Mabe D4. Everything Happens To Me [Long Version] E1. How Long Has This Been Going On E2. With A Song In My Heart E3. Imagination E4. What Is There To Say? F1. There Is No Greater Love F2. All Of Me F3. Intermezzo F4. But Not For Me F5. All The Way 2CD Tracklist: CD1 1. A Light Reprieve 2. Buzzard Lope 3. Blue Monday 4. Zonky 5. Later For The Rock 6. Sweet And Lovely 7. Dear John 8. Blue Friday 9. Everything Happens To Me [Short Version] 10. Mardi Gras 11. What A Difference A Day Makes 12. For All We Know 13. Ill Wind CD2 1. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) 2. I've Got The World On A String 3. Me 'N Mabe 4. Everything Happens To Me [Long Version] 5. How Long Has This Been Going On 6. With A Song In My Heart 7. Imagination 8. What Is There To Say? 9. There Is No Greater Love 10. All Of Me 11. Intermezzo 12. But Not For Me 13. All The Way