{"product_id":"quebec-ike-heavy-soul","title":"Ike Quebec: Heavy Soul - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHeavy Soul\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eIke Quebec\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eBlue Note Import\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e602458971811\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eJazz\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2025-02-21\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eAdditional Details: \u003c\/b\u003eUNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         There may not be a more apropos album title in all of recorded music than tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec's 1961 classic Heavy Soul. The session marked a comeback for a crucial player in Blue Note history. Quebec 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, Lion began to reintroduce Quebec's music to jazz fans in 1959 with a series of 45 jukebox singles that were well received and inspired Lion to put the saxophonist back into the studio for a full album session. So, in November 1961 Quebec brought a 4-piece band into Van Gelder Studio that included Freddie Roach on organ, Milt Hinton on bass, and Al Harewood on drums. The resulting 8-song set is a soul jazz masterclass with Quebec's robust tenor conjuring a variety of moods from the rhythmic drive of swinging originals like \"Acquitted\" and \"Que's Dilemma\" to slow-tempo stunners including \"Just One More Chance,\" \"Brother Can You Spare a Dime,\" and \"I Want A Little Girl.\" A remarkable reading of \"The Man I Love\" leads into the sultry title piece, which practically drips with soul, but it's the album closer which delivers a showstopper. With Roach and Harewood laying out Quebec and Hinton converse in a duo setting on a spellbinding performance of \"Nature Boy\" that reverberates in the listener's soul long after the last note has faded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Acquitted \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Just One More Chance \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Que's Dilemma \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Brother Can You Spare a Dime \u003cbr\u003e2.1 The Man I Love \u003cbr\u003e2.2 Heavy Soul \u003cbr\u003e2.3 I Want a Little Girl \u003cbr\u003e2.4 Nature Boy\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ike Quebec","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41518362034247,"sku":"44957278","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/4405474-3381255.jpg?v=1743591091","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/quebec-ike-heavy-soul","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}