{"product_id":"ike-quebec-heavy-soul-blue-note-classic-vinyl-edition-vinyl-lp","title":"Ike Quebec - Heavy Soul (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Finer Sounds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53164685033788,"sku":"FSLP-2238","price":29.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/5320\/0444\/files\/715qXlLLg_L._SL1500.jpg?v=1782492014","url":"https:\/\/finersounds.com\/products\/ike-quebec-heavy-soul-blue-note-classic-vinyl-edition-vinyl-lp","provider":"Finer Sounds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}