Heavy Soul (Ike Quebec album)

Heavy Soul
Heavy Soul
Studio album by Ike Quebec
Released	Mid March 1962
Recorded	November 26, 1961; Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Soul jazz
Length	48:47
Label	Blue Note; BST 84093
Producer	Alfred Lion
Ike Quebec chronology

Heavy Soul is the debut album by American saxophonist Ike Quebec, recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label.^[2]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]
Tom Hull	B+^[5]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Thick-toned tenor Ike Quebec is in excellent form... His ballad statements are quite warm, and he swings nicely on a variety of medium-tempo material".^[3]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Ike Quebec except as indicated

"Acquitted" - 5:38
"Just One More Chance" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 5:50
"Que's Dilemma" - 4:29
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (Jay Gorney, Yip Harburg) - 5:28
"The Man I Love" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 6:31
"Heavy Soul" - 6:51
"I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) - 5:22
"Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) - 2:44
"Blues for Ike" (Roach) - 5:54 Bonus track on CD

Personnel[edit]

Ike Quebec - tenor saxophone
Freddie Roach - organ (tracks 1-7 & 9)
Milt Hinton - bass
Al Harewood - drums (tracks 1-7 & 9)

References[edit]

^ Billboard Mar 24, 1962
^ Blue Note Records discography accessed October 29, 2010
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 14, 2010
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1187. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Hull, Tom (May 2005). "Recycled Goods (19)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

[1] Billboard Mar 24, 1962

[Blue_Note_discography-2] Blue Note Records discography accessed October 29, 2010

[Allmusic-3] Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 14, 2010

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1187. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[5] Hull, Tom (May 2005). "Recycled Goods (19)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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v t e Ike Quebec
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	From Hackensack to Englewood Cliffs (1959) The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions (1959) Blue & Sentimental (1961) Heavy Soul (1961) It Might as Well Be Spring (1961) Easy Living (1962) Soul Samba (1962)
With others	Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Leapin' and Lopin' (Sonny Clark, 1961) Born to Be Blue (Grant Green, 1962) The Latin Bit (Grant Green, 1962) My Hour of Need (Dodo Greene, 1962)

v t e Freddie Roach
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Down to Earth (1962) Good Move! (1963) Mo' Greens Please (1963) Brown Sugar (1964) All That's Good (1964) The Freddie Roach Soul Book (1966) Mocha Motion! (1967) My People (Soul People) (1967)
With others	Heavy Soul (Ike Quebec, 1961) It Might as Well Be Spring (Ike Quebec, 1961) Thunderbird (Willis Jackson, 1962) I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd, 1964)