Ike Quebec

tenor saxophone, piano · 1918–1963 · Newark

Tenor saxophonist born in Newark in 1918, died in New York in 1963, active from the big band era of the 1940s and for a time kept away from the studios by heroin. He returned to Blue Note in 1959 and recorded there until his death.

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Styles

• Hard bop
• Soul jazz, boogaloo

Landmark tracks

• Blue and Sentimental (Ike Quebec) (1961)
• Minor Impulse (1961)
• Like (1961)
• Don't Take Your Love from Me (1961)

Sources

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