''From Hackensack to Englewood Cliffs'' is a compilation album by American saxophonist

Ike Quebec Ike Abrams Quebec (August 17, 1918 – January 16, 1963) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career in the big band era of the 1940s, then fell from prominence for a time until launching a comeback in the years before his dea ...

, released in 2000 on

Blue Note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note that—for expressive purposes—is sung or played at a slightly different pitch from standard. Typically the alteration is between a quartertone and a semitone, but this varies depending on the musical c ...

. The album compiles eight jukebox-oriented pieces recorded by Quebec for the label, which, coincidentally, was the last Blue Note session recorded at

Rudy Van Gelder Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Theloni ...

's original facility in Hackensack, New Jersey. The final two tracks were recorded at Van Gelder's new studio in nearby

Englewood Cliffs Englewood Cliffs is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, whose population at the 2010 United States census was 5,281.The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions ''The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions'' is a compilation album by American saxophonist Ike Quebec. The album focuses on Quebec's 45 RPMs recorded between 1959 and 1962 and aimed at the juke box market. The songs were successful, marking the star ...

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Track listing

All compositions by Ike Quebec, except where noted. #"A Light Reprieve" – 4:39 #"The Buzzard Lope" – 6:17 #"Blue Monday" (Fisher, Sharp, Singleton) – 5:05 #"Zonky" (Edwin Swanston) – 4:34 #"Later for the Rock" – 4:37 #"Sweet and Lovely" (Arnheim, LeMare, Tobias) – 4:19 #"Dear John" – 6:53 #"Blue Friday" (Swanston) – 5:05 #" Cry Me a River" (Hamilton) – 6:40 #"Uptight" – 5:04

Personnel

– tenor saxophone *Edwin Swanston – organ * Clifton "Skeeter" Best – guitar *Charles "Sonny" Wellesley – bass *Les Jenkins – drums

References

{{Authority control 2000 compilation albums Albums produced by Alfred Lion Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Blue Note Records albums Ike Quebec albums