''The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions'' 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 ...

. The album focuses on Quebec's 45 RPMs recorded between 1959 and 1962 and aimed at the

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market. The songs were successful, marking the start of a comeback for the saxophonist who had fallen into obscurity since his early career in 1940s. The compilation was first issued on Mosaic MR3/MD2-121 in 1988, then re-released on a now out-of-print Blue Note CD in 2005. Despite the fact this is a compilation, all the pieces couldn't be found anywhere else at the time of the release, and still remain so, not counting ''

From Hackensack to Englewood Cliffs ''From Hackensack to Englewood Cliffs'' is a compilation album by American saxophonist Ike Quebec, released in 2000 on Blue Note. The album compiles eight jukebox-oriented pieces recorded by Quebec for the label, which, coincidentally, was the ...

'' which, however, includes only a part of this collection. The July 1 session marks the last day of recording at the original

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, based in Hackensack. Van Gelder would move the studio to

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's hit " The Preacher"/" Doodlin'" (BN 1630). Producer

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, astonished by the popularity the 45 had gained, decided to invest more in recordings primarily intended for 45 rpm releases. At some point, he chose to issue Quebec's "Blue Harlem", a piece recorded in 1944. It became an unexpected hit, "the sort of record that any bar in a black neighborhood wanted on its jukebox".Original liner notes by Bob Porter of

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After the success of these 45s, Quebec went on to record several full-length albums for Blue Note before he died in 1963.

Track listing

''All compositions by Ike Quebec, unless otherwise noted.'' CD 1 #"A Light Reprieve" - 4:39 #"The Buzzard Lope" - 6:17 (BN 1749) #"Blue Monday" (Fisher, Sharp, Singleton) - 5:05 (BN 1748) #"Zonky" (Edwin Swanston) - 4:34 #"Later for the Rock" - 4:37 #"

Sweet and Lovely "Sweet and Lovely" is an American popular song of 1931, composed by Gus Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, and Harry Tobias. Recordings of the song which charted in 1931 are: * Gus Arnheim & His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra with a vocal refrain by Dona ...

" (

Gus Arnheim Gus Arnheim (September 4, 1897 – January 19, 1955) was an American pianist and an early popular band leader. He is noted for writing several songs with his first hit being "I Cried for You" from 1923. He was most popular in the 1920s and 1930s. He ...

Harry Tobias Harry Tobias (September 11, 1895 – December 15, 1994) was an American lyricist. Like his younger brother Charles, he is an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Born in New York City, United States, but raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, ...

Jules LeMare Charles N. Daniels (April 12, 1878 – January 23, 1943), was a composer, occasional lyricist, and music publishing executive. He employed many pseudonyms, including Neil Moret, Jules Lemare, L'Albert, Paul Bertrand, Julian Strauss, and Si ...

) - 4:19 #"Dear John" - 6:53 (BN 1748) #"Blue Friday" (Swanston) - 5:05 (BN 1749) #" Everything Happens to Me"

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(Adair, Dennis) - 4:32 (BN 1804) #"Mardi Gras" - 6:13 (BN 1804) #"

What a Diff'rence a Day Makes "What a Diff'rence a Day Made", also recorded as "What a Difference a Day Makes", is a popular song originally written in Spanish by María Grever, a Mexican songwriter, in 1934 with the title "Cuando vuelva a tu lado" ("When I Return to Your ...

" (Grever) - 4:07 (BN 1802) #" For All We Know" (Coots, Lewis) - 4:12 (BN 1805) #" Ill Wind" (

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- 6:13 (BN 1805) CD 2 #"

If I Could Be with You "If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" is a popular song. The music was written by James P. Johnson, the lyrics by Henry Creamer. The song was published in 1926 and first recorded by Clarence Williams' Blue Five with vocalist Eva Taylor in ...

" (Creamer, Johnson) - 6:03 (BN 1803) #"

I've Got the World on a String "I've Got The World on a String" is a 1932 popular jazz song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler. It was written for the twenty-first edition of the Cotton Club series which opened on October 23, 1932, the first of the Co ...

" (Arlen, Koehler) - 5:34 (BN 1802) #"Me 'N' Mabe" - 5:12 (BN 1803) #"Everything Happens to Me"

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(Adair, Dennis) - 6:38 #" All of Me" (Marks, Simons) - 2:58 (BN 1840) #"Intermezzo" (Henning, Provost) - 3:45 (BN 1840) #" But Not for Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 3:45 (BN 1841) #"All the Way" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 3:55 (BN 1841) #"

How Long Has This Been Going On "How Long Has This Been Going On?" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, for the musical ''Funny Face'' in 1927. History According to Ira Gershwin in his book ''Lyrics on Several Occasions'', after the premiere of ...

" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 5:59 #" With a Song in My Heart" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:56 #"

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" (Burke, Van Heusen) - 5:09 #" What Is There to Say" (Duke, Harburg) - 4:33 #"

There Is No Greater Love "There Is No Greater Love" is a 1936 jazz standard composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Marty Symes. It was the last hit song for Jones's orchestra before the bandleader turned the orchestra over to Woody Herman, beginning the latter's 50-year c ...

" (Jones, Symes) - 4:45

Personnel

CD 1: tracks 1-8 *

- tenor saxophone *Edwin Swanston - organ * Clifton "Skeeter" Best - guitar *Charles "Sonny" Wellesley - bass *Les Jenkins - drums CD 1: tracks 9-13; CD 2: tracks 1-4 *

- tenor saxophone *

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- organ *

Milt Hinton Milton John Hinton (June 23, 1910 – December 19, 2000) was an American double bassist and photographer. Regarded as the Dean of American jazz bass players, his nicknames included "Sporty" from his years in Chicago, "Fump" from his time on the ...

- bass *

J.C. Heard James Charles Heard (August 10, 1917 – September 27, 1988) was an American swing, bop, and blues drummer. Biography Heard was born in Dayton, Ohio and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. As a young child, he performed as a tap dancer in amate ...

- drums CD 2: tracks 5-8 *

- tenor saxophone *

Earl Van Dyke Earl Van Dyke (July 8, 1930 – September 18, 1992) was an American soul musician, most notable as the main keyboardist for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Career Van Dyke, who was born in Detr ...

- organ *Willie Jones - guitar *

Wilbert Hogan Wilbert Granville Thodore Hogan Jr. (January 16, 1929 – August 7, 2004)"Granville T Hogan"
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- drums CD 2: tracks 9-13 *

- tenor saxophone *

- organ *Willie Jones - guitar * Sam Jones - bass *

Wilbert Hogan Wilbert Granville Thodore Hogan Jr. (January 16, 1929 – August 7, 2004)"Granville T Hogan"
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- drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions Blue Note Records compilation albums Ike Quebec albums 2005 compilation albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums produced by Alfred Lion