Easy Living (Ike Quebec album)
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| Studio album by Ike Quebec | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | January 20, 1962 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 56:52 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84103 |
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| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Congo Lament (LT 1089)
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Easy Living is an album by American saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded in 1962, but not released on the Blue Note label until 1987.[1] The album collects all the material recorded in January 1962, five tracks from which were released in 1981 as Congo Lament.
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "The mood isn't as unified as some of his carefully calibrated romantic dates, but Easy Living offers the two strongest sides of Quebec's musical personality in one place, encapsulating a great deal of what he did best".[2]
Track listing
- "See See Rider" (Ma Rainey) - 9:01
- "Congo Lament" (Bennie Green) - 6:53
- "Que's Pills" (Turrentine) - 5:40
- "B.G.'s Groove Two" (Green) - 6:15
- "I.Q. Shuffle" (Quebec) - 9:47
- "I've Got a Crush on You" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 6:51
- "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 7:25
- "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 5:00
Personnel
- Ike Quebec - tenor saxophone
- Bennie Green - trombone (tracks 1-5)
- Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-5)
- Sonny Clark - piano
- Milt Hinton - bass
- Art Blakey - drums
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 2, 2010
