There may not be a more apropos album title in all of recorded music than tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec\u2019s 1961 classic Heavy Soul. The session marked a comeback for a crucial player in Blue Note history. Quebec had recorded a series of 78s for Alfred Lion in the 1940s and also served as a talent scout who encouraged Lion to record important figures of the emerging bebop scene including Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell. After a difficult period through the 1950s, Lion began to reintroduce Quebec\u2019s music to jazz fans in 1959 with a series of 45 jukebox singles that were well received and inspired Lion to put the saxophonist back into the studio for a full album session. So, in November 1961 Quebec brought a 4-piece band into Van Gelder Studio that included Freddie Roach on organ, Milt Hinton on bass, and Al Harewood on drums. The resulting 8-song set is a soul jazz masterclass with Quebec\u2019s robust tenor conjuring a variety of moods from the rhythmic drive of swinging originals like \u201cAcquitted\u201d and \u201cQue\u2019s Dilemma\u201d to slow-tempo stunners including \u201cJust One More Chance,\u201d \u201cBrother Can You Spare a Dime,\u201d and \u201cI Want A Little Girl.\u201d A remarkable reading of \u201cThe Man I Love\u201d leads into the sultry title piece, which practically drips with soul, but it\u2019s the album closer which delivers a showstopper. With Roach and Harewood laying out Quebec and Hinton converse in a duo setting on a spellbinding performance of \u201cNature Boy\u201d that reverberates in the listener\u2019s soul long after the last note has faded.<\/p>\n
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.<\/p>\n
A1: Acquitted
\nA2 Just One More Chance
\nA3: Que’s Dilemma
\nA4: Brother Can You Spare A Dime<\/p>\n
B1: The Man I Love
\nB2: Heavy Soul
\nB3: I Want A Little Girl
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