Heavy Soul
Studio album by
ReleasedMid March 1962[1]
RecordedNovember 26, 1961
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreSoul jazz
Length48:47
LabelBlue Note
BST 84093
ProducerAlfred Lion
Ike Quebec chronology
From Hackensack to Englewood Cliffs
(1959)
Heavy Soul
(1962)
It Might as Well Be Spring
(1961)

Heavy Soul is the debut album by American saxophonist Ike Quebec, recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
Tom HullB+[5]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Thick-toned tenor Ike Quebec is in excellent form... His ballad statements are quite warm, and he swings nicely on a variety of medium-tempo material".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Ike Quebec except as indicated

  1. "Acquitted" - 5:38
  2. "Just One More Chance" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 5:50
  3. "Que's Dilemma" - 4:29
  4. "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (Jay Gorney, Yip Harburg) - 5:28
  5. "The Man I Love" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 6:31
  6. "Heavy Soul" - 6:51
  7. "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) - 5:22
  8. "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) - 2:44
  9. "Blues for Ike" (Roach) - 5:54 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

References

  1. Billboard Mar 24, 1962
  2. Blue Note Records discography accessed October 29, 2010
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 14, 2010
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1187. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Hull, Tom (May 2005). "Recycled Goods (19)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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