Easy Living (Ike Quebec album)
| Easy Living | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | January 20, 1962 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 56:52 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84103 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
| Ike Quebec chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Congo Lament (LT 1089) | ||||
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
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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] The Easy Living LP did not contain all the sextet tracks (#1-5) from the Congo Lament session, which can also be found in Bennie Green's Mosaic box set.
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 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "I.Q. Shuffle" (Quebec) - 9:47 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "I've Got a Crush on You" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 6:51
- "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers) - 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
- ^ Blue Note Records discography accessed November 2, 2010
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 2, 2010