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Thursday, September 30, 2021

Ike Quebec • Easy Living



Review by Steve Huey
The release history behind Ike Quebec's Easy Living session is pretty convoluted. Eight songs were recorded in all, five of them bluesy sextet jams and three of them ballad standards in Quebec's trademark romantic style. The LP was slated to feature three of the blues tunes and all of the ballads, but remained unissued; in 1981, all five blues were released as Congo Lament, and in 1987, Easy Living was issued on LP in its originally intended, six-song form. Blue Note's CD reissue cuts through all the confusion by gathering all eight songs, grouping the blues cuts together in the first part of the album for continuity's sake. The sextet lineup is absolutely stellar, featuring fellow tenor Stanley Turrentine, trombonist Bennie Green, pianist Sonny Clark, bassist Milt Hinton, and drummer Art Blakey -- all extremely well suited to the blues material that leads off the album. On the standards, Quebec performs with the rhythm section only, and Clark's soft touch takes over the backdrops. His lines on these selections are long and lyrical, full of harmonic details as well as atmosphere. Contrast that with the album's exuberant first half, highlighted by a raucous romp through "See See Rider," where Quebec's wide swing-era vibrato meshes fantastically with Green's down'n'dirty trombone slides. Green's two originals, "Congo Lament" and "B.G.'s Groove Two," are both winning and rhythmically infectious, while Quebec's "I.Q. Shuffle" is the most bop-tinged sextet workout. 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.

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Reseña por Steve Huey
La historia de lanzamiento detrás de la sesión de Easy Living de Ike Quebec es bastante intrincada. Se grabaron ocho canciones en total, cinco de ellas de bluesy sextet jams y tres de ellas baladas en el estilo romántico característico de Quebec. El LP estaba programado para presentar tres de las melodías de blues y todas las baladas, pero permaneció sin emitir; en 1981, los cinco blues se lanzaron como Congo Lament, y en 1987, Easy Living se emitió en LP en su formato original de seis canciones. La reedición de CD de Blue Note corta toda la confusión reuniendo las ocho canciones, agrupando los cortes de blues en la primera parte del álbum por la continuidad. La alineación de sextetos es absolutamente estelar, presentando al tenor Stanley Turrentine, el trombonista Bennie Green, el pianista Sonny Clark, el bajista Milt Hinton y el baterista Art Blakey, todos muy adecuados para el material de blues que lleva el álbum. En cuanto a los estándares, Quebec actúa solo con la sección rítmica, y el toque suave de Clark se apodera de los fondos. Sus líneas en estas selecciones son largas y líricas, llenas de detalles armónicos y de atmósfera. Compare eso con la exuberante primera mitad del álbum, resaltada por un estridente recorrido a través de "See See Rider", donde el amplio vibrato de la era de swing de Quebec se acopla fantásticamente con los toboganes de trombón de Down. Los dos originales de Green, "Congo Lament" y "Groove Two de B.G.", son ambos ganadores y rítmicamente infecciosos, mientras que "I.Q. Shuffle" de Quebec es el entrenamiento de sexteto más teñido de bop. El estado de ánimo no es tan unificado como algunas de sus fechas románticas cuidadosamente calibradas, pero Easy Living ofrece los dos lados más fuertes de la personalidad musical de Quebec en un solo lugar, encapsulando una gran parte de lo que hizo mejor.


Tracklist:
1 - See See Rider - 9:01
2 - Congo Lament - 6:51
3 - Que's Pills - 5:42
4 - B.G.'s Groove Two - 6:12
5 - I.Q. Shuffle - 9:46
6 - I've Got A Crush On You - 6:40
7 - Nancy (With The Laughing Face) - 7:20
8 - Easy Living - 5:00

Credits:
    Bass – Milt Hinton
    Drums – Art Blakey
    Piano – Sonny Clark
    Tenor Saxophone – Ike Quebec, Stanley Turrentine (tracks: 1 to 3)
    Trombone – Bennie Green (tracks: 1 to 3)

Notes
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 20, 1962.
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder


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