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Between 1944 and 1951, he worked intermittently with Cab Calloway. He began to record for the Blue Note label in this era, and served as a talent scout (helping pianists Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell come to wider attention). Due to his exceptional sight reading skills, Quebec was also an uncredited impromptu arranger for many Blue Note sessions.
13 mar 2019 · Not generally considered one of the giants of the tenor sax, Ike Quebec (1918-1963), after working as a sideman for Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge and Cab Calloway, made several fine albums for the Blue Note label – the first in 1944 with Ram Ramirez, Tiny Grimes, Milt Hinton and J. C. Heard.
6 feb 2021 · Throughout the nineteen-forties Quebec was one of the most heavily featured artists with Cab Calloway and nearly everything the band recorded had one of his solos. Here is a small selection: For A Little Bally-Hoo, Russian Lullaby, St. Louis Blues, Frantic on The Atlantic, 9.20 Special, The Great Lie, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love ...
- Steven Cerra
6 feb 2021 · Throughout the 40s Quebec was one of the most heavily featured artists with Cab Calloway and nearly everything the band recorded had one of his solos. Here is a small selection: For A Little Bally-Hoo, Russian Lullaby, St. Louis Blues, Frantic On The Atlantic, 9.20 Special, The Great Lie, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love ...
- Gordon Jack
1 set 2006 · Born in 1918 and a dancer before he became a musician, Quebec came up through big bands like Cab Calloway's and countless off-radar neighbourhood bar jazz 'n' jump outfits. During his first spell with Blue Note in the mid-1940s, Quebec was the label's biggest jukebox star.
14 nov 2022 · Now resplendent in a white zoot suit, Cab sang with uninhibited verve, dancing around on stage, hair flying, baton twirling and coat tails streaming. Numerous broadcasts, some national, and first recordings for Brunswick (heard here on the opening of this 48-track, two-CD set) made him famous.
Ike Quebec’s music was highly respected in Oslo Jazz Circle, both his swinging orchestral appearances with Cab Calloway and his beautiful Blue Note albums. He would probably have been an important personality in the continuing mainstream tradition, along with the greatest of names. History: Gigged on piano as a teenager, also worked as a dancer.
