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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0094639318421 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Blue Note Records Manufacturer: Blue Note Records MPN: 93184 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Blue Note Records Release Date: March 11, 2008 Studio: Blue Note Records Average Rating:
 Rating: - Black Blues!Blue and Sentimental isn't just one of Quebec's finest albums (alongside Heavy Soul); it's one of Grant Greens finest also. The sparse instrumentation coupled with such strong soloing makes them both stand out like three dimensional sound sculptures. The remastering has only emphasised this wonderful clarity. Much has been mentioned about the ability of rock musicians to fashion songs out of riffs but none do it better than a Jazzman. Minor Impulse, written by Quebec, is `just a riff' ... Read More Rating: - Finally an RVG !The third time is a charm. I was disappointed with the sound on the first CD edition of Blue and Sentimental and later picked up the Japanese import that was not much better. The sound on this new RVG edition is outstanding. Rudy Van Gelder has his critics but I doubt they could fault him on this remastering. Certainly he and Ike Quebec knew each other well as Ike was the A & R man for Blue Note and worked with Van Gelder on many recordings. I also think the carefully spaced solos of Grant Green and ... Read More Rating:  - A little bit of Ike and a lot of GrantIke Quebec has a unique tenor sound and style. It is definetly more gut bucket and bluesy than it is sophisticated. The first few tracks on this disc deliver that sound in spades and that is a good thing. To me the rest of the disc is more of a Grant Green outing and that is a good thing as well but to call this record an Ike Quebec record is misleading. This is a good if not great jazz session from 1961 and it is typical Blue Note with RVG at the helm and the usual suspects as leaders and side men. ... Read More Rating: - The Sound of Relaxed Romance All of Ike Quebec's bluenote albums are superior efforts, but "Blue and Sentimental" , along with "Easy Living" (which came after this one and before "Soul Samba") take the proverbial cake. Quebec mesmerizes with the languid-smokey-late-night-romance that he breathes deeply into his tenor saxophone. Without the accompaniment of the piano there is more space and time for Ike to move about in at his lazy leisure, and in place of it is the gentle strumming of Grant Green, who is at his most relaxed with Quebec ... Read More |
