Biografia Dopo prime esperienze come pianista e ballerino, esordì al sassofono nel 1940 con i Barons of Rhythm, in seguito fu ingaggiato da Frank Newton, dal trombettista Hot Lips Page poi dal trombonista Trummy Young, da Coleman Hawkins, Kenny Clarke, Benny Carter, Ella Fitzgerald. Negli anni compresi fra il 1944 ed il 1951 fece parte, saltuariamente, dell'orchestra di Cab Calloway, per poi eclissarsi per buona parte degli anni cinquanta per problemi dovuti alla tossicodipendenza. Ristabilitosi alla fine degli anni cinquanta, venne assunto dalla Blue Note come consigliere musicale e talent scout, realizzando dal 1959 al 1962 alcuni album a suo nome per la stessa Blue Note. Ricoverato verso la fine di novembre del 1962 per un tumore ormai in stato terminale, Quebec morì nel gennaio del 1963.

Discografia Come Leader 1962 – Heavy Soul (Blue Note Records, BLP 4093/BST 84093) 1962 – Bossa Nova Soul Samba (Blue Note Records, BLP 4114/BST 84114) 1963 – Blue & Sentimental (Blue Note Records, BLP 4098/BST 84098) 1964 – It Might As Well Be Spring (Blue Note Records, BLP 4105/BST 84105) 1980 – With a Song in My Heart (Blue Note Records, LT-1052) 1981 – Congo Lament (Blue Note Records, LT-1089) 1987 – Easy Living (Blue Note Records, BST 84103) 1987 – The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions of Ike Quebec (Mosaic Records, MD2-121) Raccolta 2 CD 1992 – The Art of Ike Quebec (Blue Note Records, CDP 0777 7 99178 2 2) Raccolta 1995 – Down with It (Jazz Line Records, JLCD 61010) Raccolta 1997 – Ballads (Blue Note Records, 7243 8 56690 2 6) Raccolta 1997 – 1944-1946 (Classics Jazz Records, CLASSICS 957) Raccolta 1999 – Swing Hi-Swing Lo (Definitive Records, DRCD11135) Raccolta, pubblicato in UK 2000 – Strong Tenor of Mr. Quebec 1943/1946 (EPM Musique, 159602) Raccolta, pubblicato in Francia 2000 – From Hackensack to Englewood Cliffs (Blue Note Records, TOCJ-66083) Raccolta, pubblicato in Giappone 2000 – The Ike Quebec Collection (HMV Jazz, HMV 5304302) Raccolta, pubblicato in Europa 2004 – Proper Introduction to Ike Quebec: Blue Harlem (Proper Records, INTRO CD 2004) Raccolta, pubblicato in UK 2005 – The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions (Blue Note Records, 0946 3 11441 2 7) Raccolta, 2 CD

Singoli 1944 – Blue Harlem/Tiny's Exercise (Blue Note Records, 37) a nome Ike Quebec Quintet 1944 – She's Funny That Way/Indiana (Blue Note Records, 38) a nome Ike Quebec Quintet 1944 – Mad About You/Facin' the Face (Blue Note Records, 42) a nome Ike Quebec's Swingtet 1945 – Jim Dawgs/I.Q. Blues (Savoy Records, 570) 1945 – If I Had You/Hard Tack (Blue Note Records, 510) a nome Ike Quebec's Swingtet 1946 – Topsy/Cup-Mute Clayton (Blue Note Records, 515) a nome Ike Quebec's Swing Seven 1946 – Dolores/Sweethearts on Parade (Blue Note Records, 516) a nome Ike Quebec Quintet 1946 – Someone to Watch Over Me/Zig Billion (Blue Note Records, 538) a nome Ike Quebec's Swing Seven 1947 – Basically Blue/The Masquerade Is Over (Blue Note Records, 539) a nome Ike Quebec's Swing Seven 1948 – Blue Harlem (Part 1)/Blue Harlem (Part 2) (Blue Note Records, 544) a nome Ike Quebec Quintet 1952 – Whispering Winds/Kiss of Fire (Hi-Lo, 1406) a nome Ike Quebec with Kansas Fields Quartet 1959 – Dear John/Blue Monday (Blue Note Records, 1748) 1959 – The Buzzard Lope/Blue Friday (Blue Note Records, 1749) 1960 – I've Got the World on a String/What a Difference a Day Made (Blue Note Records, 1802) 1960 – If I Could Be with You/Me 'n Mabe (Blue Note Records, 1803) 1960 – Everything Happens to Me/Mardi-Gras (Blue Note Records, 1804) 1962 – Heavy Soul/The Man I Love (Blue Note Records, 1837) 1962 – Nature Boy/Brother Can You Spare a Dime (Blue Note Records, 1838) 1962 – Que's Dilemma/I Want a Little Girl (Blue Note Records, 1839) 1962 – Intermezzo/All of Me (Blue Note Records, 1840) maggio 1962 – All the Way/But Not for Me (Blue Note Records, 1841) 1962 – Loie/Lloro tu despedida (Blue Note Records, 1874) 1962 – Liebestraum/Shu Shu (Blue Note Records, 1875) 1963 – Blue Samba, Part 1/Blue Samba, Part 2 (Blue Note Records, 1876)

Come sideman

Con Jimmy Smith 1960 - Open House 1960 - Plain Talk

Con Grant Green 1962 - Born to Be Blue 1962 - The Latin Bit

Con Sonny Clark 1962 - Leapin' and Lopin'

Con Dodo Greene 1962 - My Hour of Need

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