About Ike Quebec
Ike Abrams Quebec was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career in the big band era of the 1940s, then fell from prominence for a time until launching a comeback in the years before his death. He began to record for the Blue Note label in the mid-1940s, becoming the label's biggest jukebox star during this time, picking up national hits with 'Blue Harlem' and 'If I Had You'. Quebec later recorded or performed with Frankie Newton, Hot Lips Page, Roy Eldridge, Trummy Young, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter and Coleman Hawkins. Due in part to struggles with heroin addiction, for which he served two short sentences at Rikers Island Prison, Quebec recorded only sporadically during the 1950s. Quebec occasionally recorded on piano, as on his 1961 Blue & Sentimental album, where he alternated between tenor and piano, playing the latter behind Grant Green's guitar solos.
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