Ike Quebec

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Ike Quebec was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his rich, breathy tone and influential recordings in the swing and early hard bop eras.

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Ike Quebec canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
tenor saxophonist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1960s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
associatedAct Blue Note Records house band ⓘ
Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
birthName Ike Abrams Quebec ⓘ
burialPlace Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1918-08-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1963-01-16 ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
familyName Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec region
genre hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
swing music ⓘ
givenName Ike ⓘ
helpedDiscover Grant Green ⓘ
Stanley Turrentine ⓘ
helpedReviveCareerOf Dexter Gordon ⓘ
influenced early hard bop tenor saxophonists ⓘ
instrument tenor saxophone ⓘ
labelRole talent scout for Blue Note Records ⓘ
name Ike Quebec ⓘ
notableFor rich, breathy tenor saxophone tone ⓘ
notablePeriod early hard bop era ⓘ
swing era ⓘ
notableWork Blue & Sentimental ⓘ
Heavy Soul ⓘ
It Might as Well Be Spring ⓘ
Soul Samba ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
saxophonist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
residence New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City

Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
role A&R man for Blue Note Records ⓘ
styleCharacteristic strong swing-era phrasing ⓘ
warm, breathy ballad playing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dial Records → recordedArtist → Ike Quebec ⓘ
Riverside Records → recordedArtist → Ike Quebec ⓘ
Ike Quebec → name → Ike Quebec ⓘ
Bennie Green → associatedAct → Ike Quebec ⓘ