| Blue & Sentimental | ||||
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| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | December 16 and 23, 1961 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:31 (LP) 50:27 (CD) | |||
| Label | Blue Note BLP 4098 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
| Ike Quebec chronology | ||||
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Blue & Sentimental is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded for Blue Note on December 16 & 23, 1961 and released the following year. [1]
The album features a quartet made up of Quebec (occasionally doubling on piano), guitarist Grant Green, and rhythm section Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. The album features rare rhythm guitar accompaniment by Green, who was more typically a soloist. [2] [3] The original LP release featured six tracks, and two additional titles ("That Old Black Magic" and "It's All Right With Me") were added to CD reissues starting in 1988. The track "Count Every Star" features a different group of backing musicians.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [5] |
| All About Jazz |  [6] |
The AllMusic review by Steve Huey calls Blue & Sentimental "a superbly sensuous blend of lusty blues swagger and achingly romantic ballads" and "a quiet, sorely underrated masterpiece". [4]
In 2004, critic Richard Cook wrote that the album "might be Quebec's masterpiece". [7]
Recorded on December 16 (tracks 1-7) and December 23 (track 8), 1961.
Grant Green was an American jazz guitarist and composer.
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