Soul Samba

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Soul Samba
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Studio album by
Released1962
RecordedOctober 5, 1962
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Bossa nova, soul jazz, latin jazz
Length37:47
Label Blue Note
BST 84114
Producer Alfred Lion
Ike Quebec chronology
Easy Living
(1962)
Soul Samba
(1962)

Soul Samba (aka Bossa Nova Soul Samba) is an album by American saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label. [1] It was Quebec's final recording before his death in January 1963.

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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Quebec emphasizes warm, long tones (reminiscent of Coleman Hawkins in a romantic fashion), and his sidemen play light and appealing but nonetheless authoritative bossa rhythms". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ike Quebec except where noted

  1. "Loie" (Kenny Burrell) - 3:10
  2. "Lloro Tu Despedida" (Aldo Cabral, Joraci Camargo, Emanuel Lacordaire) - 3:01
  3. "Goin' Home" (Antonín Dvořák, William Arms Fisher) - 5:39
  4. "Me 'n You" - 5:58
  5. "Liebesträume" (Franz Liszt) - 3:42
  6. "Shu Shu" (Antônio Almeida, Carlos Monteiro DeSouza) - 3:31
  7. "Blue Samba" - 5:18
  8. "Favela" (Joraci Camargo, Heckel Tavares) - 4:00
  9. "Linda Flor" (Henrique Vogeler) - 3:28

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "Loie" [alternate take] (Burrell) - 3:32
  2. "Shu Shu" [alternate take] (Almeida, DeSouza) - 3:19
  3. "Favela" [alternate take] (Camargo, Tavares) - 3:21

Personnel

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References

  1. Blue Note Records discography accessed October 29, 2010
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 29, 2010
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1187. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.