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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.

Reception

AllMusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 5 stars out of 5 stating “Quebec remains the quintessential seducer, striking just the right balance between sophistication and earthiness, confidence and vulnerability, joy and longing. It’s enough to make Blue and Sentimental a quiet, sorely underrated masterpiece. ”

Track Listing
“Blue and Sentimental” (Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) – 7:28
“Minor Impulse” (Quebec) – 6:34
“Don’t Take Your Love from Me” (Henry Nemo) – 7:04
“Blues for Charlie” (Grant Green) – 6:48
“Like” (Quebec) – 5:21
“That Old Black Magic” (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
“It’s All Right with Me” (Cole Porter) – 6:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
“Count Every Star” (Bruno Coquatrix, Sammy Gallop) – 6:16
Recorded on December 16 (tracks 1–7) and December 23 (track 8), 1961.

Personnel
December 16, 1961:
Ike Quebec – tenor saxophone, piano
Grant Green – guitar
Paul Chambers – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums

December 23, 1961 (“Count Every Star”):
Ike Quebec – tenor saxophone
Grant Green – guitar
Sonny Clark – piano
Sam Jones – bass
Louis Hayes – drums

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Released: 1962
Recorded: December 16 and 23, 1961
Studio: Van Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Length: 39:31 (LP)
50:27 (CD)
Label: Blue Note
BLP 4098
Producer: Alfred Lion