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Ike Abrams Quebec (born August 17, 1918 in Newark, New Jersey, died on January 16, 1963) was a jazz tenor saxophonist. His surname is pronounced KYOO-bek. Critic Alex Henderson writes, "Though he was never an innovator, Quebec had a big, breathy sound that was distinctive and easily recognizable, and he was quite consistent when it came to came to down-home blues, sexy ballads, and up-tempo aggression." An accomplished dancer and pianist, he switched to tenor sax as his primary instrument in h
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newark
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Blue Note
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- date of birth
- 1918-08-17
- date of death
- 1963-01-16
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- New Jersey
- start of work period
- 1940-00-00
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