Heavy Soul is a powerful session featuring Quebec in the company of organist Freddie Roach, bassist Milt Hinton, and drummer Al Harewood. Opening with the minor key “Acquitted,” Quebec comes bursting out of the gate, demonstrating with ease that he has lost none of his abilities. It’s all there—the full, round Webster/Bias tone with an extra piquant edge, the bluesy, soulful human vocal quality of his tone, and the way he chooses his notes and phrases with almost telepathic ability. In the tradition of tenor ballads, Quebec presents a soulful reading of “Just One More Chance” that is truly as interesting an interpretation as any I’ve ever heard by a vocalist. Source: New Directions in Music
