German edition of 2002 compilation includes a bonus live disc with the following tracks 'Caldonia' (feat. Albert Collins & Albert King), 'You Don't Love Me', 'Key To Love', 'The Thrill Is Gone' (feat. BB King), 'Stormy Monday (feat. Albert King), 'Cold, Cold Feeling' (feat. Albert Collins), 'Further Up the Road' (feat. Albert Collins), 'The Stumble', 'Oh Pretty Woman', 'Walking By Myself', 'Too Tired' (feat. Albert Collins), 'Still Got The Blues', 'All Your Love' & Midnight Blues'.

Ike Quebec released a string of albums for blue note (for whom he was an A&R man as well as friend to owner Alfred Lion) during the early sixties, all of which are fantastic showcases for the deepest tenor sound this side of Ben Webster. Keeping in mind the overall greatness of the entire series of these albums the question becomes, for the Quebec fan who is looking to pick through his discography or the uninitiated looking for a place to start, what setting would you prefer to hear him in? ~ Amazon

The Strong Tenor is an appropriate title for this compilation capturing tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec from 1943 through 1946. This is the first era of Quebec's career as a leader, and featured soloist in bands led by Roy Eldridge, Jonah Jones, Cab Calloway, Hot Lips Page, Trummy Young, and Sammy Price. The album also includes his hit "Blue Harlem" recorded for Blue Note in 1944. Quebec would succumb to drug abuse in the '50s only to make a brief comeback in the early '60s as a leader on several Blue Note sessions. ~ AllMusic

The second of two CDs that document a Paris concert by trumpeter Donald Byrd also features Bobby Jaspar on tenor and flute, pianist Walter Davis, Jr., bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Art Taylor. Other than Byrd's "At This Time" and Davis' "Formidable," the quintet sticks to bop standards, many of which are quite concise and clock in around three minutes. Longer versions of "Parisian Thoroughfare" (a highpoint) and "52nd Street Theme" are exceptions. This spirited bop-oriented music is the equal of the first volume. ~ AllMusic

Combining electronic rhythms and ambient synths with minimalist jazz, Shapes is the experimental 2006 release from NDR Bigband drummer Wolfgang Haffner. Produced by Nils Landgren, who also appears here on the trombone, Haffner's nu-jazz follow-up to Zooming includes 12 melodic and ethereal instrumentals featuring bassist Lars Danielsson, guitarist Frank Kuruc, and pianist Sebastian Studnitzky. ~ AllMusic

Fältskog was born on 5 April 1950 in Jönköping, Småland, Sweden. She was the first of two daughters of department store manager Knut Ingvar Fältskog (1922—1995) and his wife Birgit Margareta Johansson (1923—1994). Her younger sister, Mona Fältskog Ericsson (1955), works as a nurse in Stockholm. Ingvar Fältskog showed much interest in music and showbusiness, whereas Birgit Fältskog was a very calm and careful woman who devoted herself to her children and household. Fältskog cites Connie Francis, Marianne Faithfull, Aretha Franklin and Lesley Gore as her strongest musical influences.