Abbey Lincoln

Artist:  Abbey Lincoln
Birth Name:  Anna Marie Wooldridge
Born:  August 6, 1930.  Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died:  August 14, 2010 (Aged 80).  New York, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Post-Bop
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter, Actress
Instruments:  Vocals

Abbey Lincoln was an American Jazz Singer, Songwriter and Actress, from Chicago.  She influenced by Billie Holiday and she often visited the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City.  Her first of three albums for Riverside (1957-1959) had Max Roach on Drums and he was a major influence on her.  Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach were married in 1962.  In 2003, she received a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Award.

Title:  Sophisticated Abbey - Live At The Keystone Korner (2015)
Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Post-Bop
Highnote Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Painted Lady  (5:23)
 2.  Long As You're Living  (4:30)
 3.  Spoken Introduction  (0:24)
 4.  Somos Noviou (It's Impossible)  (5:15)
 5.  Sophisticated Lady/There Are Such Things/ Con Alma  (9:59)
 6.  Whistling Away The Dark  (5:04)
 7.  Spoken Introduction  (0:41)
 8.  People In Me  (5:29)
 9.  The Nearness Of You/For All We Know  (6:14)
10. Golden Lady  (4:43)
11. God Bless The Child  (6:24)

Personnel:

Abbey Lincoln:  Vocals
Phil Wright:  Piano
James Leary:  Bass
Doug Sides:  Drums

Sophisticated Abbey - Live At The Keystone Korner is the live album by Abbey Lincoln, was released on August 28, 2015 by Highnote Records, recorded live at the Keystone Korner San Francisco, CA in March 1980.