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:  Abbey Is Blue  (2021)

Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Post-Bop

Label:  Decca Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Afro Blue  (3:20)

 2.  Lonely House  (3:40)

 3.  Let Up  (5:32)

 4.  Thursday's Child  (3:31)

 5.  Brother, Where Are You?  (3:10)

Side 2:

 1.  Laugh, Clown, Laugh  (5:24)

 2.  Come Sunday  (5:13)

 3.  Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise  (2:46)

 4.  Lost In The Stars  (4:11)

 5.  Long As You're Living  (2:33)

Personnel:

Abbey Lincoln:  Vocals

Kenny Dortham:  Trumpet on Tracks:   2, 4 Side 1, 2-4 Side 2

Tommy Turrentine:  Trumpet  on Tracks:  1, 3 Side 1, 1, 5 Side 2

Julian Priester:  Trombone   on Tracks"  1, 3 Side 1, 1, 5 Side 2

Stanley Turrentine:  Tenor Saxophone  on Tracks:  1, 3 Side 1, 1, 5 Side 2

Les Spann:  Guitar  on Tracks:  2, 4, Side 1, 2-4 Side 2, Flute  on Track 5 Side 1

Wynton Kelly:  Piano  on Tracks:  2, 4, 5 Side 1

Cedar Walton:  Piano  on Tracks:  3 Side 1, 1 Side 2

Phil Wright:  Piano  on Tracks:  2-4 Side 2

Bobby Boswell:  Bass  on Tracks:  1, 3 Side 1, 1, 5 Side 2

Sam Jones:  Bass  on Tracks:  2, 4, 5 Side 1, 2-4 Side 2

Philly Joe Jones:  Drums  on Tracks:  2, 4, 5 Side 1, 2-4 Side 2

Max Roach:  Drums  on Tracks:  1, 3, Side 1 1, 5 Side 2

Abbey Is Blue is the fourth studio album by Abbey Lincoln, originally released in 1959 by Riverside Records, remastered and reissued in 2021 by Decca Records, featuring all-star, includes Kenny Dorham, Stanley Turrentine, Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach and many more!.