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 (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Post-Bop

Label:  Craft Recordings

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 Dorham:  Trumpet on Tracks:  1/2, 4, 2/2-4

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

Julian Priester:  Trombone on Tracks:  1/1, 3, 2/1, 5

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

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

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

Ceder Walton:  Piano on Tracks:  1/3, 2/1

Phil Wright:  Piano on Tracks:  2/2-4

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

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

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

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

Abbey Is Blue is the fourth album by Abbey Lincoln, originally released in 1959 by Riverside, remastered and reissued on November 24, 2023 by Craft Recordings.  180 Gram Vinyl.