Abbey Lincoln - Abbey Is Blue
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Artist: Abbey LincolnEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1991-07-01
Music Label: Ojc
Soundtracks:
- Afro-Blue
- Lonely House
- Let Up
- Thursday's Child
- Brother, Where Are You?
- Laugh, Clown, Laugh
- Come Sunday
- Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
- Lost In The Stars
- Long As You're Living
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Free Music Review: You truly hear and feel the singer's love for the songs!
Hit: 5 Stars
Abbey Lincoln is one of the great jazz legends. Unfortunately, there are too many of those... So not all received the same fame as Ella, Billie and Sarah. Since I discovered her, Abbey Lincoln keeps impressing me, and quickly found a place of honour in my music collection. She is one of a kind and an intelligent and creative artist, going more experimental later on in her career. It sure is no coincidence that she worked with so many great musicians!
I liked to read somewhere that she is rather an "actress with a song" than a singer, with her intense, emotive interpretations. As far as I'm concerned, Abbey even beats her hero Billie Holiday a few times (check also Abbey's 1957 album "That's Him", with "Don't Explain" and "My man").
Indeed, "Abbey is blue" (from 1959) is an essential early recording of Abbey Lincoln. Apparently, Abbey Lincoln was the first to record a sung version of the standard "Afro-Blue", a great opener here.
The aching "Let up" reminds me strongly of Nina Simone (which whom she has the political character of her work in common), yet... it was written by Abbey Lincoln herself!
There's more than a few haunting songs on this album (what's in a name?)! "Lost In The Stars", "Brother, Where Are You?", "Laugh, Clown, Laugh", ... fantastic!!
I wonder how many singers could make the very simply arranged "Lonely house" so captivating as this!
High quality blue atmosphere !
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