Abbey Lincoln - It's Me
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Artist: Abbey LincolnEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-10-14
Music Label: Verve
Soundtracks:
- Skylark - Abbey Lincoln, Mercer, Johnny
- Love Is Made - Abbey Lincoln, Lincoln, Abbey
- Chateau de Joux - Abbey Lincoln, Lincoln, Abbey
- It's Me, O' Lord (Standin' in the Need of Prayer) - Abbey Lincoln, Traditional
- They Call It Jazz - Abbey Lincoln, Lincoln, Abbey
- Through the Years - Abbey Lincoln, Meseleku, Bheki
- Runnin' Wild - Abbey Lincoln, Gibbs, Arthur
- The Maestro - Abbey Lincoln, Walton, Cedar
- The Search - Abbey Lincoln, Woolridge, Robert
- Yellow Bird - Abbey Lincoln, Burgie, Irving
- Can You Dig It - Abbey Lincoln, Wooldridge, Darryl
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Free Music Review: Buy it for 'Skylark'
Hit: 4 Stars
I went to see Abbey at the Blue Note in NYC in November 2004 when this CD was released. Her first number was 'Skylark'. When she finished I was on my feet to give her the standing ovation she deserved. Her live rendition of this classic and it's recorded sibling on this CD are the most moving versions of this standard I've ever heard. From the first words, you know you are hearing something unique: she imbues 'Skylark' with life Hoagy Carmichael probably never imagined when he wrote it. Cassandra Wilson and Dianne Reeves, two singers I greatly respect, have both recorded this standard (Cassandra on 'Blue Skies' and Dianne on 'A Little Moonlight') but they had no idea what they were doing. Both express like teenagers hoping for a first crush. Abbey correcly relates the plaintive hopefulness of the lyrics: the heartbreaking final glimmer of faith of the critically disappointed.
Only Billie Holiday or Louis Armstrong could express the combination of grief and hope as Abbey has done with this landmark version of 'Skylark'. Anyone who doesn't recognize the importance of Abbey's performance can't hope to understand why Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong are exalted as jazz's greatest singers, and will never be able to distinguish cabaret singers or merely talented jazz vocalists from icons.
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