Results for "Abbey Lincoln"

News: Award / Grant

National Endowment for the Arts Announces the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters

May 21, 2009

Nation's highest honor in jazz is bestowed on eight living legends Washington, DC - The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced the recipients of the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters Award -- the nation's highest honor in this distinctly American music. The eight recipients will each receive a $25,000 grant award and be publicly honored ...

Article: Interview

J.D. Walter: Being a Verb

by Victor L. Schermer
May 18, 2009

J.D. Walter is a jazz singers' singer--a purist and an innovator. Although his style has been compared to many vocal titans, it is in the same breath, uniquely his own, and he has become a singular phenomenon on the music scene. Respected and lauded by the great musicians of the contemporary circuit, ...

Article: Album Review

Bess Durey: Arctic

by Raul d'Gama Rose
March 12, 2009

There is something ethereal about the Arctic Canadian sky--especially one that is visible in winter. Nothing can begin to describe the kind that can be seen on a clear night. The perfect way to communicate what it feels like is through a song. But to make this a metaphor for loneliness and loss, and describe it ...

Album

Abbey Sings Abbey

By Abbey Lincoln

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2007
Track listing: Blue Monk; Throw It Away; And It

Album

We Insist! Freedom Now Suite

By Max Roach

Label: Candid Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Driva' Man; Freedom Day; Triptych (Prayer, Protest, Peace); All Africa; Tears For Johannesburg.

Video

Down Here Below & Bird Alone

Featuring the music of Abbey Lincoln
Duration: 9:26
October 22, 2007

From a concert in Marciac, Abbey Lincoln sings two of her compositions, "Down Here Below" and "Bird Alone". She is accompanied by pianist Rodney Kendrick, bassist Michael Bowie and drummer Alvester Garnett.

Article: Album Review

Abbey Lincoln: Abbey Sings Abbey

by Suzanne Lorge
August 10, 2007

At almost 77 years of age Abbey Lincoln has been composing, writing and/or performing for almost sixty years, and Abbey Sings Abbey is a stunning collection of some of the singer's most memorable works. Lincoln is a writer of some depth and the eleven original tunes on this CD offer strong testament to her ...

Album

Abbey Is Blue

By Abbey Lincoln

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2005
Track listing: Afro Blue; Lonely House; Let Up; Thursday

Album

Naturally

By Abbey Lincoln

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2005

Article: Album Review

Abbey Lincoln: Abbey Is Blue

by David Rickert
October 16, 2005

In 1959 Abbey Lincoln was poised to make a truly great album, and Abbey Is Blue was it. Not only was it a breakout performance for Lincoln, who delivered on the promise she had already shown, it was also a breakthrough performance in jazz singing. With the civil rights movement looming over the horizon, ...