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Abbey Lincoln: Over the Years
by Dave Nathan
During the 1960's Abbey Lincoln successfully combined political activism with a busy, successful career. After divorcing husband drummer Max Roach, the 1970's and 1980's found her relegated to the back burner of the entertainment world although she was still recording, mostly for Indie labels. Then came Stan Getz who recommended her to Verve Records and who ...
Abbey Lincoln: Wholly Earth
by Jim Santella
Swaying gently and confidently, singer Abbey Lincoln possesses a voice and singing style like no other. When she’s hanging behind the beat, gently rasping heartfelt expression, or sliding around the pitch, the singer is in complete control of her performance and is offering it in her own sweet way. Bobby Hutcherson joins Lincoln on this latest ...
Who Used To Dance
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 1998
Track listing: Love Has Gone Away; Who Used To Dance; Love Lament; Mr.Tambourine Man; When Autumn Sings; Love What You Doin'; Street of Dreams; I Sing a Song; The River.
Abbey Lincoln: Who Used To Dance
by Jim Santella
Abbey Lincoln is different. Although strongly influenced by Billie Holiday's dramatic feel for and presentation of a song's message, and embedded in bebop through her eight-year marriage to drummer Max Roach, the singer maintains her own distinctive manner of delivering a lyric. Seven of the nine tracks on Who Used To Dance are ballads that serve ...
When There Is Love
Label: Verve Records
Released: 1993
Track listing: A Part Of Me / There Are Such Things; When There Is Love; Black Butterfly; Angel Face; The Nearness Of You; Can't Help Singing; Close Your Eyes; I Should Care; You Came A Long Way From St. Louis; C'est Si Bon; The Jitterbug Waltz; Time After Time; You Won't Forget Me; First Came A Woman;
