Abbey Is Blue
| Abbey Is Blue | ||||
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| Studio album by Abbey Lincoln | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded |
Spring and Fall, 1959 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:19 | |||
| Label |
Riverside RLP 12-308 | |||
| Producer | Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews | |||
| Abbey Lincoln chronology | ||||
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Abbey Is Blue is the fourth album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring tracks recorded in 1959 for the Riverside label.[1]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| New York Age |  [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | (positive) [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [5] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "Abbey Lincoln is quite emotional and distinctive during a particularly strong set... very memorable".[2]
Track listing
- "Afro Blue" (Mongo Santamaría) - 3:20
- "Lonely House" (Langston Hughes, Kurt Weill) - 3:40
- "Let Up" (Abbey Lincoln) - 5:32
- "Thursday's Child" (Elisse Boyd, Murray Grand) - 3:31
- "Brother, Where Are You?" (Oscar Brown) - 3:10
- "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" (Ted Fio Rito, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young) - 5:24
- "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 5:13
- "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) - 2:46
- "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) - 4:11
- "Long as You're Living" (Oscar Brown, Julian Priester, Tommy Turrentine) - 2:33
Personnel
- Abbey Lincoln - vocals
- Kenny Dorham (tracks 2, 4 & 7-9), Tommy Turrentine (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10) - trumpet
- Julian Priester - trombone (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10)
- Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10)
- Les Spann - guitar (tracks 2, 4 & 7-9), flute (track 5)
- Wynton Kelly (tracks 2, 4, 5), Cedar Walton (tracks 3 & 6), Phil Wright (tracks 7-9) - piano
- Bobby Boswell (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10), Sam Jones (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7-9) - bass
- Philly Joe Jones (tracks: 2, 4, 5 & 7-9), Max Roach (tracks: 1, 3, 6 & 10) - drums
References
- ↑ Riverside Records discography accessed September 13, 2012
- 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 13, 2012
- ↑ Stone, Louise Davis (13 February 1960). "The Jazz Bit". New York Age. p. 12. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ Morton, Brian; Cook, Richard (2011). The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums. London: Penguin. ISBN 9780141959009. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 126. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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