Abbey Lincoln

5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

This is one Abbey Licoln's greatest recordings. It is a testament to the credibility of her very honest music (and her talents)that Lincoln's sideman on  this date is the immortal tenor saxophonist Colman Hawkins who takes a memorable  solo on "Blue Monk", Eric Dolphy on flute and alto, trumpeter Booker Little  (whose melancholy tone is very important in the emsembles), pianist Mal Waldron  and drummer Max Roach. Highpoints include "When Malindy Sings", "Blue Monk",  Billie Holiday's "Left Alone" a nd "African Lady".

PERSONNEL:

ABBEY LINCOLN, composer, vocals
ART DAVIS, bass
WALTER BENTON, sax
COLEMAN HAWKINS, tenor sax
ERIC DOLPHY, alto sax, flute
BOOKER LITTLE, trumpet
JULIAN PRIESTER, trombone
MAX WALDRON, piano
MAX ROACH, drums

New York, Febuary 2nd 1961.

SIDE A:

01.Straight Ahead
02.When Malindy Sings
03.In The Red

SIDE B:

01.Monkery's The Blues (The lyric version of Blue Monk)
02. Left Alone
03.African Lady
04.Retribution