Abbey Lincoln

2 LPs ON 1 CD
5 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE
 

This release presents wo complete early albums by Abbey Lincoln, Abbey Is Blue and It’s Magic. Both LPs feature important jazzmen like Kenny Dorham, Art Farmer, CurtiFuller, Benny Golson, Stanley Turrentine, Les Spann, Wynton Kelly, Cedar Walton, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, and Lincoln’s future husband, the great Max Roach. As a bonus, a rare live version of “Out of the Past”, which appears on CD here for the first time ever.

Includes 16-page booklet

PERSONNEL:

(1-10) ABBEY IS BLUE (Riverside RLP 12-308)

(4-5 & 7-9) Kenny Dorham (tp), Phil Wright or Wynton Kelly (p), Les Spann (g, fl),
Sam Jones (b), Philly Joe Jones (d). New York, March 25-26, 1959.
(2) Same personnel as above. New York, May 12, 1959. Spann plays guitar.
(1, 3, 6 & 10) Tommy Turrentine (tp), Julian Priester (tb), Stanley Turrentine (ts),
Cedar Walton (p), Bobby Boswell (b), Max Roach (d). New York, undetermined date, 1959.

(11-20) IT’S MAGIC (Riverside RLP 12-277)

(13, 14-15, 17 & 19) Kenny Dorham (tp), Curtis Fuller (tb), Benny Golson (ts, arr),
Jerome Richardson (fl, bar), Wynton Kelly (p), Paul Chambers (b), Philly Joe Jones (d).
New York, July 24, 1958.
(11-12, 16, 18 & 20) Art Farmer (tp), Curtis Fuller (tb), Benny Golson (ts, arr), Sahib
Shihab (bar), Wynton Kelly (p), Sam Jones (b), Philly Joe Jones (d). New York, August 15, 1958.

*BONUS TRACK:
Abbey Lincoln (vcl) with unknown piano trio. Bobby Troup Stars of Jazz TV-Show,
Los Angeles, September 29, 1958.

Tracks:

01. AFRO BLUE 3:19
02. LONELY HOUSE 3:39
03. LET UP 5:29
04. THURSDAY S CHILD 3:30
05. BROTHER, WHERE ARE YOU? 3:09
06. LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH 5:24
07. COME SUNDAY 5:12
08. SOFTLY, AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE 2:46
09. LOST IN THE STARS 4:10
10. LONG AS YOU RE LIVING 2:33
11. I AM IN LOVE 2:49
12. IT S MAGIC 4:03
13. JUST FOR ME 3:36
14. AN OCCASIONAL MAN 3:23
15. AIN T NOBODY S BUSINESS 4:29
16. OUT OF THE PAST 4:46
17. MUSIC, MAESTRO, PLEASE 3:18
18. LOVE 2:41
19. EXACTLY LIKE YOU 2:55
20. LITTLE NILES 5:03
21. OUT OF THE PAST 2:40*

Total Time 79:06

DOWN BEAT original review: ABBEY IS BLUE
“When all the ingredients are blended – Miss Lincoln’s voice and interpretation, the lyrics and music, the soulful work of all the musicians – you have, I believe, one of the most artistically satisfying vocal albums to be had. Recommended for those with souls. (Don De Michael)