Abbey Lincoln

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Abbey Is Blue is the fourth album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln, featuring tracks recorded in 1959 for Riverside Records. A breakout performance for the jazz legend - this album displays Lincoln perfectly poised between jazz for show and jazz with a purpose.

The album features an all-star lineup that includes Kenny Dorham, Stanley Turrentine, Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, Philly Joe Jones and Max Roach.

PERSONNEL:

• Bobby Boswell - (bass on A1, A3, B1, B5)
• Sam Jones - (bass on A2, A4, B2 to B4)
• Philly Joe Jones - (drums on A2, A4, B2 to B4)
• Max Roach - (drums on A1, A3, B1, B5)
• Les Spann - (flute A5)
• Les Spann - (guitar A2, A4, B2 to B4)
• Cedar Walton - (piano on A3, B1)
• Phil Wright - (piano on B2 to B4)
• Wynton Kelly - (piano on A2, A4)
• Stanley Turrentine - (tenor sax on A1, A3, B1, B5)
• Julian Priester - (trombone on A1, A3, B1, B5)
• Kenny Dorham - (trumpet on A2, A4, B2 to B4)
• Tommy Turrentine - (trumpet on A1, A3, B1, B5)
• Abbey Lincoln - (vocals)

Recorded in New York; Spring and Fall, 1959.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Afro-Blue
• A2. Lonely House
• A3. Let It Up
• A4. Thursday’s Child
• A5. Brother, Where Are You?

• SIDE B
• B1. Laugh, Clown, Laugh
• B2. Come Sunday
• B3. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
• B4. Lost in the Stars
• B5. Long As You’re Living