Abbey Is Blue

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Released 1959 Artist Abbey Lincoln Label Riverside Records		Length 39:19 Release date 1959 Genre Jazz

Recorded Spring and Fall, 1959New York City Abbey Is Blue(1959) We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite(1960) Producers Bill Grauer, Orrin Keepnews Similar Abbey Lincoln albums, Jazz albums

Abbey Is Blue is the fourth album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring tracks recorded in 1959 for the Riverside label.

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Reception

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".

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

Songs

1Afro-Blue3:21
2Lonely House3:42
3Let Up5:32

References

Abbey Is Blue Wikipedia

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