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Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln album)

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Released
  
1961

Length
  
38:52

Artist
  
Abbey Lincoln

Producer
  
Nat Hentoff

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
February 22, 1961

Straight Ahead (1961)
  
People in Me (1973)

Release date
  
1961

Label
  
Candid Records

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Straight Ahead is an album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring performances recorded in 1961 for the Candid label.

Contents

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars and stated that "this is one of Abbey Lincoln's greatest recordings".

Track listing

  1. "Straight Ahead" (Abbey Lincoln, Earl Baker, Mal Waldron) — 5:24
  2. "When Malindy Sings" (Oscar Brown, Paul Lawrence Dunbar) — 4:05
  3. "In the Red" (Chips Bayen, Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach) — 8:32
  4. "Blue Monk" (Abbey Lincoln, Thelonious Monk) — 6:39
  5. "Left Alone" (Billie Holiday, Mal Waldron) — 6:48
  6. "African Lady" (Langston Hughes, Randy Weston) — 3:46
  7. "Retribution" (Abbey Lincoln, Julian Priester) — 3:50
  • Recorded at Nola Penthouse Studios in New York City on February 22, 1961

    • Personnel

  • Abbey Lincoln — vocals
  • Booker Little — trumpet
  • Julian Priester — trombone
  • Eric Dolphy — alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, piccolo
  • Walter Benton, Coleman Hawkins — tenor saxophone
  • Mal Waldron — piano
  • Art Davis — bass
  • Max Roach — drums
  • Roger Sanders, Robert Whitley — congas

    • Songs

    1Straight Ahead5:26
    2When Malindy Sings4:07
    3In the Red8:33

    References

    Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln album) Wikipedia
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