Abbey Is Blue

Let Up (Remastered) Abbey Lincoln.

1991

"Abbey is Blue" is not an album of traditional love songs.

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But Lincoln changes as well her register far from Holiday like in 'Brother, Where Are You?

Abbey Is Blue may not be pleasant listening, but it's truly one of the great performances of the fifties and it paved the way for sharply agitated work later on.

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Abbey Lincoln. Abbey is Blue is a fantastic vocal jazz album, a record that stands out among many other vocal jazz albums by Abbey Lincoln herself and other singers of this classic jazz era, just as much for what it does include as for what is often not present in this album.

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RLP 12-308; Vinyl LP).

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"Abbey is Blue" is not an album of traditional love songs.

She is one of a kind and an intelligent and creative artist, going more experimental later on in her career.

In many ways, it is a precursor to her "Straight Ahead" album which was released two years later and which gave a sharper voice to her social and political outlook. 2,691

It sure is no coincidence that she worked with so many great musicians!

Recorded in 1959, the material is probably as radical as a jazz singer could get at that time without turning off the mainstream audience.

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Recorded in 1959, the material is probably as radical as a jazz singer could get at that time without turning off the mainstream audience.

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