Chuck Nessa Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 NY Times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 Sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 Sorry to hear this. Yet another of the great artists passes - RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 A life most certainly not wasted. RIP & much, much love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 Sad but expected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 I still think that "Nothing but a Man," the 1964 film she starred in with Ivan Dixon, is one of the best black films made in the U.S. I also wish they had written an intelligent script and cast Abbey as Billie Holliday, instead of the Ross woman. Floating around somewhere, not in any of my closets, is a 1-hour TV interview I did with Abbey some 30 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 Damn, RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 Sad news indeed. No matter what she did, she approached it with total commitment and great passion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tranemonk Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 Horrible... One of the true marks of a great musician is when you KNOW there will NEVER be another Abbey Lincoln... You will be missed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 Sorry to hear this. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 Crap. A life most certainly not wasted indeed, but I still hate to see her go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereojack Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 I also wish they had written an intelligent script and cast Abbey as Billie Holliday, instead of the Ross woman. Amen! But it was Ross' star power that got the film made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 All of her records are worth owing but her last one "Abbey Sings Abbey" is a killer-- all about life, regret, love and mortality. I think Tranemonk nailed it: there was no one like her and there probably never will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Garrett Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 I still think that "Nothing but a Man," the 1964 film she starred in with Ivan Dixon, is one of the best black films made in the U.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted August 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 She was a special human at a necessary time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Barton Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 Well said, Chuck. More than music, way more... A life well-lived. R.I.P. to a great artist and evolved human being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 One of the true marks of a great musician is when you KNOW there will NEVER be another Abbey Lincoln... You will be missed.... Amen. RIP to a classy, beautiful lady. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 "Bird alone, flying high Flying through a clouded sky Sending mournful soulful sounds Soaring over troubled grounds" You Gotta Pay the Band (Verve, 1991) was my point of entry with Abbey. First checked it out from the Evanston Public Library--many an evening spent listening to this after a grinding grad school day. Thanks Abbey. Keep soaring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 You Gotta Pay the Band (Verve, 1991) was my point of entry with Abbey. First checked it out from the Evanston Public Library--many an evening spent listening to this after a grinding grad school day. One of my faves too, Patrick, with a great autumnal turn by Stan Getz as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Rest in peace, Abbey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 RIP AbbeyPlaying her album "That's Him" with Sonny Rollins, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chamber and Max Roach. A great record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Beautiful voice, and a great singer. Those two qualities don't often inhabit the same person, but they did with Abbey. I loved her two '70's albums, People In Me and Painted Lady. Saw her at the Beacon Theatre in NYC around that time (1979?). "I know why the caged bird sings...birds were meant to fly, birds were meant to sing." RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Can't say anything more than the beautiful sentiments echoed here. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Schlouch Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 I met her some years ago in Marseille. A very great Lady! RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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